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NW1575E - 17 April 2015

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    K J Mileham question
    (1) Whether he intends to make any further proposals beyond those contained in Circulars 2 to 6 of 2015 of the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) for the (a) amalgamation and/or (b) dissolution and/or (c) reclassification of municipalities in terms of section 22 of the Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act, Act 27 of 1998, prior to the 2016 local government elections; if so, (a) which municipalities will be affected in each case, (b) when does he intend to make the request to the MDB and (c) when does he anticipate this process to be completed; (2) whether Circular 6 of 2015 issued by the MDB is correct in stating that all requests made in terms of his letter of 13 January 2015 to the board have been withdrawn; if so, (a) which municipalities are still affected by the proposed amalgamations, dissolutions and/or reclassifications and (b) which municipalities are no longer affected by the proposed amalgamations, dissolutions and/or reclassifications; if not, what is the status of Circular 6 of 2015, wherein it is stated that the Minister's initial requests in his letters dated 13 January 2015 which was attached to Circular 1 of 2015 have been withdrawn?
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    [pic] MINISTRY COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY QUESTION NUMBER PQ 2015/1363 DATE OF PUBLICATION: 17 April 2015 QUESTION PQ2015/1363. Mr K J Mileham (DA) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: (1) Whether he intends to make any further proposals beyond those contained in Circulars 2 to 6 of 2015 of the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) for the (a) amalgamation and/or (b) dissolution and/or (c) reclassification of municipalities in terms of section 22 of the Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act, Act 27 of 1998, prior to the 2016 local government elections; if so, (a) which municipalities will be affected in each case, (b) when does he intend to make the request to the MDB and (c) when does he anticipate this process to be completed; (2) whether Circular 6 of 2015 issued by the MDB is correct in stating that all requests made in terms of his letter of 13 January 2015 to the board have been withdrawn; if so, (a) which municipalities are still affected by the proposed amalgamations, dissolutions and/or reclassifications and (b) which municipalities are no longer affected by the proposed amalgamations, dissolutions and/or reclassifications; if not, what is the status of Circular 6 of 2015, wherein it is stated that the Minister's initial requests in his letters dated 13 January 2015 which was attached to Circular 1 of 2015 have been withdrawn REPLY: (1) At the MinMEC meeting of 4 December 2014, all provinces were requested to provide a list of municipalities whose boundaries should be considered for determination or redetermination, in order to make such areas functional and viable. A detailed reading of circulars 5 and 6 will indicate that, of the 9 provinces, only the Gauteng Province was not dealt with (while Western Cape opted not to have the boundaries of any municipality re-determined) A request was received from the MEC responsible for local government in the Gauteng Province on 13 April 2014, and after consideration, I requested the Municipal Demarcation Board (“the MDB”) on 15 April 2015, in terms of section 22(2) of the Municipal Demarcation Act to consider the request. The request to the MDB was to consider creating a Category A municipality for the whole of the West Rand District Municipality, with the Mogale City Local Municipality as its core. (2)(a) Yes. On 31 March 2015, I informed the MDB that previous requests made during December 2014 and January 2015, in terms of section 22(2) of the Municipal Demarcation Act, were withdrawn. (b) The Member’s attention is drawn to Circular 5 of the MDB which sets out those areas which will be considered by the MDB, and those areas which will not be considered. A copy of Circular 5 is attached herewith for the Member’s further perusal
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