DETERMINATION OF CHARGES FOR TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUES AND ACCOMPANYING ASSESSMENT RATES PAYABLE (2012/2013)
In terms of section 75A of the Local Municipal Systems Act, 32 of 2000 (as amended), read with section 14(1) of the Municipal Property Rates Act, it is hereby notified that the EMALAHLENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY determined the charges as set out in the Schedule below with effect from 1 July 2012:
CATEGORIES OF PROPERTY AND RATES APPLICABLE TO EACH CATEGORY
CATEGORY CODE RATE (CENT IN THE RAND)
| Residential | RES | 0,007685 (,006831) |
| Municipal | MUN | 0,013945 (,012397) |
| Public Service Infrastructure | PSI | ZERO |
| Government | GOV | 0,013945 (,012397) |
| Vacant Urban Land | VAC | 0,013945 (,012397) |
| Non-Urban Land | VNU | 0,0019215 (,001708) |
| Industrial | IND | 0,013945 (,012397) |
| Business | BUS | 0,013945 (,012397) |
| Illegal Use | ILL | 0,013945 (,012397) |
| Unregistered Proclaimed erven | UPE | 0,007685 (,0006831) |
| Institutional | IST | 0,013945 (,012397) |
| Public worship and official residence | WOR | ZERO |
| Mining | MIN | 0,015945 (0,12397) |
EXEMPTIONS, REBATES AND REDUCTIONS ON RATES (PART 6)
EXEMPTIONS
- The first R50,000 of the market value of all residential properties and of all properties used for multiple purposes, provided one or more components of such properties are used for residential purposes, is exempt from the payment of rates in terms of Section 17(1)(h) of the Property Rates Act.
- Properties identified in terms of paragraph 9.3 of the Property Rates Policy.
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Emalahleni Local Municipality Programme for Service Delivery
In the period 2011- 2016, eMalahleni shall deliver the following projects in
TO BUILD LOCAL ECONOMIES BY CREATING EMPLOYMENT, DECENT WORK AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS
The Municipality intends to undertake the following:
- Appointment of four cooperatives to remove refuse in the informal settlements.
- Inclusion of expanded public works programmes into the street sweeping and integrate young people.
- Revamp the Emalahleni Resort to become a tourist destination of choice
- Participate in the EPWP with the district and province
- Fill all budgeted positions within the municipality
- Facilitate the expansion of the Highveld Mall
- Facilitate the building of decent shopping complexes in the previously disadvantaged communities
- Ensure that Emalahleni job summit takes place and its resolutions implemented.
We will expand home, community and institutional food gardens, which will be supported as a means of promoting food production, reducing food insecurity thus enhancing sustainable livelihoods.
IMPROVE LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES AND BROADEN ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES.
In its bid to improve local infrastructure, maximise access to basic services and ensure uninterrupted services to the communities the Municipality will undertake the following:
- The upgrading , refurbishment and modernization of the three water purification plants takes place
- Approximately 10,000 households to be provided with water and sewer connections
- Continuing with the programme of replacing AC pipes with PVC pipes
- Replace over- capacitated waste water treatment plants with a regional plant
- Converting sewer pump stations with reclamation package plants
- Increase bulk storage capacity of potable water
- Construction of new bulk infrastructure including new substations and transformers-Klarinet Integrated Development,Empumelelweni
- Expansion of the main distribution substation from ESKOM –Doornpoort substation to an amount of R80 million
- Expanding the streetlight/highmast light network of Emalahleni
- Implementation of the Demand Side Management Strategy for the municipality
- Agreement entered into with Tshwane University of Technology for the implementation of alternative power supply
- Rehabilitation of the Vosman bridge
- Construction of 20 kilo metres of new roads
- Development of a sustainable programme towards road maintenance
- Addressing the traffic impact due to new developments
- Development of a road master plan to address the road network of Emalahleni
- Construction of access roads to formalized areas
- Upgrading of Stormwater systems in Emalahleni
Provision of non-motorized facilities such as walk-ways
BUILD MORE UNITED, NON-RACIAL, INTEGRATED AND SAFER COMMUNITIES
In realizing the objective of integrating communities, bridging racial gaps, and creating safer communities, this Municipality intends undertaking the following:
- Township Establishment (Klarinet X9 Transit Settlement), for the Relocation all people in the non-habitable informal settlements
- The Spatial Development Framework will be reviewed with the aim of ensuring that spatial planning is geared at integrating
- Communities and placing them in close proximity to economic active areas.
