Maphumulo IDP - KZN Development Planning

6 CHAPTER 6 - CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS6.1 MUNICIPAL TRANSFORMATION AND INSTITUTIONALDEVELOPMENT6.1.1 OVERVIEWMaphumulo Local Municipality has a staff complement of 59 employees comprised of 41males and 18 females. There are three (3) section 57 Managers and a Municipal Managerand seven (7) line managers. Due to the location of the municipality in the deep rural area,the staff comprises of black employees only with no other races. There are 3 employees withdisabilitiesThis municipality is falls under category “B” grade 1 municipality in terms of grading by theSouth African Local Government Bargaining Council Categorization and Job EvaluationWage Curves Collective Agreement.Currently, the Municipality has 11 Wards and a total number of 22 Councillors (11 WardCouncillors and 11 PR Councillors).The ultimate leadership of the municipality rest with the council. The Council has delegatedsome of its functions to the Executive Committee which is comprised of four Councillors whoare Chairperson of the Portfolio Committees.6.1.2 CHALLENGESThe municipality faces the challenge of balancing the salary budget and the Servicedelivery budget. As a result the senior positions cannot all be filled; hence there is a vacantposition for the Executive Manager responsible for Community Services, Technical Servicesand Housing. This challenge exerts pressure on the senior managers as they have to cater forall the work.There is also a challenge of recruiting and keeping technical staff within the municipality. Thissituation is the result of the geographical position of the municipality which is in the rural area.6.1.3 OBJECTIVESThe main objective of this KPA is to improve the organizational development capacity of themunicipality to render effective service delivery.6.1.4 PROJECT MATRIXFocus Area Projects BudgetTownDevelopmentBy-laws forroads andpublic access2011/2012 Status(Complete / inprogress/Pending)R 100,000 Continuous2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015R 200,000 R 228,00.00 R0.00__________________________________________________________________________________________Maphumulo Integrated Development Plan (IDP) 2012 - 2013Final June 2012Page 104 of 142