Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality

• Provincial Route R51 – Linking Springs in the north to Balfour and Vaal Dam
in the south; and
• Provincial Route R549 – Linking Heidelberg and Ratanda w ith Deneysville and
the Vaal Dam.
The follow ing road linkages are considered the main east-west road links in support
of the major nodes in Sedibeng.
• Provincial Route R42 – Main east-w est linking Lochvaal in the southw est
through Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging, Heidelberg, and Nigel to
Vischkuil/Endicott in the north-east tow ards Delmas;
• Provincial Route R29 - Linking Devon/Impumelelo w ith Vischkuil/Endicott and
further west w ith Springs in Ekurhuleni;
• Provincial Route R54 - Linking Vereeniging and Vaal Marina tow ards the
south;
• Provincial Route R551 - Prominent east-w est link betw een Evaton/Sebokeng
in the w est and Meyerton tow ards the east, further along to Heidelberg w ithin
LesediLocalMunicipality, continuing further along the R42 National Route N1;
• Provincial Route R557- Linking Walkerville in the w est with the Suikerbosrand
Nature Reserve in the east;
• Provincial Route R550 - Linking Kliprivier w ith Nigel; and
• Provincial Route R557 - Linking Walkerville in the east w ith the Grassmere
(N1) toll gate and Ennerdale.
6.1.1 Emfuleni
The EmfuleniLocalMunicipality is the w estern-most LocalMunicipality in the district. It
covers an area of 987.45 km². The Vaal River forms the southern boundary, and it
borders the Metsimaholo Local Municipality in the Free State to the south, Midvaal
Local Municipality to the east, the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan area to the north
and Westonaria and Potchefstroom (in North West Province) Local Municipalities to
the w est.
The Emfuleni Local Municipality has tw o main city/tow n centres, namely Vereeniging
and Vanderbijlpark, and surrounding residential tow nships including Arcon Park,
Bedw orth Park, Boipatong, Boitumelo, Bophelong, Bonanné, Dadaville, Debonair
Park, Duncanville, Evaton, Evaton Small Farms, Evaton-West, Falcon Ridge, Flora
Gardens, Ironside, Johandeo, Loch Vaal, Mantevrede, Peacehaven, Roshnee,
Sebokeng, Sharpeville, Sonland Park, Steel Park, Three Rivers, Tshepiso, Unitas
Park, Waldrift, Roods Gardens, Roshnee, Rust-ter-Vaal and Vaaloew er.
It forms the “heartland” of w hat was formerly know n as the Vaal Triangle, renow ned
for its contribution to the iron and steel industry in South Africa. According to DBSA
(2007), the total population for EmfuleniLocalMunicipality is 709 823 people (82.4% of
Sedibeng DM’s population).
Emfuleni LM is w ell covered with an extensive road netw ork, including national route
N1, provincial and local order roads. Major routes are predominantly on a north-south
axis, w hilst regional main roads operating on a district level tend to radiate out from or
converge on the commercial centres of Vereeniging and Vanderbijlpark.
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