MOSES KOTANE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY POSTAL: Private Bag X1011, Mogwase, 0314 | PHYSICAL: Stand No.935, Railway Road, Unit 3, Mogwase, 0314 TEL: 014 555 1300 | FAX: 014 555 6368 EMAIL: [email protected] | WEB: www.moseskotane.gov.za Cllr Ralesole Diale Cllr Fetsang Mokati-Thebe Cllr Maria Matshaba Ms Nono Dince SPEAKER MAYOR CHIEF WHIP MUNICIPAL MANAGER VISION A caring and responsive municipality that is the best to live in, • Finance work for and do business with. • Community Services • Infrastructure and Technical Services MISSION • Special Projects. • Provide responsive, transparent and accountable leadership • Create an environment for business growth and job creation On the administrative side, the Municipal Manager heads a • Provide sustainable services. six-member management committee comprising Heads of the following Departments: VALUES • Office of the Municipal Manager • Integrity • Budget and Treasury Office • Honesty • Corporate Services • Transparency • Community Services • Accountability • Infrastructure and Technical Services • Planning and Development. OVERVIEW The Moses Kotane Local Municipality is a Category B4 municipality TOURISM located within the Bojanala District Municipality in the North West The Pilanesberg Nature Reserve and the Sun City / Lost City NORTH WEST province. It was established after the redemarcation of municipal Complex are the main tourist centres in Moses Kotane. boundaries and subsequent municipal elections in 2000. There are also a number of smaller, isolated nature reserves, like The Municipality covers an area of approximately 5 719km2 and the Madikwe, Impala, Kwa Maritane, Manyane and Bakgatla Game is mostly rural in nature, comprising 107 villages and the two formal Reserves. These nature reserves are actively utilised through game towns of Mogwase and Madikwe. Its population is estimated at lodges, walking trails, holiday resorts, game hunting, amongst 242 554. The Municipality has a predominantly African population, others. Other tourist facilities are the Molatedi Dam; Madikwe Dam; with fewer Indian, coloured and white groups, mostly residing in Roodeval Farm, where there are rock paintings; and the Kolotwane the Sun City residence and Mogwase Unit 2. The total number of River Valley near Silwerkraans. households is estimated at 75 193. Furthermore, the proposed Pilanesberg/Madikwe Corridor The economy of Moses Kotane is mainly characterised by (Heritage Park) represents a major new tourism initiative within tourism, mining and agriculture, owing to its location within the Moses Kotane. This initiative has the potential to act as a catalyst major tourism and mining belt of the North West province, namely for greater economic investment in the Municipality. As part of Pilanesberg and Sun City. Industry and social services also form a an attempt by this project to create awareness, the Heritage critical part of the local economy. Park Walk event is organised annually. The walk usually starts at The Municipality is a water services authority and has dams in Pilanesberg National Park and ends at Madikwe Game Reserve. Molatedi, Madikwe and Pella. This event takes place during the first week of June, as per The Municipality is an EXCO-type with 31 Wards. It is led by practice, and includes World Environment Day. The event also Council, made up of 75 Councillors comprising Dikgosi, Ward and seeks to attract participants from all over the country to take PR Councillors. The joint senior political leadership, commonly part in the event as a way of creating awareness beyond the referred to as TROIKA, consists of the Speaker, Mayor and the affected communities. Single Whip. The Mayor is the head of a 10-member Executive The Moses Kotane area is strategically located in terms of Committee (EXCO), who head various Portfolio Committees. The important provincial tourist routes and is ideally positioned to Municipality performs functions and powers assigned to it in terms benefit from provincial tourist activities and initiatives. of sections 156 and 229 of the Constitution. The area is directly influenced by the two primary provincial tourism nodes in the North West province mentioned above. The Portfolio Committees are as follows: The Sun City complex is situated adjacent to Pilanesberg National • Integrated Development Planning, Performance Management Park and consists of several hotels, an artificial beach with a water System, Intergovernmental Relations and Town Planning adventure park, several conference centres, adult entertainment • Local Economic Development and Rural Development centres, and a golf course. Sun City has evolved from a resort • Human Settlement targeting the domestic gaming market to an integrated resort • Communication and Corporate Support Services servicing a large number of high-yield markets. 250 | THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HANDBOOK SOUTH AFRICA 2015 LGH2015_PROFILE_Moses Kotane.indd 250 2014/12/04 10:36 AM SPONSORED PROFILE Several high-profile events are regularly hosted at Sun City, including the Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Challenge and regular performances by international celebrities at the Sun City Superbowl. The artificial beach and water adventure park is the main attraction for the hosting of various tourist events, such as beach parties, beauty pageants and surfing competitions. Sun City attracts more than a million visitors, and Pilanesberg National Park more than 350 000 visitors, per year. ARTS AND CULTURE The Moses Kotane Local Municipality plays a significant role in early childhood development programmes, as well as skills development programmes. In addition, three more libraries have been constructed, one each Mogwase, Mantserre and Tlokweng. The Mantserre Library was constructed by Amandelbult Anglo Platinum Mine as a contribution towards their social responsibility to the community; the mine currently awaits the go-ahead from the Department of Arts and Culture for the finalisation of the library. The Tlokweng Library, which has been added on to the Mabeeskraal Library, is still under construction. PUBLIC FACILITIES The Moses Kotane Local Municipality provides public facilities for the community to ensure an attractive, safe and healthy environment with clean, well-kept natural open spaces, parks and recreation facilities. Some of the public facilities in this municipality include: • Mogwase Library • Mantserre Library • Tlokweng Library • Matlametlong Hall • Segakwaneng Hall NORTH WEST • Legkraal Hall • Mononono Hall • Kortkloof Hall • Ga-Mananmela Cultural Village • Makweleng Hall. DEVELOPMENT PLAN The Municipality’s IDP is concerned with allocating public resources in the most effective and efficient way in order to provide a framework for community, economic and environmentally sustainable development at the local level. Developmental plans of the Municipality take into account land usage, focusing on the Mogwase area as a Central Business District (CBD) that is not being fully utilised considering its strategic location. New investors, as well as the provision of bulk services, are required to allow for the full utilisation and development of the CBD. On the western side of the Municipality is Madikwe Township, which also has huge potential to develop and expand based on the availability of land surrounding the existing township. Three informal settlements have also been identified, namely Mogwase Unit 8, Lerome South and Qwetsheza informal settlements. These informal areas were established due to the high demand for housing development, particularly in the eastern part of the Municipality. Other areas, such as Ledig, have also started to experience land invasion. This is because of employment opportunities in the mining developments, which are being established in close proximity to these areas. Above from top: Mogwase Community Library, Moses Kotane Local Municipality building; The Civic Centre; Toilets before and after for Mantserre Community for Rural Development Infrastructure households and Phadi Village; The Magalies Water Capacity Building Programme. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HANDBOOK SOUTH AFRICA 2015 | 251 LGH2015_PROFILE_Moses Kotane.indd 251 2014/12/04 10:36 AM.