- Establish a law enforcement unit to improve joint operations with SAPS and provincial traffic and enforce municipal-laws.
- Development of the Emalahleni Safety Plan
- Develop hawkers and informal settlements control strategy
- Township Establishment in Empumelelweni X9
- Complete the surveying of 115 Erven in Hlalanikahle
- Completion of the Geotechnical investigation in Kwa Thomas Mahlanguville and Thushanang for development
- Feasibility Study for Infill Development at Kwa Guqa X16 and 17
- Purchase land for Housing Development in eMalahleni, Ogies and Ga-Nala
- Facilitate the finalization of township establishment application from private developers
- To strengthen partnerships between Council and the Mines in housing and other related development projects.
- Facilitate the completion of UThingo Phase 2 (Rental Stock)
- Continue with the conversion of old Hostel Units into Family Units
PROMOTE MORE ACTIVE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
The Municipality will undertake the following:
- Together with the SAPS, train 100 Community Policing Forum members as Peace Officers to assist the municipality in addressing challenges of illegal dumping and littering.
- Mobilising more youths in all wards to participate in the Enviro – Group Programme.
- Work together with communities to support community initiated social activities such as stokvels and burial societies etc.
- Our councillors will hold 6 ward meeting per year.
- Our mayor will convene 6 izimbizo per year.
- Establish functional ward committees.
ENSURE MORE EFFECTIVE, ACCOUNTABLE AND CLEAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS TOGETHER WITH NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT.
The municipality will undertake to:
- Ensure that all our councillors serve those they represent and are accountable to them
- Ensures that our municipality publishes regular reports on our service delivery plans.
- Review our procurement system by making them more transparent and deal harshly with corruption and sub-standard work.
- Service providers who have rendered poor services will be black listed and forbidden from doing work with any government structures.
- Adopt an anti-corruption & Fraud Strategy.
- Adopt a thorough Communication Strategy.
- Improve communication with the Community.
The community of Emalahleni Local Municipality is encouraged to take part in community participation ward community meetings and Mayoral Izimbizo so as to be informed on the planning and progress of the abovementioned upcoming projects and activities.
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Together in Service Delivery and Development
Good governance practice is best measured by effective and efficient communication between government and community members. Developmental Local Government seeks to actively to empower communities in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation processes of government.
There are three levels of participation in Local Government. They are formal electoral participation which is done through voting at municipal and national elections. The second level is participating in official local government structures such as Ward Committee Meetings and Mayoral Izimbizo during the consultations on the Integrated Development Planning (IDP) and Municipal Budgeting. Lastly lobbying, organized marches and memoranda are undertaken in the contestation of municipal by laws and policies.
It is a democratic right to engage formally with the local authority on constructive conversations. Act no 108 of 1996 – South African Constitution- Chapter 7 (152-153), states that municipalities must ‘encourage the involvement of communities and community organizations in the matters of local government’ as part of their objective. For the above to be realized, Act no 117 of 1998 –Municipal Structures Act –Chapter 3 (19) states that ‘a municipal council must develop mechanisms to consult the community and community organizations in performing its functions and exercising its powers’ and such mechanisms must be annually reviewed just as the needs and prioritize assessments of the community.
Emalahleni Local Municipality encourages all its residents to participate in the voting processes for local councilors which are administrated by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). This is the responsibility of the residents as stipulated by the Municipal Systems Act (2000) that communities have a right ‘to contribute to decision-making process through mechanisms created by the municipality’ (Section 5(1) (a) (i)).
