Lekwa Local Municipality 2013/14 - Co-operative Governance and ...

“To be the leading, people centered municipality excelling in economic growth, development and governance”mainly around the Vaal River and Grootdraai Dam and make up 22% of the total area of themunicipality.The MBCP further identifies Conservation Areas that are formally protected.conservation areas within Lekwa Local Municipality are:• The Reitvaal Conservancy, which is 13 180ha in extent; and• Bloukop Nature Reserve is 6 764ha in extent.The formalBoth Conservation Areas are located on the eastern boundary of the LLM and fall partly withinPixley Ka Seme Local Municipality. Conservation Areas make up 4% of the total area of themunicipality.Figure 8: Biodiversity SitesValuable Agricultural LandSoil potential indicates areas that are highly suitable for agricultural purposes. The categories range from ‘Soilshighly suited to arable agriculture where climate permits’ to ‘Soils not suitable for agriculture or commercialforestry’.The largest portion of the north-eastern, north-western and central parts of the municipality is highly suitablefor arable agriculture 3 . Intermediate soil potential is distributed in smaller areas throughout the municipality.These areas make up 33% of the total area of the municipality.56 | P a g e - D r a f t i n t e g r a t e d D e v e l o p m e n t P l a n 2 0 1 3 / 2 0 1 4