Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality
Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality
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