OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL MANAGER

INKOSI LANGALIBALELE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY – UMKHANDLU WENDAWO

P.O Box 15, Estcourt, 3310 Physical Address: Victoria Street, Estcourt
Tel. No: 036 342 7800, Fax No: 036 352 78 98
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IDP IZIMBIZO – ROADSHOWS AND CONSULTATIONS
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION REPORT 2024

WARD COMMITTEE CAPACITY BUILDING AND CONSULTATION

18/01/2024 Ward Committee Ward Committee workshop and

workshop and consultation
consultation Topics covered
LTT ➢ Roles and Responsibilities of
Ward Committees
➢ WC Sector reports in war rooms
and LTT
➢ What is a District Development
Model?
➢ Participation of WC in the IDP
Process
➢ What is Performance
Management System?

Recommendations that were made by

the Ward Committee is as Follows:
1. To have a programme on
Disability Awareness
2. Provide automatic Wheelchairs
for those in need
3. Municipal Buildings to be
disability user friendly
4. All sectors to be treated the
same and provided with the
same attention e.g. tracksuites
for all sports codes and all
sectors when going to represent
the municipality
5. Support for NPO’s

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 6. Yellow metal programme to
accommodate all Wards
7. To have a programme for
grading of sports fields
8. WC to receive a response on the
sector reports that are submitted
monthly
9. Departments are not attending
war room meetings
10. To renovate the town hall as it is
the main hall based in town
11. To close the hole on the corner
of the town library
12. Increment for WC’s as the
Mayor had promised.
13. Accredited training for ward
committees

Ward 01
1. Request for Stadium 1. Public wroks
2. Electricity Infills 2. Public works
3. Community Hall (Engodini) 3. Public works
4. Sports fields maintenance 4. Community services
5. Maintenance of Access roads 5. Public works
(Mnyangweni, Makekeni, Engodini,
Slimangamehlo, Emadolobheni,
Kwavala.
6. Pedestrain Bridges (Emnyangweni, 6. Public works
D1237 Ghobashiyane,
Scelukwedlula road)
7. Lightning Conductors 7. Public works
8. Creche Emakekeni 8. Public works
9. Water in childhood development 9. UThukela District
centres.
10. Water tanks to supply water when 10. UThukela District Municipality
the community does not have.
Ward 02
1. Maintanance of Access road 1. Public works
leading to Sizathina High School
2. Water issue to be resolved 2. UThukela District Municipality
Emandabeni 3. Community Services
3. Renovate Emandabeni Community 4. Community Services
Hall
5. Public works
6. Public works

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 4. Disaster affected houses, families
have not received assistance in 7. Public works
Emoyeni 8. Uthukela District
5. Request for lightning conductors 9. Planning and Development
6. Maintanance of D214 ROAD
Emoyeni and access roads
7. Apollo lights iin Emoyeni
8. Maintenance of Borholes hand taps
9. RDP Houses to be completed
Ward 03
1. Tarr road D125 and a vehicle 1. Department of Transport
bridge 2. Public works
2. Maintenance of Thamela Road,
Ingodla Road, Entonjeni Road,
Engonyameni to emahlabathini,
road from mekekeni to Sgubudu, 3. Uthukela District Municipality
mfuluzi, 4. UThukela District Municipality
3. Water in Thamela area 5. Public works
4. Ablution facilities
5. Maintenance of access roads 6. Community Services
engonyameni
6. Renovation of the community Hall 7. Public works
Emadiphini
7. Lightening conductors

The community is grateful for the housing

project that has been completed phase 1,
and phase 2 has started.

Ward 04
1. Street lights 1. Public works
2. Request for intervention on diapers 2. Community services
that are thrown in the river banks
and illegal dumping.
3. Request for assistance with the 3. Office of the MM
rebuilding of the church Apostolic
Church of SA it was affected by the
storms
4. Ablution facilities 4. UThukela District
5. Lightning conductors, 5. UThukela District
6. Access roads maintenance 6. Public works
7. Request for piggery feeds 7. Planning
Ward 05
1. Electricity infills 1. Public works
2. Request for uniform donation for 2. Office of the MM
girls group yeNdlamu
3. There’s a dam that may cause 3. Department of Agriculture
danger to the community, request
for assistance to release some
water from the dam

