The municipal demarcation board has invited the community to participate in the ward delimitation in preparation of the 2021 local government elections.
The delimitation kicked-off with an awareness and an education campaign to prepare the public for participation.
“The campaign will conclude at the end of June. The public consultation will commence in January 2020 where communities will be requested to submit inputs,” demarcation board CEO Muthotho Sigidi said.
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There are four important steps before ward delimitation may commence:
Step 1: The IEC provides and certifies the voters roll.
Step 2: The minister of co-operative governance and traditional affairs outlines the formula for determining the number of councillors for all the municipalities in each province.
Step 3: MEC applies the delimitation criteria to determine wards which include the average number of registered voters allowed in each ward in a municipality.
That is obtained by dividing the total number of wards by total number of registered voters in a municipality.
The demarcation board is allowed to deviate from the norm by 15 percent either way.
Step 4: The board will then divide the number of councillors in a municipality by two to get the number of wards a municipality can have, that will then kick-start the ward delimitation.
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The process results in suggested wards being published to the affected residents for their comment.
“The focus of the campaign is the ward delimitation process. The municipal outer-boundary determination process will commence after the 2021 local government elections. The public can send proposals on the municipal boundary re-determination, post the local government elections,” Sigidi said.
To participate in the ward delimitation process contact info@demarcation.org.za or phone 012-342-2481 for more information.
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