Merafong City
| Merafong City Merafong City Local Municipality |
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| Basic data | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Gauteng | |
| District | West edge | |
| Seat | Carletonville | |
| surface | 1,630.6 km² | |
| Residents | 197,520 (October 2011) | |
| density | 121 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | GT484 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-GP | |
| Website | www.merafong.gov.za (English) | |
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| mayor | S. Maphefo Mogale Letsie | |
| Political party | African National Congress | |
Coordinates: 26 ° 21 ′ S , 27 ° 24 ′ E
Merafong City ( English Merafong City Local Municipality ) is a local municipality in the West Rand district of South Africa in the Gauteng province . The administrative headquarters of the parish is in Carletonville . Maphefo Mogale Letsie is the mayor.
The name of the community comes from the Setswana ; merafong means mining area . The municipal area consists of cities that were created as a result of gold mining in the area.
geography
The rivers Magalies , Rietspruit , Krokodil , Mooirivierloop and Wonderfontein Spruit flow through Merafong City . There is also a reservoir in the municipality, the Lancaster Dam . Some bodies of water are polluted with pollutants from mining activities.
The most important places in the municipality are:
| place | Residents |
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| Carletonville | 22,510 |
| Welverdiend | 1,972 |
| Blybank | 2,348 |
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Khutsong (with Khutsong South) |
124.268 |
| Fochville | 12,698 |
| Coconut | 32,115 |
| Greenspark | 2,412 |
| Wedela | 8,751 |
| place | Residents |
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| Blyvooruitzicht | 4,313 |
| Cementation | 250 |
| Deelkraal | 1,360 |
| Elandsrand | 4,615 |
| Doornfontein | 2,361 |
| Driefontein | 30,652 |
| Western deep levels | 9,970 |
Other places are:
Merafong City was formerly a so-called cross-boundary municipality , a municipality across provincial borders (Cross-boundary Municipalities Laws and Repeal Related Matters Act 23 of 2005). With the abolition of this, Merafong City was partially incorporated into the Northwest Province in 2005 , where this part of the municipality remained until 2009. After some violent protests in the township of Khutsong, the case came before the South African constitutional court . Specifically, the lawsuit alleged that Gauteng Province had not adequately guaranteed the public participation required by Section 118 of the constitution. The court ruled in July 2008 that the entire municipality should be incorporated into Gauteng Province.
population
In 2011 the community had 197,520 inhabitants. Of these, 86.5% were black, 11.8% white and 1.1% colored .
The first language was 23.7% IsiXhosa , 20.4% Setswana , 18.4% Sesotho , 12.2% Afrikaans, 6% isiZulu , 4.9% Xitsonga , 3.7% English 1.4% Sepedi and Siswati each, 0.5% each isiNdebele and Tshivenda , and 1.5% another language.
economy
There is a lot of gold in the parish territory. The deposits are among the largest in the world. Therefore, mining is also the municipality's most important industry (35% of GVA , 2008). Other economic activities are trade with 15 percent of GVA and finance , logistics and other services and the public service with around 10 percent each.
traffic
The community is connected to the national road network via the national roads N12 and N14 .
Web links
- The community site (English)
- Merafong City Local Municipality: Integrated Development Plan 2019-2010 . online at www.merafong.gov.za (English, PDF), PDF file p. 14 ff.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Merafong City Local Municipality (GT484) . at www.municipalities.co.za (English).
- ^ Department of Arts and Culture: Place Names . at www.salanguages.com (English).
- ↑ a b Eric J. Nealer: Geohydrological aspects of importance in the public management of basic water supply services in Merafong City Local Municipality (Carletonville area), South Africa . In: The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, Vol. 16, No 1 (2020), onile at www.td-sa.net (English)
- ^ Constitutional Court of South Africa : Media Summery . South Africa: Constitutional Court 2008, online at www.saflii.org , explanation of the judgment.
- ^ Constitutional Court of South Africa : Merafong Demarcation Forum and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others (CCT 41/07) (2008) ZACC 10; 2008 (5) SA 171 (CC); 2008 (10) BCLR 968 (CC) (13 June 2008) . South Africa: Constitutional Court 2008, online at www.saflii.org (English), case law of July 13, 2008 on the assignment of a municipality to a province ( direct link ).
- ↑ 2011 census: Merafong City . accessed on July 13, 2020.
- ^ Statistics South Africa : Merafong City . at www.statssa.gov.za (English).