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Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) are the planning instruments directed atstrategies for enhancing service delivery in local government. As a consequence,capacity initiatives are driven by these plans to address prioritised developmentalneeds. The key to establishing such initiatives is informed by the National DevelopmentPlan (NDP). This Plan changed the planning regime in South Africa, culminatingin a comprehensive planning hierarchy for local, provincial and national spheresof government. In light thereof, the article theoretically examines the alignment ofplanning work procedures in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) in ensuring that developmentplanning is 'on track'. To this end, the KZN Provincial Planning Commission (PPC)developed a Provincial Growth and Development Strategy (PGDS) aligned with theNational Plan. It follows then that District Municipalities formulated a District Growthand Development Plan (DGDP) with the same time horizon as the National Planleading to 2030. Municipal Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) then becomeinstruments to implement the Provincial Strategy in five-year periods. Against thebackground of action-based Batho-Pele Principles as necessary determinants, keyissues may be addressed, whilst contextualising long-term development planningand implementation as the NDP-PGDP-IDP praxis. Cumulatively, planners in KZNmust respond to this new plan hierarchy innovatively by integrating and aligning withthe NDP at other planning levels in an ethical, accountable and socially responsiblemanner addressing poverty, inequality and unemployment. The article concludesthat the trajectory of development planning in KZN is strategically linked to nationaland long-term initiatives and work procedures for enhanced service delivery.

The next decade of planning in South African municipalities under democracy hasdawned. The previous decade was characterised by drafting, reviewing and assessingoutcomes of Integrated Development Plans (IDPs). Through the Local GovernmentMunicipal Systems Act, 32 of 2000 and Sections 152/3 of the South African Constitution,1996, local government is responsible for development processes and municipalplanning. It requires from municipalities to formulate and review IDPs. Two "generations"of IDPs were drafted and reviewed from 2001 to 2011 by KwaZulu-Natal municipalities.The Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) andits predecessors evaluated and measured legal compliance of drafting, approvaland submission processes. Identification of factors critical to planning, observationsand recommendations for IDPs, are captured in this article. Direction, formulation andevaluation of third-generation IDPs for periods 2012/13 to 2016/17 municipal financialyears is a focus of this article. The article also examines compliance, by focusing onquality and improvement of IDPs.

The past five years have seen a growing trend towards the notion of a Shared Servicesapproach to enhancing municipal efficiency in the local government sector in SouthAfrica. In KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), this approach is receiving more focused attention. In thisregard, the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)is playing a pivotal role in supporting municipalities in KZN with regards to capacitybuildingand financial resources. The thrust of municipal service delivery is premised onits Integrated Development Plan (IDP), and the concept of Shared Services is beingused as a conduit for municipalities to work towards ensuring that their organizationaland developmental objectives are achieved in the short-, medium- and long-term.The article therefore examines the efficacy of municipal planning within the context ofShared Services.