Elias Motsoaledi Municipality: the legacy of water and sanitation challenges: case study

OUTPUT TYPE: Research report- client
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): Y.D.Davids, J.Viljoen, N.Ngqwala, K.Sausi
KEYWORDS: ELIAS MOTSOALEDI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY (EMLM), LIMPOPO PROVINCE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MUNICIPAL SERVICES
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11888
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15939
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15939

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Abstract

The Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality (EMLM), formerly known as the Greater Groblersdal Local Municipality, is located in the Sekhukhune District Municipality of Limpopo Province. The seat of EMLM is located in Groblersdal. EMLM was established in 2000 as a category B municipality as prescribed by the Municipal Structures Act (No. 117 of 1998) and has a collective executive system guided by section 2(a) of the Northern Province Determination of Types of Municipalities Act (2000). The municipality was named after the anti-apartheid activist Elias Motsoaledi, who was one of eight men (the Rivonia trialists) sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island with former president Nelson Mandela in July 1963 (ANC, n.d.).