With one day left before the due date for written submissions,
proposals and comments, the possibility of a merger between Msukaligwa and Dr
Pixley Ka Isaka Seme looks real.The two municipalities are proposed to be amalgamated for
among other reasons to improve the financial
viability of the single municipality.Financial information for the two municipalities for the
financial year 2012/13 state that they both had R442m and R225 m in total
revenue, R538m and R281m in total expenditure, R95m and R56m in deficit
respectively.Msukaligwa municipality boast itself with a wide network of
mines, Camden Power Station, National roads network and one of Transnet busiest
coal line depo in Ermelo.Whiles Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Municipality has a number of tourists
attractions, Sunflower seeds, sorghum, wool, farming are all manufactured and
produced in Volkrust including the one of Eskom’s new generation Power Station.
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