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Amongst the sample were nominated members <strong>of</strong> the Executive Committee <strong>of</strong> the<br />
municipality, nominated Councillors, traditional leaders in charge <strong>of</strong> the surrounding rural<br />
area, ward committee chairperson as well as one member <strong>of</strong>the ward committee; managers <strong>of</strong><br />
departments and nominated <strong>of</strong>ficials from various sector departments. In addition, samples<br />
nominated were representatives from recognised stakeholder groups like NGOs, organised<br />
business, Tourism Committee Association (CTA) <strong>of</strong> Ulundi, SMMEs, agriculture and<br />
implementing agents (parastatals and NGOs); representatives from other groups (identified<br />
from broad public participation); nominated community representatives, resource persons and<br />
other interested and affected parties identified from the broad public participation process.<br />
These sampling categories played a vital role in the gathering <strong>of</strong> data relating to the<br />
understanding on the local socio-economic and physical attributes <strong>of</strong> the landscape, land use<br />
and cultural phenomena occurring in the study area.<br />
4.2.2 Instrumentation and Background<br />
This section explains the questionnaire used as an instrument to gather data in the course <strong>of</strong><br />
the survey. The first section <strong>of</strong> the questionnaire gathered information about the general<br />
background <strong>of</strong>household heads and their understanding <strong>of</strong> landscape and cultural attributes in<br />
Ulundi. Issues <strong>of</strong> local socio-economic imporlance were deliberated and among them were<br />
food security, women empowerment and rural development. The questionnaire further<br />
interrogated the state <strong>of</strong> environmental management strategies and their productivity and<br />
sustainability in the local economic development projects.<br />
Finally, the research instrument assessed the strength and effectiveness <strong>of</strong> the municipal<br />
institutional structures. Twenty five respondents comprising the Ulundi municipal<br />
management and municipal workers were asked to indicate their perceptions <strong>of</strong> how the<br />
performance management system operates in the municipal <strong>of</strong>fices. The study evaluated the<br />
efficiency <strong>of</strong> the municipal human resource, financial and infrastrucrurai staff capabilities.<br />
Questions on performance management systems in the local municipality were also<br />
administered to the purposively sampled twenty five municipal workers and managers. These<br />
respondents were asked to reveal the efficiency and effectiveness <strong>of</strong> the performance<br />
management system in the study area<br />
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