Mduduzi Sylvester Dlamini is community member who is passionate in changing the social wellbeing of the community. For the past years, he has been serving as Ward Committee member, heading the portfolio of Education and Professionals. Also he is serving in the Mkhwanazi Traditional Council. This has given him experience of dealing with community matters and was elected to be the Chair-person of the Mkhwanazi Central Development Committee where they plan and implement development strategies and tactics of the entire Traditional Authority.
Mduduzi has generated the database of local projects that needs to be rolled out as to assist the local municipality in terms of its Local Economic Development. Since LED comes with different aspects, poverty alleviation strategies are also in place as they have drawn Department of Agriculture to work with them. Co-operatives are also in place as to boost the economic development.
As
a former Ward Committee member and as the former Secretary of Operation Sukuma
Sakhe, as the Development Specialist and as Honors holder in International
Relations, serving the community is the daily bread to him. Mduduzi is involved
in different spheres of community engagements.
His audience is everybody he meets, politicians, academics, students, community
leaders, the list
is endless. What they get from him is
the element of multitasking without
shifting or deviating from the main focal point. That was witnessed
during the 2015 KwaZulu-Natal Regional Colloquium of the South African
Association of Political Studies (SAAPS) hosted by The Department of Politics
& International Studies
(POLIS) where he was presenting his paper on Corporate Social Responsibility and
Community Development within uMhlathuze Municipality focusing on two mining
companies.
Indeed,
Mduduzi has a good story to tell about his journey of life as he is a BA
Development Studies graduate works
closely with Local
Economic Development projects
in the area. He showed passion when he championed the
sponsorship and the construction of Silindokuhle Crèche in Matholonjeni reserve.
If he can be given an opportunity to be part of any organization, he may add a
value to that organization. He is currently serving the City
of uMhlathuze as a Ward Councilor, a member of Community
Services Portfolio Committee.

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