Talk:East Rand, Gauteng

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I deleted to the referenec to Johannesburg International Airport in the proof of the agglomeration of the two regions as it does not really proove anything. O'Hare International Airport is functionally in the city of Chicago, but is not integrated into the city in any way, while Keflavík International Airport is located in completely seperate city and region in Iceland, yet is the airport for Reykjavík.

[edit] Merge

I've suggested a merge with Ekurhuleni_Metropolitan_Municipality, as the East Rand has effectively become that municipality. If no-one objects, I'll merge them. Anyone interested can check out the South African Municipalities WikiProject -Kieran 12:41, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

This idea has some merit, but we need to be careful, because political boundaries do change. The abolition of cross-border municipalities, for example has led to parts of the West Rand being transferred from the West Rand District municipality, in Gauteng, to the Southern District Muncipality in the North-West.

I don't know how likely it is that Ekurhuleni will have its boundaries changed, but if it does, it may be awkward for us to have to differentiate the two again at a later stage, if parts of the East Rand are moved to another municipality. Therefore I do not concur with the merge.168.209.98.35 19:31, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Also, I was recently talking to someone who lives in Edenvale, and he was complaining about how the Joburg Municipality "took over" land to the north (near Modderfontein?) that previously was part of the town (which is on the East Rand and is now part of Ekurhuleni ). I don't know how accurate his claim was, but if it is accurate, it would be another (weaker) indication that we need to be careful about the merge, since parts of the East rand could actually be part of other municipality. 168.209.98.35 21:29, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

• Merge I agree with Kierano. The East Rand municipality has effectively become Ekurhuleni. Whether or not all the areas that were considered part of the East Rand are included isn't really the point - it's an administrative region, and has changed names. If they are to be differentiated then the article on the East Rand should not be about the municipality, but simply the term (in a similar form to "Highveld" or "Midlands") Joziboy 11 May 2006, 07:59 (UTC)

Actually it was not an admininistrative region before the Municipality was created. There was no "East Rand Municipality". It was a collection of towns on the Eastern part of the Rand (a geographic region rather than a political entity). Each town had its own municipality. The Ekurhuleni municipality was created more recently, and has never experienced a name change. 196.209.254.2 08:53, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Since the East Rand is not and has not been an administrative unit I don't think it should be merged with Ekurhuleni which is an administrative unit. The two things are not the same; the East Rand is a geographical name without precise definitions. There is a tendency to confuse administrative units with geographical names and the latter tend to be more stable as they are not created, abolished, renamed or reorganised. Booshank 22:03, 30 October 2006 (UTC)