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concept embracing a balance between the socio-economic well-being ofthe people and their
natural environment for the benefit ofthe present and future generation.
Approximately, one in five of the responses affirmed that facilities were available in their
locality for educating the local population on environmental matters whereas an astonishing
four in five indicated that they did not know ofany facility for educating the local population
on environmental sustainability. From schools through community halls, government
departments to game reserves, Ulundi has numerous facilities to educate the local population
on environment. Public awareness campaign by the local government is very crucial to deal
with limited environmental awareness in Ulundi.
Over four in every five respondents did not know the existing facilities that were used to
educate the local community about environmental concerns. This could be attributed to the
fact that either most ofthese household heads had little or no interest in environmental issues
or they had genuinely not thought of the possibility of such facilities being used on
environmental concerns. Few respondents talked about community hall (less than three
percent), school (less than two percent) and any other building Gust over three percent) as
facilities for environmental education. Understanding the importance of maintaining and
preserving the environmental resources begins with where one would find this service in a
community like Ulundi. Land and environment are the second most important key
development issues and they incorporate Land Use Management System (LUMS), Strategic
Environmental Assessment (SEA), Environmental Management Plan (EMP), land reform
redistribution and housing. As part of their responsibility, they prepared SEAs and EMPs to
assist with environmental sustainable development of infrastructure and land use control. The
lOP management unit ofthe Ulundi municipality steered the local economic development of
Ulundi with community development (capacity building and poverty relief) as its
development priority.
Objective 5
To reveal how stakeholders perceive the existing institutional structures in terms ofpublic
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