Document: uMkhanyakude DM: IDP 2010/2011

 

Umkhanyakude District Municipality’s 2010/2011 Reviewed Integrated Development Plan (IDP) - is the product of an intensive and challenging consultation with all principal stakeholders (community), various institutions and stakeholder organizations of the District Municipality. This document has been developed to guide socio-economic development in the District. It is an overarching plan that defines the synergy between various priority needs and the sector plans that addresses these needs in a manner that allows government in three spheres to participate.

 

The 2010/2011 IDP review process assisted the District municipality to appraise the developmental situation in its area of jurisdiction. It has also assisted in determining community and stakeholder needs, prioritizing developmental objectives and seeking better ways to implement programmes to achieve key objectives and measuring municipal

performance. The municipality has set its focus on addressing the needs of, particularly, the rural poor, in order to graduate them from the prejudices and legacy of apartheid into “an improved life for the citizens of UMkhanyakude. It has identified its key priority issues, objectives, strategies, programmes and projects to respond to the institutional and socio-economic challenges facing the district.