Municipal Demarcation Board

NOTICE IN TERMS OF SECTION 26 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT: MUNICIPAL DEMARCATION ACT, 1998 (Mpumalanga)

Notice is hereby given in terms of section 26 of the Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act, 1998 (Act No. 27 of 1998) of the intention of the Municipal Demarcation Board to re-determine the boundaries of the municipalities listed in the second column of the Schedule.

Members of the public are invited to submit written representations to: registry@demarcation.org.za, or faxed to 012 3422480, or posted to Private Bag X123, Centurion, 0046 or hand delivered to Eco Origins Office Park, Block C1, 349 Witch-Hazel Avenue, Highveld, 0157. The views and representations must be addressed for the attention of the Chairperson of the MDB.

All representations and views must reach the office within 30 calendar days (weekends included) of the publication date of this notice. No submissions will be accepted after 16:30pm on the closing date.

Submissions sent to any other email address or fax line will not be considered.

Written representations and views must be based on the criteria provided for in Sections 24 and 25 of the Demarcation Act and must include the Names and contact details of the person or organisation making representations. The relevant reference number (DEM Number.) must please be used in any correspondence with the MDB.

 A map for each DEM Number can be downloaded from the MDB’s web-site (www.demarcation.org.za), or on request from the MDB by sending an email to daniel@demarcation.org.za or by calling Hester at 087 150 4430 for more information on how to acquire maps.

Where there may be a discrepancy between the information on the map and the information on the notice, the information on the map prevails.

The publication of this notice does not mean that the municipal boundary has been redetermined, it is merely the MDB’s intention to review the boundary.

The MDB respects your right to privacy and therefore aim to ensure that we comply with the legal requirement of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) which regulates the manner in which we collect, process, store, share and destroy any personal information which you have provided to us. In this regard, your personal details are only for use by the MDB for the municipal boundary re-determination process.

DEM NUMBER

DESCRIPTION

DEM7750_1

Proposed redetermination of Chief Albert Local Municipality (MP301), Ehlanzeni District Municipality (DC32) and Gert Sibande District Municipality (DC30) by excluding Chief Albert Local Municipality (MP301) from the municipal area of Gert Sibande District Municipality (DC30), and including it into the municipal area of Ehlanzeni District Municipality (DC32).

DEM7750_2

Proposed redetermination of Thaba Chweu Local Municipality (MP321), Bushbuckridge Local Municipality (MP325), Ehlanzeni District Municipality (DC32), Emakhazeni Local Municipality (MP314) and Nkangala District Municipality (DC31) by excluding Emakhazeni Local Municipality (MP314) from the municipal area of Nkangala District Municipality (DC31); by excluding Thaba Chweu Local Municipality (MP321) and Bushbuckridge Local Municipality (MP325) from the municipal area of Ehlanzeni District Municipality (DC32), to establish a new Category C, District municipality in Mpumalanga.

DEM7751

Proposed redetermination of City of Mbombela Local Municipality (MP326) by excluding the former Umjindi area from the municipal area of City of Mbombela (MP326), to establish a new Category B, Local Municipality (former Umjindi Local Municipality) in Ehlanzeni District Municipality (DC32).

DEM7752

Proposed redetermination of the municipal boundaries of City of Mbombela Local Municipality (MP326) and Thaba Chweu Local Municipality (MP321) by excluding portion of the Remainder of portion 51 of the farm HEIDELBERG 249 IT from the municipal area of City of Mbombela Local Municipality (MP326) by including it into the municipal area of Thaba Chweu Local Municipality (MP321).

DEM7760

Proposed redetermination of the municipal boundaries of City of Mbombela Local Municipality (MP326) and Bushbuckridge Municipality (MP325) by excluding portion of Madras/Sandford community (Mathibela traditional area) from the municipal area of City of Mbombela Local Municipality (MP326), and by including it into the municipal area of Bushbuckridge Local Municipality (MP325).