Main Entrace to iSimangaliso Wetlands Park - smelling up the place

Rob Blanshard: "These pics are what you don't see while driving past. It's on the corner of the road from the old station. Try viewing full screen to get the best effect. We live up that road so HAVE to go through it several times a day." 12 January 2011

This started months before and it is recurring .. Many People blame Mtubutuba Municipality and feel that their taxes should cover this shituation. Fact is that Municipalities are audited and the Auditor General prescribes the method and budgeting of this expenditure. For this reason Mtubatuba Municipality can not interfere with the mentor/custodian District Municipality, Umkhanyakude, in this case.

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Umkhanyakude, named after the famous yellow-barked fever tree, literally meaning “seen from afar”, is the northernmost district in KwaZulu-Natal and contains many areas of outstanding natural beauty such as the St Lucia greater wetland park, Sodwana Bay and Kosi Bay. Game parks include Hluhluwe-Umfolozi, Ndumu and Tembe Elephant Park. It is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It is a very rural District, the largest town being Mtubatuba in the South, with Hluhluwe, Mkuze, Jozini, Kwangwanase and Ingwavuma further to the north.

It is described as one of the two most deprived districts in South Africa according to the District Health Barometer. “Deprivation” is defined as a combination of indictors including unemployment rates, access to piped water and electricity, female-headed households with high numbers of children and low education levels, according to the Health Systems Trust which produces the Barometer.. The seat of Umkhanyakude is Mkuze. The majority of its 573 353 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC27.

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This is also the Municipality responsible for the severe water shortages that paralysis the Wetland Park Tourist communities on a regular basis. Poor planning and ridiculous water prices has many land owners up in arms. If they served a function it would be acceptable but many a meeting that was scheduled is merely canceled because the comity that organized it never showed up. Expensive venues and over priced catering wasted. 

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 South Africa is divided into 52 districts (Metropolitan and District municipalities). The 12th amendment to the Constitution (December 2005) reduced this number from 53. Another effect of this amendment is that each district is now completely contained within a province, thus eliminating cross-border districts. The districts also cover the entire area of the continental republic. South Africa's districts are analogous to counties in Great Britain and the United States

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This dysfunctional Love Child falls with in the governance of the Primier of kwaZulu Natal and his various office over see the workings with in this District Council. 

Contact Details:

Department of Tourism

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MINISTRY
Tel: (033) 342 6300
Fax: (033) 342 3613
E-mail: Bhengun@dact.kzntl.gov.za
222 Jabu Ndlovu Street
Private Bag X9140
Pietermaritzburg
3201

Department of Water Affairs

	Deputy Minister's Speech: 25 February
	I am particularly elated to be here today and celebrate a significant milestone in the Department of Environmental Affairs’ endeavour to demonstrate the commitment of our government to the conservation and protection of our ocean and coastal environment.

• Chief of Staff (Head of Ministry): Mrs Nchedi Sophia Maphokga-Moripe

  Tel: 012 336 8729
  Fax: 012 336 7817
  Email: Moripen@dwa.gov.za

 • Media Liaison Officer: Mr Mandla Mathebula

  Cell: 083 282 6133
  Email: mathebulam3@dwa.gov.za 

Department of Health

KWAZULU-NATAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
chris.maxon@kznhealth.gov.za
Tel: 033-3952248
Fax: 033-3429477
Cell: 083 447 2869

Department of Environment

On a Provincial level their website was not functional at time of posting.

Deputy Director General: Environmental Quality and Protection

Mr Ishaam Abader (acting)

	Tel:	+27 12 310 3391
	Fax:	+27 12 322 1936
	Email:	iabader@deat.gov.za

Role:

Promote the enhancement of natural resources for sustainable equitable use and protect and enhance the quality and safety of the environment.

Functions:

• Promote and conserve our biological diversity and cultural and local natural resources and ensure the sustainable utilisation of resources for the benefit of the people of South Africa • Protect the environment in the interest of the health and well being of the people of South Africa

• Provide environmental information in support of effective environmental management and public participation in environmental governance

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This is the protector of you Province, your area and you constitutional rights. We send them one letter they ignore it. we send them a petition they file it. We each send them a letter they will have to respond.-