Midvaal Local Municipality
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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.
It encompasses the following towns:
Midvaal Local Municipality 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 . In December 2010 Midvaal was ranked 23rd out of 231 municipalities . This shows us that Midvaal is within the top 10% of high scoring local municipalities in the country.
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.
In South African municipal election, 2011 Midvaal was won by the Democratic Alliance (South Africa) who won 15 seats and the African National Congress
won 11 seats in the municipal council. The only party to have representation in the municipal council is the Freedom Front Plus who have one seat.
Sedibeng District Municipality
Sedibeng is one of the districts of the Gauteng province of South Africa. The administrative seat of Sedibeng is Vereeniging. The most widely spoken language among its 794,605 inhabitants is Sesotho .-Geographic location:...
of Gauteng
Gauteng
Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...
in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. The name due to its geographical location: Midvaal lies halfway between Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
/East Rand and the Vaal/Vereeniging area.
It encompasses the following towns:
- MeyertonMeyerton, GautengMeyerton is a small town lying 15 km north of Vereeniging in Gauteng, South Africa. Situated in the local municipality of Midvaal and the district municipality of Sedibeng.-History:...
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- Eikenhof
- Vaal Marina
- Randvaal
- Suikerbosrand
Midvaal Local Municipality 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 . In December 2010 Midvaal was ranked 23rd out of 231 municipalities . This shows us that Midvaal is within the top 10% of high scoring local municipalities in the country.
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.
In South African municipal election, 2011 Midvaal was won by the Democratic Alliance (South Africa) who won 15 seats and the African National Congress
African National Congress
The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
won 11 seats in the municipal council. The only party to have representation in the municipal council is the Freedom Front Plus who have one seat.