Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Ntombi Mekgwe MPL welcomes the announcement by the Municipal Demarcation Board (MBD) on the redetermination of various municipal boundaries in Gauteng.
"We welcome this great decision that will ultimately consolidate municipalities and usher Gauteng province towards the single-tier form of government", MEC said, adding that the re-demarcation will realise the Gauteng Global City perspective of seamless service delivery and that the province will never be the same again.
The effects of the boundary redeterminations in Gauteng would result in the reduction of four municipalities from 12 municipalities, and the new municipal landscape will take place after the next municipal elections in 2016.
In the Gauteng province, there were three cases and all were confirmed. These include the confirmation of the re-determined municipal boundaries of Randfontein and Westonaria Local Municipalities by amalgamating them into a single category B local municipality.
The next case is that of the redetermination of municipal boundaries of Emfuleni and Midvaal Local Municipalities and Sedibeng District Municipality, amalgamating them into a single category A Metropolitan Municipality. With the formation of the metropolitan municipality, the Sedibeng District Municipality will fall away. In addition Lesedi Local Municipality will be excluded from Sedibeng District municipality and be included into Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.
The last case in Gauteng, involves the redetermination of the municipal boundaries of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and City of Johannesburg Metropolitan by excluding a portion of the farm Elandsfontein portion of East Gate Shopping Centre from the municipal area of Johannesburg to be included into the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.
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