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Mrs. Hlengiwe Ndaba

Director: Social and Economic Services

H Hlengiwe Ndaba was born in Nkandla in the uThungulu District Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal.  

She was appointed as the Director of Social and Economic Services at Okhahlamba Local Municipality in July 2023.

Mrs. Ndaba holds:

  • a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Management from the Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology,
  • a Diploma in Municipal Finance Management;

and a range of certificates including:

  • the Introduction to Local Economic Development,
  • Applied Strategic Planning for Local Economic Development,
  • Business Retention, Investment Promotion for Economic Development,
  • and Applied Public-Private Partnerships which were obtained from the University of Johannesburg.

She also holds:

  • a National Certificate in Local Economic Development
  • as well as a certificate in Local Economic Development through the Balgravia Institute of Management.

Mrs. Ndaba matriculated through Nkandla High School. She relocated to Bergville in 1994.

She joined Okhahlamba Local Municipality in 2002. She has worked consistently through the years and has grown through the ranks at the municipality. 

She was appointed as the Tourism Development Officer, and, thereafter as the LED Officer. In 2017, She was appointed as the LED Manager.

Before joining Okhahlamba Local Municipality, she worked at Harvey World, a travel agency, as a Bookings Clerk.

"...integrated planning services and maximised spatial efficiencies for optimal service delivery."

The Department of Social and Economic Development provides integrated planning services and maximised spatial efficiencies for optimal service delivery.

The department aims to promote and guide the spatial and physical development of the area through integrated, strategic, developmental and regulatory frameworks.

These include:

  • human resource,
  • administration,
  • inter governmental relations/communications,
  • public participation,

The role of the Social and Economic Development Department in the municipality includes the following:

  • committee secretariat,
  • information technology,
  • health and safety,
  • individual performance management and
  • registry

Local Economic Development

Municipal Mandate and Strategic Objective

 

The Local Economic Development is responsible for the provision of the municipal LED Services inclusive of:

  • Business development and investment promotion
  • SMME Development
  • Development of SMME database
  • Development of poverty alleviation plans
  • The promotion of economic development;
  • job creation, economic transformation and economic interventions within the municipal constituency
  • The section is guided by policies established by National and Provincial Government.

Our section articulates the approach to economic development through the Municipality’s Integrated Development Plan (IDP) and an Economic Development Strategy (EDS) from which all activities are guided by, but not restricted to, as the section also responds to the broader challenges facing the municipal constituency by endorsing other initiatives such as the Provincial Growth Development Strategy.

The development of Small Businesses is now recognized as a common strategy for Local Economic Development in South Africa. We as the municipality are playing a facilitation role between governments initiatives to support SMME’s and further play a role in providing the necessary infrastructure for business to thrive.

Department Contact

Nokubonga Kubheka
Tel: 036 448 8008
Email: nokubonga.kubheka@okhahlamba.gov.za