Midvaal Local Municipality

Midvaal Municipality (Afrikaans: Midvaal Munisipaliteit; Sotho: Masepala wa Midvaal; Zulu: UMasipala wase Midvaal) is a local municipality within the Sedibeng District Municipality, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The municipality's name references its geographical location in-between the Johannesburg and East Rand areas and the Vaal and Vereeniging areas.[3]

Midvaal
Local municipality
Official seal of Midvaal
Seal
Location in Gauteng
Location in Gauteng
Coordinates: 26°35′S 28°05′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
DistrictSedibeng
SeatMeyerton
Wards15
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorPeter Teixeira (DA)
Area
 • Total1,722 km2 (665 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total95,301
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African58.4%
 • Coloured1.6%
 • Indian/Asian0.8%
 • White38.7%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Afrikaans30.9%
 • Sotho27.9%
 • English14.0%
 • Zulu11.8%
 • Other15.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeGT422

Midvaal Municipality is the fastest growing municipality in Gauteng due to its rapid economic growth.[4] Midvaal has undergone a radical change from a quaint country area to a booming tourist, recreational and industrial centre in southern Gauteng. Midvaal has grown from 60,000 residents in 2001 to about 100,000 in 2011. A report by the Gauteng 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]

The Oprah Winfrey School was established in the area.[7] In addition, golfer Greg Norman invested 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 the R59 freeway corridor and has brought with it new opportunities for job creation and small businesses.

Politics
Main article: Midvaal Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of thirty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fifteen 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 1 November 2021 the Democratic Alliance (DA) won a majority of nineteen seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[8]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Democratic Alliance19,38462.441219,47162.95719
African National Congress6,61321.3036,51521.0636
Freedom Front Plus1,9636.3201,9096.1722
Economic Freedom Fighters1,5895.1201,5294.9422
Transformative Youth Movement5891.9005371.7411
Independent candidates1050.3400
10 other parties8022.5809723.1400
Total31,045100.001530,933100.001530
Valid votes31,04598.9030,93398.76
Invalid/blank votes3441.103881.24
Total votes31,389100.0031,321100.00
Registered voters/turnout58,12254.0158,12253.89

Demographics
Group 2001 Census  % 2011 Census  % Change  % Change
Black African 38,168 59.05% 55,643 58.39% 17,475 Increase 0.66% Decrease
White 25,295 39.13% 36,869 38.69% 11,574 Increase 0.44% Decrease
Coloured 888 1.37% 1,558 1.63% 670 Increase 0.26% Increase
Indian or Asian 291 0.45% 750 0.79% 459 Increase 0.34% Increase
Other No Data – 480 0.50% n/a Steady n/a Steady
Total population 64,642 100.00% 95,301 100.00% 30,659 Increase 47.4% Increase

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[9]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Evaton705021.393,406Sotho
Meyerton70503114.2824,215Afrikaans
Randvaal7050574.147,933English
Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve70506113.790-
Vaal Marina705072.609Sotho
Walkerville70509151.549,662English
Remainder of the municipality705041,218.4412,723Sotho

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. Jako Olivier. "South African Languages - Place names". Salanguages.com. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  4. "Government". Midvaal. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  5. "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 (27/05/2010)".
  6. "Municipal Data and Intelligence". Municipal IQ. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  7. "Oprah opens school for girls in South Africa". TODAY.com. 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  8. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Midvaal". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  9. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
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