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Midvaal
Local municipality
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Location in Gauteng
Coordinates: 26°35′S 28°05′E / 26.583°S 28.083°E / -26.583; 28.083
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
District	Sedibeng
Seat	Meyerton
Wards	15
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Peter Teixeira (DA)
Area
• Total	1,722 km (665 sq mi)
Population
• Total	112,254
• Density	65/km (170/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022)
• Black African	69.7%
• Coloured	1.5%
• Indian/Asian	1.3%
• White	27.3%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	30.9%
• Sotho	27.9%
• English	14.0%
• Zulu	11.8%
• Other	15.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	GT422

Midvaal Municipality (Afrikaans: Midvaal Munisipaliteit; Sotho: Masepala wa Midvaal; Zulu: UMasipala wase Midvaal) is a local municipality within the Sedibeng District Municipality, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The municipality's name references its geographical location in-between the Johannesburg and East Rand areas and the Vaal and Vereeniging areas.

Midvaal Municipality is the fastest growing municipality in Gauteng due to its rapid economic growth. Midvaal has undergone a radical change from a quaint country area to a booming tourist, recreational and industrial centre in southern Gauteng. Midvaal has grown from 60,000 residents in 2001 to about 100,000 in 2011. A report by the Gauteng Provincial Government ranked Midvaal as the province's top municipality in terms of quality of life. In December 2010, Midvaal was ranked 23rd out of 231 municipalities.

The Oprah Winfrey School was established in the area. In addition, golfer Greg Norman invested into the Eye of Africa Golfing Estate development, for which he designed the golf course. The municipality's major achievement has been attracting Sedibeng Breweries, South Africa's distributors of Heineken, into the area. The brewery has set up its national offices along the R59 freeway corridor and has brought with it new opportunities for job creation and small businesses.

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fifteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 1 November 2021 the Democratic Alliance (DA) won a majority of nineteen seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.

Demographics

Group	2001 Census	%	2011 Census	%	Change	% Change
Black African	38,168	59.05%	55,643	58.39%	17,475	0.66%
White	25,295	39.13%	36,869	38.69%	11,574	0.44%
Coloured	888	1.37%	1,558	1.63%	670	0.26%
Indian or Asian	291	0.45%	750	0.79%	459	0.34%
Other	No Data	–	480	0.50%	n/a	n/a
Total population	64,642	100.00%	95,301	100.00%	30,659	47.4%

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. ^ "Midvaal (Local Municipality, South Africa)". Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. Jako Olivier. "South African Languages - Place names". Salanguages.com. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
5. "Government". Midvaal. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
6. "DA: Joint Statement by Janet Semple, Tim Nast and Marti Wenger, DA Gauteng leader, DA mayor of Midvaal, and shadow minister of cooperative governance and traditional affairs, on the Midvaal municipality (27/05/2010)".
7. "Municipal Data and Intelligence". Municipal IQ. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
8. "Oprah opens school for girls in South Africa". TODAY.com. 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
9. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Midvaal". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
10. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa

External links

• Official website

v t e Municipalities of Gauteng
Metropolitan	Ekurhuleni Johannesburg Tshwane
District and local	Sedibeng Emfuleni Lesedi Midvaal West Rand Merafong City Mogale City Rand West City
List of municipalities in Gauteng

v t e Municipalities and communities of Sedibeng District Municipality, Gauteng
District seat: Vereeniging
Emfuleni	Boipatong Bophelong Evaton Sebokeng Sharpeville Vanderbijlpark Vereeniging Three Rivers East Three Rivers Proper
Midvaal	Henley on Klip Meyerton Randvaal Risiville Vaal Marina Walkerville
Lesedi	Heidelberg Devon

• Local municipalities of the Sedibeng District Municipality