Midvaal Local Municipality
| Midvaal | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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| Coordinates: 26°35′S 28°05′E / 26.583°S 28.083°ECoordinates: 26°35′S 28°05′E / 26.583°S 28.083°E | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Gauteng | |
| District | Sedibeng | |
| Seat | Meyerton | |
| Wards | 14 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Bongani Baloyi (DA) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,722 km2 (665 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 95,301 | |
| • Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 58.4% | |
| • Coloured | 1.6% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.8% | |
| • White | 38.7% | |
| First languages (2011)[2] | ||
| • Afrikaans | 30.9% | |
| • Sotho | 27.9% | |
| • English | 14.0% | |
| • Zulu | 11.8% | |
| • Other | 15.4% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | GT422 | |
Midvaal Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Sedibeng District of Gauteng in South Africa. The name due to its geographical location: Midvaal lies halfway between Johannesburg/East Rand and the Vaal/Vereeniging area.[3]
Midvaal Local Municipality [4] led by Executive Mayor Cllr. Timothy Nast has been coined the fastest growing municipality in Gauteng due to its rapid economic growth. Midvaal has undergone a radical change from quaint country area to booming tourist, recreational and industrial centre in Southern Gauteng. Midvaal has grown from 60 000 residents in 2001 to 100 000 today. A report by Gauteng’s Provincial Government ranked Midvaal as the province's top municipality in terms of quality of life.[5] In December 2010 Midvaal was ranked 23rd out of 231 municipalities.[6] This shows that Midvaal is within the top 10% of high scoring local municipalities in South Africa.
Midvaal’s name has become more prominent with the establishment of the Oprah Winfrey School located in the area. In addition to this one of golf's most successful and recognizable stars Greg Norman coined “the Great White Shark” invested huge amounts of money into the Eye of Africa Golfing Estate development for which he designed the golf course. The municipality’s major achievement has been attracting Sedibeng Breweries, South Africa’s distributors of Heineken into the area. The brewery has set up its national offices along Midvaal R59 freeway/ corridor and has brought with it new opportunities for job creation and small businesses.
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the Democratic Alliance (DA) won a majority of fifteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| Democratic Alliance | 18,271 | 18,186 | 36,457 | 56.4 | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| African National Congress | 13,256 | 13,525 | 26,781 | 41.4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 316 | 254 | 570 | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 237 | 106 | 343 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 101 | 150 | 251 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Freedom Party | 48 | 52 | 100 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 0 | 87 | 87 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 65 | – | 65 | 0.1 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Total | 32,294 | 32,360 | 64,654 | 100.0 | 14 | 13 | 27 | |
| Spoilt votes | 379 | 369 | 748 | |||||
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[9]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberton | 70501 | 2.49 | 358 | Afrikaans |
| Evaton | 70502 | 1.39 | 3,406 | Sotho |
| Meyerton | 70503 | 114.28 | 24,215 | Afrikaans |
| Randvaal | 70505 | 74.14 | 7,933 | English |
| Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve | 70506 | 113.79 | 0 | - |
| Vaal Marina | 70507 | 2.60 | 9 | Sotho |
| Vereeniging | 70508 | 43.60 | 6,347 | Afrikaans |
| Walkerville | 70509 | 151.54 | 9,662 | English |
| Remainder of the municipality | 70504 | 1,218.44 | 12,723 | Sotho |
References
- ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Local Municipality". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ↑ South African Languages - Place names
- ↑ http://www.midvaal.gov.za/
- ↑ http://www.polity.org.za/article/da-joint-statement-by-janet-semple-tim-nast-and-marti-wenger-da-gauteng-leader-da-mayor-of-midvaal-and-shadow-minister-of-cooperative-governance-and-traditional-affairs-on-the-midvaal-municipality-27052010-2010-05-27
- ↑ http://www.municipaliq.co.za/
- ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Midvaal". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Midvaal". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
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