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Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality

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6 SPATIAL PLANNING / LAND USE<br />

6.1 <strong>Sedibeng</strong> Regional Context<br />

The follow ing draw ings relaed to spatial planning and are attached at the back of this<br />

DITP:<br />

• Draw ing 4: <strong>Sedibeng</strong> 2009-2010 SDF<br />

• Draw ing 5: Emfuleni 2009-2010 SDF<br />

• Draw ing 6: Midvaal 2009-2010 SDF<br />

• Draw ing 7: Lesedi 2009-2010 SDF<br />

• Draw ing 8: <strong>Sedibeng</strong> Development Zones<br />

The <strong>Sedibeng</strong><strong>District</strong><strong>Municipality</strong> is a Category C municipality in the southern most<br />

part of the GautengProvince, abutting the VaalRiver and Vaal Dam. It covers the<br />

areas formerly know n as the Vaal Triangle, Heidelberg and Nigel. The total<br />

geographical area of the municipality is some 3 894 km 2 .<br />

The <strong>Sedibeng</strong><strong>District</strong><strong>Municipality</strong> comprises of three Category B municipalities<br />

namely:<br />

• EmfuleniLocal<strong>Municipality</strong>;<br />

• MidvaalLocal<strong>Municipality</strong>; and<br />

• LesediLocal<strong>Municipality</strong>.<br />

The <strong>Sedibeng</strong><strong>District</strong><strong>Municipality</strong> is surrounded by the follow ing municipalities:<br />

• City of Johannesburg Metro to the North;<br />

• Ekurhuleni Metro to the North-East;<br />

• Nkangala<strong>District</strong><strong>Municipality</strong> (w ithin MpumalangaProvince) to the North-East;<br />

• GertSibande<strong>District</strong><strong>Municipality</strong> (w ithin MpumalangaProvince) to the East;<br />

• FezileDabi<strong>District</strong><strong>Municipality</strong> (w ithin the Free StateProvince) to the South;<br />

• Southern <strong>District</strong><strong>Municipality</strong> (w ithin North-WestProvince) to the West; and<br />

• WestRand<strong>District</strong><strong>Municipality</strong> to the North-West.<br />

The follow ing road linkages are considered the main north-south road links in<br />

support of the major nodes in <strong>Sedibeng</strong>:<br />

• National Route N1 – Linking Vanderbijlpark and the Free State w ith<br />

Johannesburg in the north;<br />

• National Route N3 – Linking Johannesburg/Ekurhuleni in the North to<br />

Heidelberg and Mpumalanga tow ards the south;<br />

• Provincial Route R59 – Linking Vereeniging w ith Meyerton and northw ards<br />

tow ards Alberton in Ekurhuleni;<br />

• Provincial Route R553 (Golden Highw ay) – Linking Vanderbijlpark through<br />

Sebokeng/Evaton tow ards Johannesburg in the north;<br />

• Provincial Route R82 – Linking Vereeniging w ith De Deur and Walkerville<br />

tow ards Johannesburg in the north;<br />

• Provincial Route R23 – Alternative to the N1 linking Benoni in the north to<br />

Balfour in the south;<br />

SDM DITP, 2008 to 2013 63 31 Aug 2010

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