To exercise your democratic right, Ward Committees are established as a legislative mandate to make sure that community members are involved in and continuously informed about council decisions that affect their lives. The main rationale behind this structure is to uphold and facilitate Batho Pele principles such as accountability, redress, informing and access. In each of the 34 Wards in Emalahleni, there are 10 members voted by the community members to represent the different interest needs of that ward. The chairperson is the Ward Councilor. It is imperative that community members use these structures to obtain more information, clarity and advice on municipal processes and systems. This is a voluntary structure that is responsible for facilitating Ward Based Planning (WBP) whereby all the community needs are prioritized for the inclusion to the IDP.The Ward Committees have no formal powers to force the local council to do anything but rather are an advisory body that acts as a communication link between the municipality and its residents. Ward Community Meetings are organized by the councilor to address the community on service delivery issues. Community Development Workers (CDW`s) are Government ‘foot soldiers’ that assist and empower communities on government processes, community needs and social development related issues. They are government officials that are useful in community mobilization, education and participation.
Mayoral Izimbizo are other means that residents can exercise their democratic right in the planning processes of government. The Honorable Executive Mayor undertakes Mayoral Izimbizo on consultative outreach meetings with all wards in Emalahleni. The idea is to meet the residents and engage in a constructive dialogue on community development and service delivery issues. This also provides an opportunity to report on the IDP and Budgeting planning, approval, monitoring and evaluation that financial year. The IDP is a 5 year local government document that is renewed annually and informs all the service delivery projects to be implemented in each year of the 5 year cycle. The citizens are not only viewed as partners in development but clients to be serviced the best way with courtesy and respect by the local council. Mayoral Izimbizo are communicated through printmedia, radio, pamphlets, posters and loud hailing. The citizens are informed through these structures to attend and actively participate during the meetings.
There are other grassroots based organizations that represent different groups and their interest that communities can join to express their interest such as the Community Police Forums (CPF`s), Ratepayers Association, Youth Groups and Environmental related groups. The purpose is to have a formal representation of interest in all municipal structures, meetings and processes.
The Presidential Hotline was established to form communication between the Presidency Office and residents. For any complaints, reports and comments to this hotline, call the toll free number 17737 .Emalahleni Local Municipality Hotline is another tool to communicate with the public regarding service delivery queries and corruption activities. The telephone number is 013 690 6469. Residents can also drop an e-mail through the official council website on www.emalahleni.gov.za.
For a developmental Local Government that practices good governance, communities must be actively involved through appropriate means and engage with government on service delivery issues because it is everyone’s business.
Together in service delivery and development.
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Klarinet Integrated Housing Project
The Klarinet Integrated Housing Project is located in Emalahleni Local Municipality and is the first large scale integrated housing project implemented in Mpumalanga Province. It supports the implementation of sustainable human settlements through the Breaking New Ground (BNG) development strategy of Government. The project is implemented by ABSA DevCo and will be funded jointly by the Emalahleni Local Muncipality, Mpumalanga Department of Human Settlements, Department of Energy and Absa Bank. The responsibilities of the main parties are described in the overarching Joint implementation Development Agreement that was signed by the parties during December 2008.
The parties have approved their respective financial contributions towards the project including the R65million funding shortfall and signed the Project Governance Manual that includes the project cash flow.
The Klarinet project is in support of the municipal planning and is incorporated in the Municipal Spatial Development Framework and in the Municipal Housing Plan. The beneficiaries who will benefit from the Klarinet project will be those people currently living in the informal settlements and Springvalley, Coronation and others as approved by Emalahleni Council. The project will incorporate the development of about 11,969 mixed housing units, associated social and public amenities and the internal and bulk services infrastructure into a single, intergrated project. Based on the current planning, the project will deliver the following residential product mix:
- Subsidized and Finance Linked housing units: 5 699
- Affordable bonded housing units: 3 948
- Institutional housing units: 2 322
On the 8th of March 2012, the Minister of Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale launched officially the Klarinet Integrated Housing Project. He strengthened the need of integrated humane settlements that will give occupants dignity, protection and security. All races are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity and take care of their houses with pride.