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Merafong

ANC

Largest Party

ANC

Coalition leader

ANC

Current Mayor

N/A

Changes of Mayors

The Merafong City Local Municipality is a Category B municipality situated within the West Rand District in the Gauteng Province. It is the largest of three municipalities in the district, making up almost half of its geographical area.

The municipality is situated about 65km from Johannesburg and is serviced by a number of major roads, including the N12 from Johannesburg to Cape Town and the N14, which is the main road between Gauteng and Mahikeng (previously Mafikeng) via Ventersdorp. Its boundaries enclose some of the richest gold mines in the world.

General Information

Merafong’s historical development is closely knit with the discovery of rich gold deposits in the early 1930s. Fochville is the oldest town in the region, and was declared a town in 1951. The town Carletonville was named after Guy Carleton Jones, an engineer from the Gold Fields Ltd mining company, who played a prominent role in the discovery of the West Wits gold field, of which Carletonville forms a part. The mining company decided, in November 1946, to establish the town. Carletonville was proclaimed in 1948 and attained Town Council Status on 1 July 1959. The economy of the municipality is generated through, Mining (50.7%), trade (9.7%), finance and business services (9.9%), community services (9.2%), general government (9.1%)

Composition of Council

There are about 55 seats in the council, with 8 political parties represented in council. The ANC is leading with 28 seats, followed by the DA and EFF seating at 9 respectively , while VF PLUS seating at 4, MAOC 2, AIC 1, IFP 1, UDM 1.

Key Positions

Name

Party

Position

Cllr. Nozuko Best

ANC

Executive Mayor

Cllr. Elvis Mphithikezi

ANC

Speaker

Cllr. Endrew Mbaliso

N/A

MMC: Local Economic and Rural Development

Cllr. Nasiwe Mcetywa

ANC

MMC: Public Safety and Transport

Cllr. L Mganu

ANC

MMC: Electricity, Gas and Water, Energy

Cllr. Vusi Nkwanyana

N/A

MMC: SRACH and LIS

Cllr. Ntomboxolo Sefako

N/A

MMC: Human Settlement and Land Development

Cllr. Dipuo Segakweng

ANC

MMC: Integrated Environmental Management

Cllr. Mogomotsi Sello

ANC

MMC: Corporate and Shared Services

Cllr. Disebo Tabane

ANC

MMC: Roads, Stormwater and Public Works

Cllr. Ernest Tibane

ANC

MMC: Health and Social Development

Historical Timeline

The powers and functions of the Executive Mayor are set out in section 56 of the Structures Act. The Executive Mayor is the political head of the Municipality and exercises both statutory and ceremonial functions. An executive mayor is entitled to receive reports from committees of the municipal council and to forward these reports together with a recommendation to the council when the matter cannot be disposed of by the executive mayor in terms of the executive mayor’s delegated powers.
The speaker’s role in a municipality is key to ensuring oversight, accountability, integrity, discipline of office, and the efficient running of council meetings. As such, impartiality in the exercise of his or her function is essential for the speaker. The speaker must distinguish between his or her activities as a politician and his or her functions as a speaker. It also means that the function of the speaker and the non-partisan exercise of that function must be respected by members, parties and interests represented in the council.

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