PRESENTATION BY THULAMELA MUNICIPALITY MULTI YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT February 2013 PRESENTATION BY THULAMELA MUNICIPALITY MULTI YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT February 2013 Presenter: LG Davhana

2 BACKGROUND Thulamela is one of the four local municipalities of the Vhembe District Population = % 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 km gravel; 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 No. of personnel Type of trainingInstitutionOutcome 2Integrated SHEQ Internal AuditorsAdvantage ACTOHS auditing 1Environmental Impact AssessmentNorth West UniversityCo-ordinate EIA and get ROD (Record of decisions) 5GISIntergraph Systems SA Update maps 1Advanced Programme in Project Management Continue Education at University of Pretoria Management of projects 15Contract ManagementCE at UPEvaluate contracts 6Project Management Principles and Practices CE at UPAssist in the Mana- gement of projects 1Environmental Law for Environmental Managers North West UniversityEnvironmental management 3Programme in Project MasnagementCE at UPManagement of projects 1Programme in Engineering ManagementCE at UPManagement of Engineers / Consultants

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 of hiccups 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

SASELAMANI RING ROAD 16

TRAFFIC CIRCLE IN THOHOYANDOU 17