Community Services Department
Director
Mr Vuyisa Mbangi
Ms Khonaye Pasiwe
Secretary
- 072 8188 205
- 040 673 3771
- kpasiwe@ngqushwamun.gov.za
The Community Services Department is responsible for ensuring provision of an acceptable standard of Waste and Environment Management, Coastal Management, Spatial Planning and Development and Road Traffic Management as well as Maintenance of facilities such as Sports facilities, Arts and Cultural Services to the communities.
- The Department is also responsible for the following:
- Waste and Environmental Management
- Coastal Management
- Development and management of waste disposal sites.
- Proper management of Municipal community facilities including sport fields and community halls.
- Public spaces and recreation centres, parks and facilities.
- Provision of Safety and Security in municipal area.
- Approval of Building plans and building control function.
- Develop and review SPLUMA aligned SDF.
- Develop Land Use Management plans!
- Perform Land Audit
- Implementation of municipal Spatial Development Framework (SDF)
- Execution of council resolutions relating to community services.
Strategic goal:
Strives to ensure safe, sustainable and environmentally friendly livelihoods and sustainable economic growth using all available natural resources.
Local Economic Development Management (LED)
Environment and Solid Waste Management
Public Safety and Law Enforcement/Traffic Services Management
Coastal Management
Spatial Planning and Land Use Management
Maintenance of Municipal Facilities (Buildings) Management
Local Economic Development Management (LED)
Manager: Ms Johanna Ngwanduli (Acting)
The Local Economic Development consists of three sections; Rural Development and Agriculture, SMME’s and Co-operatives, and Tourism and Heritage.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND AGRICULTURE
Strategic Objectives:
- To enhance equitable access to all natural resources and participation in agricultural opportunities through unlocking agricultural potential by 2025.
- The Municipality comprises of rural subsistence communities that rely solely on agricultural production as well as the government social security services for survival.
- The municipality has an LED strategy in place to reverse these high levels of dependency on social grants by stimulating agricultural development.
SMALL, MEDIUM, MICRO ENTERPRISES AND CO-OPERATIVES
Strategic Objectives:
- To create an enabling environment that promotes the capacitation of SMEs, development of local economy and employment creation by 2025.
- The section is responsible for SMME’s and Cooperative Development, Enterprise Development SMME Database, Incubation Programme, Informal Traders, Film and Development Sector, CWP (COMMUNITY WORKS PROGRAMME).
TOURISM AND HERITAGE DEVELOPMENT
Strategic Objectives:
- To create conducive environment for Tourism and Heritage attractions thereby marketing Ngqushwa as a preferred tourist destination of choice by 2025.
Environment and Solid Waste Management
Manager: Mr Raymond Mkontwana
SOLID WASTE
Strategic Objective:
- To manage the rendering of waste management services in accordance with applicable legislation, by-laws and standards by 2025.
- To ensure provision and management of affordable cemetery services by upgrading existing and providing new infrastructure by 2025.
- To secure ecologically sustainable development and use of natural resources while promoting justifiable economic and social development by 2025.
- To manage the provisioning and maintenance/operation of parks, sports ground, commonage and public amenities by 2025.
Public Safety and Law Enforcement/Traffic Services Management
Ngqushwa Municipality Traffic Services consists of three sections Law enforcement, Driver’s License Testing Centre and Registry Authority & Administration.
Strategic Goal:
To provide responsive, accountable, effective and sustainable public services.
Strategic Objectives:
To manage the rendering of efficient and sustainable traffic and law enforcement services to all road users and public.
Core functions of the traffic section:
- Law Enforcement
- Awareness Campaigns
- Security Services
- Revenue collection through the following services: Issuing of traffic fines to transgressors on the road, Application & issuing of learners; drivers licenses and PDP’S, Renewal of drivers & PRDP’S, Registration and Licensing of vehicles, Duplicate Certificate of vehicles, Warrant of arrest collection.
Coastal Management
Manager: Ms N Jakavula
Email:njakavula@ngqushwamun.gov.zaStrategic Objectives:
To promote an inclusive economic growth and maintain healthy balance between resource use and renewability on ocean environment by 2025.- To create a conducive spatial environment to address the Social, economic, environmental and cultural needs of the communities in order to ensure sustainable development in accordance with Spatial Planning & Land Use Management Act principles and the National Development Plan.
Spatial Planning and Land Use Management
Manager: Mr. Z Xokozela
Email:zxokozela@ngqushwamun.gov.za
Strategic Goal:
To create a conducive spatial environment to address the Social, economic, environmental and cultural needs of the communities in order to ensure sustainable development in accordance with Spatial Planning & Land Use Management Act principles and the National Development Plan.
Strategic Objectives:
- To promote equitable and inclusive access for spatial justice (improving access to opportunities, services and amenities) by improving economic and social inclusion by 2025.
- To manage future planning and land use development in line with the General Principles of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act 16 of 2013 (SPLUMA) and related legislations by 2025.
- To ensure effective enforcement of planning and building regulation policies and by-laws in order to achieve orderly development by 2025. Specific objective
- To create awareness and systems for plan submission and approval.
- To facilitate uniform building practices
- To monitor all construction activities
- To promote Integrated Sustainable Human Settlements by 2025. Specific objectives
- Position human settlements development in quality environments and close to socio-economic opportunities.
- To effectively manage the use and development of municipal property.
- To facilitate the administration and implementation of housing projects.
- Facilitate the implementation of housing subsidy system.
- To facilitate and coordinate support during disaster incidents (all hazards) by 2025. Specific objectives / Activities.
- Effectively attend to local disaster incidents through the implementation of Disaster Management and Contingency Plans. Strategic Priorities
- Implementation of Wall-to-Wall Land Use Scheme.
- Implementation of a SPLUMA compliant Spatial Development Framework (SDF).
- To create community awareness of planning and building policies and legislation.
- To ensure effective implementation and decision making on planning and development in line with SPLUMA principles and processes.
- To improve asset register (immovable property), revenue generation and compliance with zoning regulations.
- To implement a Human Settlements Sector Plan (HSSP) to facilitate planning and development of Human Settlements.
Maintenance of Municipal Facilities (Buildings) Management
Manager:Ms. Z. Velemani
Email:zvelemani@ngqushwamun.gov.zaStrategic Objectives:
To ensure provisioning and maintenance of municipal building and facilities by 2025.