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 4. Maintenance of access roads 4. Public works
5. Apollo lights 5. Public works
6. Maintenance of road from 6. Public works
Madulumbane
7. Request for assist for Apostle 7. Office of the MM
church which was affected by the
storm to rebuild.
8. Footbridge EGeza 8. Public works
9. Maintenance of the access road 9. Public works
going through the railway line
10. Lightning Conductors 10. UThukela
Ward 06

WARD 07
1. Access road in Dutch area 1. Public works
2. No Water 2. UThukela
3. Maintenance of the water reserve 3. UThukela
to supply water
4. Disaster relief does not come, they 4. Community Services
only do profiling and assistance
provided therafter
5. Request for RDP Houses in Dutch 5. Planning
6. The electricity tariffs are increasing 6. Eskom
too much
7. Inkosi Ndaba allocated a site for a 7. SAPS
police station but to date nothing is
happening as the community has
been complaining that the police
station is too far from the
community 8. Public works
8. Maintenance of main road 9. Department of Transport
ehlalakahle 10. UThukela
9. Tar road in goodhome
10. Water pumps in Goodhomes are 11. Public works
no longer working and are not fixed
11. Footbridge Kwabhakelani and 12. Public works
goodhome 13. Department of Transport
12. Stadium for Goodhome 14. Public works
13. Maintenance of the road D1246
14. Electricity Kwabhakelani and
Ezimpandeni
Ward 08
1. The community is gratefull 1. Corporate Services
towards the mayoral
registration fee assistance-
request for students to be
offered in-service training.
2. Request for intervention in 2. Public works
Longhomes road maintenance
and pothole patching

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 3. Access road maintenance in C 3. Public Works
section and road heading to
Ethempeleni 4. UThukela District Municipality
4. Request for ablution facilities
for community members that
have never received
5. Street lights 5. Public works
6. V-drains along the mountain, in 6. Public works
C-section houses are getting
flooded
WARD 09
1. Replacing of street lights 1. Public Works
2. Water leaks and water shortages 2. UThukela District
3. Wembezi Stadium to be fitting with 3. Community Services
a drainage system
4. Wembezi Multipurpose Centre 4. Community Services
Renovations
5. Maintenance of V-drains to be 5. Public Works
cleaned to avoid flooding
6. Pothole patching and grading of 6. Public works
gravel roads
7. Create Job Opportunities 7. Local Economic develop
8. Computer centre – for skills 8. Office of the Municipal Manager
development
9. Complete housing project for 9. Planning
rectification
10. Construction of new Water 10. UThukela District Municipality
reservoir
WARD 10
1. Grateful for the Estcourt
Primary School Bridge
2. Request for road leading to 2. Public works
Duma’s Farm
3. Water crisis and sewerage 3. UThukela District
overflowing
4. Request for Crematorium in 4. Community Services & Planning
Estcourt
5. Request for sports field in 5. Public works
Colita 6. Public works
6. Request for tar road in Qonti 7. Community services
7. Illegal dumping is a major 8. Public works
problem 9. Community services & Public
8. Street lights Colita works
9. Speed Humps 10. Public works
10. Potholes patching Forderville 11. Community Services
11. Maintenance of forderville
swimming pool 12. Community Services
12. Upgrade and maintenance of
forderville sports field 13. Planning
14. Community services

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 13. Repair of damaged RDP 15. Public works
Houses
14. Outdoor gym
15. Crèche

WARD 11
1. Youth Centre(Kwavezunyawo) 1. Office of the Municipal Manager
2. Access roads (Munywini, 2. Public works
Mkhalanyoni, Vezunyawo,
Mahlabathini, Nyokeni, Upper
Mkhize 3. Public works
3. Electricity infills (Mkhalanyoni,
Mahlabathini Phezulu, Munywini. 4. UThukela District
4. Water 5. Office of the MM
5. Network Upper Mkhize area 6. Planning
6. RDP Houses – Umbiko 7. Community Services
7. Disaster relief – still waiting 8. Office of the MM
8. Mhubela special needs school,
needs assistance with food, stoves 9. Department of Transport
etc. 10. SAPS
9. Guardrails P391 and side walks 11. Community services & Office of
10. Mobile police station the MM
11. Sports programme and
Maintenance of sports fields (
KwaMswane, Mahlabathin,
Esicodisenisenkomdlwane etc)
WARD 12
1. Main roads maintenance and 1. Public Works
access roads
2. RDP Houses 2. Planning
3. Electricity Thamela KwaDlamini (80 3. Public works
houses)
4. Bridge connecting KwaDlamini and 4. Public works
KwaNdaba
5. Water 5. UThukela
6. The community is grateful for the
response of the Community hall
that is on construction in
EManjokweni
WARD 13
1. Water 1. UThukela
2. Electricity infills 2. Public works
3. Road P13 3. Department of Transport
4. Apollo lights ngase tempelene ka 4. Public works
Shembe
5. Tarr road for the main roads 5. Department of Transport
6. Library 6. Community Services
WARD 14
1. Main road grading in Shayamoya 1. Department of transport
2. Community services

