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Presenter: LG Davhana

PRESENTATION BY THULAMELA MUNICIPALITY MULTI YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT February 2013. Presenter: LG Davhana. BACKGROUND. Thulamela is one of the four local municipalities of the Vhembe District Population = 618 000 20% Urban and 80% Rural

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Presenter: LG Davhana

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  1. PRESENTATION BY THULAMELA MUNICIPALITYMULTI YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT February 2013 Presenter: LG Davhana

  2. BACKGROUND • Thulamela is one of the four local municipalities of the Vhembe District • Population = 618 000 • 20% Urban and 80% Rural • Received its direct mig funding from 2005/6 financial year. • Received the Neighbourhood Development Partnership Grant (NDPG) in 2008 and started with implementation in 2010.

  3. INFRASTRUCTURE BACKLOGS • Roads & Stormwater: → Urban Streets (About 259.7 km gravel; 123.36 km tarred) → Rural areas: upgraded the access collectors to uplift the living standards • Sports Facilities: → Have 9 centres: to develop various sporting codes. We have done 6. → Scope: Grassed soccer field, roofed pavilion with change rooms and ablutions, swimming pool, one volley + basket ball court, one netball + tennis court, borehole with storage and irrigation, fencing and parking. • Other public infrastructure: Solid waste disposal and transfer stations, taxi and bus ranks, and cemeteries.

  4. INSTITUTIONAL SET-UP • A committee based PMU was established in 2005/6, with technical specialization in consideration • Additional personnel for special municipal focuses were included, e.g. EIA and IDP • In-house PMU Manager is almost full time with no additional remuneration. Other members support on part time basis. • Currently PMU unit has two full-time staff members, and one seconded staff member.

  5. TRAINING CAPABILITIES

  6. CHALLENGES • To meet some of the programme requirements of the Capital Grant (CG) of NDPG was a challenge, like Business Plan (BP) approval (with economic focus), Project Plan (PP) and Milestone Payment Schedule (MPS). Appoint the specialist service providers like Economists. • Poor performance by emerging service providers. Mix experienced with emerging. • Under estimation. Appoint project consultants to do detailed cost estimates; Budget adjustment. • Project identification and community involvement. Co-ordinate all stakeholders, like civics and traditional leaders, through Ward Councillors. • Lots ofhiccups in the initial years, because of no planning / not clear on what’s required.  Plan ahead

  7. OUR STRENGTH/ FORWARD PLANNING • Conduct EIA a year before – have a budget. • Feasibility study and Designs approval prior implementation financial year – have a budget. • Monthly meetings of the PMU as preparation for monthly meetings with consultants. • On-going capacity building. • Use of different consultants. • Planned appointments of students for in-service training in the projects. • Full support by management.

  8. EXAMPLE OF NEW PROJECT FROM PLANNING TO IMPLEMENTATION • Thohoyandou Unit G Streets: Appointed Consultant = 08 March 2011 Geotech & Survey appointments = 23 March 2012 EIA consultant appointed = 17/04/2012 EIA ROD = 01/06/2012 Payment of special services = 15/06/2012 Project status: Recently appointed contractor to spend at least 25% of budget in 2012/13 and the balance in 2013/14 financial year.

  9. IMPACT MADE BY MIG • 72 km of tarred streets, 15 km gravel roads, 5.5 km concrete strips road, one solid waste disposal site, and six sport facilities were constructed from 2005/6. • Projects under implementation: Makhuvha sports facility, Thulamela Information Centre, and 5 x Solid waste transfer stations, Streets rehabilitations. • NDPG projects under implementation: Acacia link Road, Streets Lighting, Sibasa Bus & Taxi Rank, Malamulele Internal Streets.

  10. OVERALL MUNICIPAL PROGRESS ON INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND LESSON LEARNED • Spent mig allocations within given period since inception in 2005/6. • Partnership with CESA (Consulting Engineers South Africa) • Engagement/Involvement with IMESA (Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa) • Partnership with communities on infrastructure development. • Capacity to manage other programmes like Neighbourhood Development Partnership Grant (NDPG) from National Treasury; and Electrification for DOE. • THANK YOU

  11. TSHIKOMBANI BASIC SPORTS FIELD Pavilion under construction

  12. MAKHUVHA SPORTS FACILITY Pavilion under construction

  13. TSHIFUDI SPORTS FACILITY Completed Sports Facility

  14. MAKWARELA TO HOLLYWOOD ROAD

  15. THOHOYANDOU UNIT J MAIN STREET

  16. SASELAMANI RING ROAD

  17. TRAFFIC CIRCLE IN THOHOYANDOU

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