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On the basis <strong>of</strong>the Lebanon experience, this study does accept the presence <strong>of</strong>religious civil<br />

war in Lebanon, which does not prevail in the study area. However, this thesis seeks to<br />

emulate the best practices the Lebanese instituted such as research development and<br />

conferences <strong>of</strong> municipal problems to improve the dysfunctional and ineffective financial<br />

management, staffing and administration challenges facing their municipalities.<br />

3.7 A SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE<br />

This section <strong>of</strong>the survey presents an overview <strong>of</strong> a South African perspective <strong>of</strong> municipal<br />

successes and challenges. The Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality has been selected in this<br />

study on the grounds that Pretoria (South Africa's administrative capital) is situated within a<br />

Metropolitan Area. Also to be accommodated in this section is the Durban Metropolitan Area<br />

(DMA). The inclusion <strong>of</strong>the DMA in this section gives a provincial insight as the study area<br />

(Ulundi) and the former are situated in KwaZulu-NataJ Province.<br />

In undertaking a survey on the situational and spatial analysis <strong>of</strong> spatial development in<br />

Ulundi, it is appropriate to have an overview <strong>of</strong> the best practices <strong>of</strong> development in other<br />

South African municipal areas, such as Tshwane and Durban metropolitan areas. It is<br />

expected that this approach would bring to bear a national and a provincial insight to this<br />

developmental study <strong>of</strong> Ulundi.<br />

3.7.1 Kev problems in the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipalitv<br />

Using Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality as a case study, this section <strong>of</strong> the work describes<br />

problems and successes <strong>of</strong>the above-mentioned municipality. This is meant to highlight the<br />

major or common problems which the Tshwane interviewees identified, for which reforms <strong>of</strong><br />

varying proportions are required (Potgietcr, 200 I).<br />

The City <strong>of</strong> Tshwane is <strong>of</strong>ten referred to as a divided city. particularly referring to the stark<br />

contrasts in development. There are many areas that are still underserviced such as<br />

Mamelodi, Atteridgeville, GaRanKuwa, Winterveldt and Temba. This problem is further<br />

exacerbated by the growing informal settlements (Potgieter, 200 I). This is a challenge that<br />

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