Update on Preparations for 2016 Local Government Elections

2. BRIEFING by mdbtowards Preparations for the 2016Local Government Elections Acting CEO : Mr M H Manjezi

3. BROAD OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION • Purpose • Legislative mandate • Vision, Mission and Values • The legal process • Broad process and time frames • Update on ward delimitations • Update on section 22 municipal boundary re-determinations • Concluding remarks 3

4. PURPOSE • To update on progress with the ward delimitation process for municipalities not affected by the Minister’s section 22 proposals • To update on progress with the section 22 municipal boundary re-determination process. 4

5. LEGISLATIVE MANDATE

6. MDB VISION, MISSION AND VALUES

7. FUNCTIONARIES IN LEGAL PROCESS

9. WARD DELIMITATION • Ward process in some municipalities discontinued, to first attend to Minister’s request for re-determination of boundaries for some municipalities. Wards can only be delimited once outer boundaries have been finalised. • From the initial 80 postponed ward consultation meetings only 56 will be postponed until the Board’s decision on the re-determination. • All ward consultation meetings for municipalities not affected by Minister’s request and the Board’s decision not to proceed with re-determinations , have been completed except for GT which is to be concluded by end May 2015 • Ward delimitation process has been split into two processes. One for wards in municipalities affected by Minister’s request, and one for those not affected. 9

10. WARD DELIMITATION FOR MUNICIPALITIES NOT AFFECTED BY THE REQUEST IN TERMS SECTION 22 • Public meetings conducted and finalised. • Closing date for written inputs was 23 March and 10 April 2015. • Meetings convened after end March 2015 have 10 days from meeting date to make submissions • All submissions received at the public meetings will be mapped, analysed and submitted to the Board for consideration 10

11. WARD DELIMITATION FOR MUNICIPALITIES NOT AFFECTED BY THE REQUEST IN TERMS SECTION 22 (Cont..) 11

12. PROGRESS ON RE-DETERMINATION OF MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES • The MDB closed the re-determination of municipal boundaries in 2013, to commence with the ward delimitation process in 2014. • A requests was received from the Minister in terms of section 22 of the Demarcation Act, 1998, to re-determine certain municipal boundaries, which required the review of the MDB’s ward delimitation process and timeframes. • Section 26 notices were published to invite views and representations from members of the public. • The Board considered all views and representations on 20 March 2015. 12

13. PROGRESS ON RE-DETERMINATION OF MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES 13

14. PROGRESS ON RE-DETERMINATION OF MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES FOLLOWING REQUEST IN TERMS OF SECTION 22 OF MDA. • Eastern Cape – The Board received 6 re-determination proposals in terms of Section 22, published all in terms of Section 26 , received 58 submissions and resolved to conduct public meetings and investigations on 4 re-determination proposals • Free State - The Board received 2 re-determination proposals in terms of Section 22, published 1 in terms of Section 26 , received 1 submissions and resolved to conduct public meetings and investigations on 1 re-determination proposal • Gauteng - The Board received 1 re-determination proposal in terms of Section 22 • KwaZulu Natal - The Board received 11 re-determination proposals in terms of Section 22, published all in terms of Section 26 , received 27 submissions and resolved to conduct public meetings and investigations on 1re-determination proposal • Limpopo - The Board received 5 re-determination proposals in terms of Section 22, published all in terms of Section 26 , received 78 submissions and resolved to conduct public meetings and investigations on 5 re-determination proposals 14

15. PROGRESS ON RE-DETERMINATION OF MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES FOLLOWING REQUEST IN TERMS OF SECTION 22 OF MDA. • Mpumalanga– The Board received 5 re-determination proposals in terms of Section 22, published all in terms of Section 26 , received 30 submissions and resolved to conduct public meetings and investigations on 5 re-determination proposals • North West- The Board received 4re-determination proposals in terms of Section 22, published all in terms of Section 26 , received 18 submissions and resolved to conduct public meetings and investigations on 4re-determination proposals ( 1 proposal withdrawn by Minister ) • Northern Cape - The Board received 1 re-determination proposal in terms of Section 22, published 1in terms of Section 26 , received no submissions and resolved to conduct public meetings and investigations on 1re-determination proposal 15

16. PROGRESS ON RE-DETERMINATION OF MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES FOLLOWING REQUEST IN TERMS OF SECTION 22 OF MDA (Cont..) 16

17. WARD DELIMITATION FOR MUNICIPALITIES DETERMINED /RE-DETERMINED FOLLOWING THE REQUEST IN TERMS SECTION 22 17

19. PROGRESS ON RE-DETERMINATION OF MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES FOLLOWING REQUEST IN TERMS OF SECTION 22 OF MDA CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS • Possible delays emanating from litigation by Baviaans Local Municipality • Protests in some areas e.g. Dipaleseng (Mpumalanga) • MEC’s publish the number of councillors timeously and correctly 19

20. CONCLUDING REMARKS • The MDB will be conducting investigations, this is so to ensure that sufficient information is gathered. This requires cooperation from stakeholders and municipalities. • Unforeseen matters such as threats to challenge the process, court applications, and protests may delay both the redetermination process and the ward delimitation process which are interdependent. • The timelines agreed upon both Minister of Finance and the IECmay require that the elections date be set towards the end of the 90 days window period. • Cooperation by key stakeholders in terms of Section 23 of MDA and Section 20 of the MSA particularly towards and during August 2015