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 2. Illegal dumping between Sobabili
and eMathamo – Request for skip 3. Public works
bin 4. Planning
3. Maintenance of bridge in Mathamo 5. UThukela
4. RDP Houses 6. Eskom
5. Water taps and boreholes
6. Monitoring of electricity illegal 7. Public works
connections 8. Uthukela
7. Access roads maintenance
8. Water tanks
WARD 15
1. Progress on RDP House for 450 1. Planning
units 21 have been completed
2. Request for crèche 2. Public works
3. Post for principal in Emthonjaneni 3. Office of the MM (DOE)
to be filled
4. Completion of the Zwelisha Bridge 4. Department of Transport
5. Request for tent at the cemetery 5. Community services
6. Community hall 6. Community services
7. Request for project monitor when 7. Office of the MM
roads are being fixed or maintained
8. No water KwaSkhonyane 8. UtHUKELA District
9. Netwrok connect 9. Office of the MM
10. Support for local farmers 10. Local Economic development
11. Boreholes 11. Uthukela
12. Free WIFI 12. Office of the MM
13. SPORTS FIELDS 13. Community services
14. Rdp HOUSES KwaSkhonyane 14. Planning
15. V-drain in loskloyi 15. Public works
16. Street lights 16. Public works
17. Job creation 17. Planning
18. Disaster relief for Mama Hlophe in 18. Community Services
Locksloyi
WARD 16
1. Dalton roads have huge piles of 1. Department of transport
kwari . request for urgent
intervention as when it rains they
are unable to go to work, schools
and town P171. 2. Office of the MM
2. Network 3. UThukela District
3. Water 4. Public works
4. Creche 5. Planning
5. Job opportunities 6. Public works
6. Electricity enkambini 7. Office of the MM
7. Schoolar transport for Siphokuhle
high school 8. Public works
8. Lower Shayamoya requires
maintenance for access roads and
main roads 9. Public works
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 9. Ezindikini, request for kwari on the
road and soccer kit 10. Office of the MM
10. Lower shayamoya ladies request
for sewing machines 11. Office of the MM
11. MaHadebe request for assistance
as there’s a child without a birth
certificate 12. Public works
12. Gradding of road from Mhubheni to
KwaNkosi 13. Planning
13. RDB Houses 14. Planning
14. Request for new investments in
terms of factories so there can be
job creation 15. Office of the MM
15. Dalton netball and soccer kit 16. Uthukela District
16. No water

WARD 17
1. Request for electricity for the 2 1. Public works
houses in Emadanyini (Solar)
2. Phase 1 road was affected by the 2. Public works
storm
3. Request for Assistance with Mr 3. Office of the MM
Dubazanes house
4. Street light maintenance 4. Public works
5. Monitoring of electricity tempering 5. Public works
and illegal connections
6. Convert the Wembezi taxi rank into 6. Public works
a community hall
7. Vacant land to be given to 7. Planning
community members for gardening
purposes 8. Public works and DOT
8. V-drains in the new road to be
constructed 9. Community Services
9. Illegal dumping 10. Corporate Services
10. In-service training 11. Community services
11. Free wifi in the Library 12. Public works
12. Potholes patching 13. Community Services
13. Grass cutting 14. Budget & Treasury
14. Electricity Vending machine to be
brought back to the Wembezi office 15. Community services
15. Request for assistance from brush
cutters in the local crèche 16. UThukela
16. Leaking water pipes 17. Community services
17. Fencing of the Cemetery

WARD 18
1. Electricity infills (Ensingweni) 1. Public works
2. Water crisis (Frere) 2. Uthukela District Municipality
3. Potholes, 3. Public Works
4. grass and tree cutting (Forderville) 4. Community Services

