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Mduduzi Sylvester Dlamini

 

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.