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as een van die beste senters ooit in wêreldrugby geag. 12 Rudi Koertzen is ʼn<br />

wêreldbekende krieketskeidsregter en is een van slegs twee skeidsregters ter<br />

wêreld om in meer as 150 toetswedstryde op te tree. 13<br />

I.I. Die navorsingsprobleem<br />

ʼn Nuwe metropolitaanse munisipaliteit het in Desember 2000 tot stand gekom.<br />

Metropolitaanse munisipaliteite of rade word volgens seksie 2 van die Wet op<br />

Munisipale Strukture (nr. 117) van 1998 georganiseer. Die <strong>Nelson</strong> <strong>Mandela</strong><br />

Metropool is ʼn kategorie A munisipaliteit, wat ook bekend staan as ʼn “unicity” of ʼn<br />

“megacity” (megastad). Volgens die bogenoemde wet is ʼn megastad:<br />

a) “A conurbation featuring areas of high population density and intensive<br />

movement of people and goods and services, expensive development<br />

multiple business districts and industrial areas;<br />

b) A centre of economic activity with a complex and diverse economy;<br />

c) A single area for which integrated development planning is desirable;<br />

d) Which has a strong interdependent social and economic linkage between<br />

its constituent units.” 14<br />

Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage en Despatch het gevolglik opgehou om as outonome<br />

munisipaliteite te bestaan en die <strong>Nelson</strong> <strong>Mandela</strong> Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit<br />

is gebore.<br />

12 C. Schoeman, Danie Gerber: Maestro of the Midfield, p. 9.<br />

13 Die Burger, 20 April 2006.<br />

14 W. Zyabrands, 2006. Government and Politics in the New South Africa, p. 136.<br />

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