The Big 5 False Bay Municipality
The Big 5 False Bay Municipality came into being in year 2000. The Municipality is surrounded by world-renowned game and nature reserves such as St Lucia, Hluhluwe/Umfolozi and Mkuze and is strategically located along the Lubombo Spatial Development Initiative (LSDI) which is important for driving the local economy. Access to services remains problematic. Low education and skills levels limit the participation of the population in the economy. Two of the priority social issues as seen by the community are the upgrading of existing schools, and provision of creches and health facilities. The local road network is problematic; road infrastructure needs to be upgraded and certain roads need to be constructed.
The lack of electricity supply to a large proportion of residents hampers local economic development. As regards housing, the informal settlement areas are undeveloped and residents lack the most basic services. Mduku village and Mnqobokasi are regarded as small emerging rural centres in which, the introduction of periodic markets would develop them as points for marketing and service transactions, provided access roads were upgraded, among other things.