Integrated Development Planning (IDP) and Performance Management System (PMS) is coordinated with the Office of the Municipal Manager through the IDP/PMS Unit. The Unit exists to support, manage and direct the development and effective implementation of the integrated development plan and performance management system of Nongoma Local municipality.

While it is a 5 year strategic plan for the municipality; the IDP is the political statement of the party in the office. It is the vehicle upon which the political manifesto of the ruling partly would be implemented.