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many municipalities across South Africa face. The Durban Metropolitan Municipal area is no<br />
exception to this trend.<br />
Financial resources are not always adequate to meet service delivery needs. It is therefore<br />
imperative to ensure prioritization <strong>of</strong> services and the introduction <strong>of</strong> mechanisms and<br />
systems to allocate funds appropriately. The widespread non-payment for services<br />
exacerbates the financial situation. The Municipality also pays approximately R1.2 billion in<br />
loans that were arranged at an exorbitant interest rate (Potgieter, 200 I). The Social<br />
Development Division in the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality makes use <strong>of</strong> various<br />
partnerships with the private sector to address this issue <strong>of</strong> limited resources, for example, the<br />
partnerships with the Ford Motor Company and BMW Motor Company for their Aids<br />
awareness and care projects. The Tshwane Social Development Division also has<br />
partnerships with the National Health Department and the National Department <strong>of</strong> Arts and<br />
Culture from whom they get subsidies (Potgieter, 200I).<br />
This study acknowledges the importance <strong>of</strong> the successful partnerships that the Tshwane<br />
Metropolitan Municipality enjoys with relevant stakeholders and seeks to draw from their best<br />
practices for improved development <strong>of</strong> Ulundi. The research further considers the<br />
involvement <strong>of</strong> the private sector <strong>of</strong> Tshwane as worth emulating in the gro\';th and<br />
development <strong>of</strong>Ulundi [www.uovs.ac.za/facultieslcontent.php?id. (2008)].<br />
The one recumng problem cited by the senior personnel at the Tshwane Metropolitan<br />
Municipality has been the 'red tape' and 'bureaucracy'. It is established that it takes<br />
approximately two months to obtain approval/resolution from the Municipality on any given<br />
Issue. Research conducted by the KPMG on the electricity division <strong>of</strong> the Tshwane<br />
Metropolitan Municipality revealed that a procurement committee must approve any<br />
expenditure exceeding R120000 (Potgieter, 200 I).<br />
Alternative service delivery options In operation In Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality<br />
inVOlve issues like partnerships, corporatisation and technological developments. All<br />
departtnents widely use partnerships, but differences occur in terms <strong>of</strong> use. types <strong>of</strong><br />
partnerships used and the reasons for using the partnerships. Public-public partnerships also<br />
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