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 5. Grass and tree cutting, 5. Community Services
6. potholes (Paapkuilfontein) 6. Public Works
7. Apolo light (Runsburg) 7. Public works
8. Electricity infills (Esigodlweni) 8. Public works
9. Electricity infills, toilets, access road, 9. Public Works
10. high school (Entokozweni) 10. Department of Education
WARD 19
1. Apolo light, 1. Public Works
2. road, 2. Public works
3. two jojo tanks (Cloustern farm) 3. Uthukela District Municipality
4. Access road, 4. Public Works
5. electricity, 5. Public works
6. RDP houses, 6. Planning
7. toilets, 7. Uthukela
8. water, 8. UThukela
9. Cattle Dip, 9. Department of Agriculture;
10. scholar transport (KwaMfiliji) 10. Department of Education
11. Hall renovations (Thembalihle) 11. Community Services
WARD 20
1. Electricity in the hall Emsobotsheni, 1. Public Works
2. RDP houses, 2. Planning and Development
3. access roads, Emsobotsheni, Maqaqeni, 3. Public Works
Engodini
4. extension of cemetery (Msobotsheni) 4. Community Services
5. Access roads, 5. Public works
6. agricultural support, 6. Planning
7. ward demarcation, 7. Planning
8. water crisis (KwaShameni, 8. UThukela
Nhlangwini and Bhatha)
9. community hall engodini and Maqaqeni 9. Uthukela
10. crèche Maqaqeni 10. Public works
11. sport kits (Maqaqeni) 11. Office of the MM
12. RDP houses, 12. Planning
13. Park with gyming facilities, 13. Community Services
14. sport field, 14. Public works
15. fencing and tractor (ENgodini) 15. Planning
WARD 21
1. Renovation of community hall 1. Community Services
ezitendeni
2. Home affairs office in Weenen 2. Home Affairs
3. Request for new road ephofini to 3. Public works
esibhaxeni
4. Ablution facilities kwasikhova 4. UThukela
5. Request for sewing machines 5. Office of the MM
6. Creche in Mbabane 6. Public works
7. Request for OSS housing for senior 7. Planning
citizens Gogo Ndlovu and
BabZakwe in Mbabane
8. Request for new cemetery as the 8. Planning
current is getting full

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 9. Request for gradding of road from 9. Public works
ephofini to entsheleni
10. Request for donation of soccer kits 10. Office of the MM
for all teams entering the mayoral
cup 11. UThukela
11. No water 12. Office of the MM
12. Request for pauper burial 13. Planning
13. Request for assistance for local
farmers (ploughing, seeds etc) 14. Department of Transport
14. Tar road from Weenen Town to
Ezitendeni 15. Public works
15. Creche 16. Uthukela
16. Production boreholes in Phofini,
Skhova- Bhide no Mkholombe 17. Public works
17. Street Lights ezitendeni 18. Public works
18. Maintenance of shebeleza V-drains
in ezitendeni 19. Planning
19. Shopping centre 20. Public works
20. Community hall ephofini
WARD 22
1. Maintanance of sports fields 1. Community Services
2. Road maintenance emadulaneni 2. Public works
3. Boreholes emgwamama and 3. UThukela
kwajodiki 4. Community Services
4. Community awareness campaigns
on the environment and illegal
dumping and dumping of diapers . 5. Planning
5. Request for assistance with fencing
of the planting fields 6. Public works
6. Crèche encunjane & Busani 7. Department of Education
7. Ejikeni they are requesting for a
primary school 8. Public works
8. Electricity infills
WARD 23
1. Electricity infills (Mabhalonini, 1. Public works
KwaMatshesi, Entunda)
2. Apollo lights 2. Public works
3. Vehicle bridge eNtunda 3. Public works
4. EKhwezi request for tar road 4. Public works
5. Community Hall Ekhwezi 5. Public works
6. Street lights 6. Public works
7. Grass cutting 7. Community services
8. No water 8. UThukela
9. Water tanks 9. UThukela
10. Requests for Boreholes entunda 10. Uthukela
11. Transfer of title deeds 11. Planning
WARD 24
1. RDP Houses 1. Planning
2. Maintenance of boreholes that are 2. UThukela
broken

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3. Request for library 3. Community Services
4. Amahlubi high school request for 4. Department of Education
ablution facilities
5. Speed humps when going pass 5. Department of Transport
Moorleigh
6. Amahlubi mangwe primary school 6. Public works
request grading of their sports
fields 7. Public works
7. Maintenance of access roads and
main roads 8. UThukela
8. Water is still a major issue

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