Kwa-Zulu Natal – Long Term Projects

Mpophomeni Community Upgrade Project

Mpophomeni is a town in Umgungundlovu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. In 1968 the South African government built in an open field a township called Mpophomeni to relocate the black people living in the surroundings of Howick.

Mpophomeni township, outside Howick, was established in 1964.  A large wetland surrounds the township and the name Mpophomeni comes from the sound of falling water. The wetlands and streams that flow through Mpophomeni are in dire condition. Pollution by sewage is a significant health issue. The uMthinzima river flows into Midmar Dam, which is a strategic source of water for residents downstream all the way to Durban, the economic hub of the province.

  • Water management
  • Upgrade schools
  • Develop a business and factory center for the creation of small businesses in
    • Property management
    • General Management
    • Accounts management
    • Road and infrastructure
    • Policing
    • Sanitation works
    • Power generation
  • Develop a small business development bank providing loans to entrepreneurs for starting businesses mentioned above

Informal Settlement Upgrade Project

  • Little is known about these informal settlements, so more research will be necessary 2024/5 ongoing
  • Research and evaluate the primary situation
  • Find and train a leadership team
  • Establish community requirements
  • Find and train suitable artisans to complete work requirements (apprenticeship and leadership training)
  • Work with the community to upgrade the rural informal settlement to uplift the standard of living for the under privileged using local labour
  • Possible relocation to Mpophomeni town
  • Build the community infrastructure defined in the requirements.
  • Upgrade living conditions and ensure continued progress and success.
  • Help create business opportunities to generate a community based income structure through local businesses, communal gardens and farms.
  • Help fund police for combatting crime, drug issues and security instances.
  • Identify the requirements of the elderly, retirees/pensioners and disabled
  • Assist and develop new curriculum for all levels of education.
  • Assess the needs of orphaned children.

KZN, Howick & Midlands Districts (Ongoing)

Midlands Transport Services (Long Term)

  • Provide efficient commuter transport services for Local businesses and workers
  • Provide High Speed Train service within the Province connecting major towns.
  • Midlands to Pietermaritzburg –> Durban
  • Midlands to Mooi River -> Estcourt -> Ladysmith -> New Castle
  • Howick Airport (private) upgrade to commercial with flights to major towns and cities within the province
  • Re-establish freight Rail from Durban harbour/port to all towns in the province improving road safety by removing heavy container traffic off the main highways.
  • Re create the old Durban Airport for direct flights to the city

Areas of focus

Leadership Training scenarios

  • Develop winning strategies to train effective leaders
  • Capitalize on markets to get the best and most effective leadership workforce.
  • Computer skills workshops to train leaders in effective online financial management
  • Create channels for leaders to share experiences and develop future sustainable solutions

Community opportunities

  • Iterative approaches to agreeing on a forward looking  strategy
  • Establish a management framework for the community
  • Focus on the management and Implementation of the required and agreed community upgrades and sustainability using local and community resources
  • Create a real and secure working environment for the unemployed homeless men and women

How we get there

ROI

  • Envision community expertise and growth strategies
  • Visualize quality of intellectual capital
  • Engage community methodologies with web-enabled technologies for provided services
  • Create a sustainable and efficient community leadership program

Community Success Strategies

  • Pursue scalable customer service through sustainable strategies
  • Engage top-line web community services with deliverables for future enhancements

Follow up strategies

  • Cultivate one-to-one community service with robust leadership focus and ideas
  • Create open channels and ongoing leadership meetings and training to ensure a successful and ongoing strategy
  • Maximize timely deliverables for real-time success

Summary

At W & B Enterprise, we believe in giving 100%. By using our next-generation skills, we want to help communities manage implementation, finance and accountability. We thrive because of our experience, knowledge and great team behind each project. We believe efficiency will come from proactively transforming how well trained leaders encourage their communities.