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As indicated in previous circulars, the Board is processing the last batch of changes to municipal boundaries, so as to provide the IEC by August 2008 with the final boundaries of all municipalities for the alignment of voting districts for the 2009 elections.
At its last meeting the Board finalised the cases before it as per the Annexure. Apart from finalising the technical corrections to municipal boundaries provided to you in Circular 3/2008, no further changes to municipal boundaries will be considered until after the 2011 local elections. As soon as voting district boundaries have been aligned to municipal boundaries, the registration of voters has been completed, the certified national common voters’ roll has been divided into municipal segments, the formula for the number of councillors has been gazetted by the Minister of Provincial and Local Government, the number of councillors has been gazetted by the MECs responsible for local government, the Board will commence with the ward delimitation process in 2009 for the 2011 local elections. The broad timeframes remain as follows: Phases | Time Frame | Process | Phase 1 | Dec 2007 – Aug-08 | Finalise outer boundaries of municipalities –MDB/IEC/MECs | Aug – Sep-08 | Align VD boundaries to municipal boundaries – IEC/MDB | Feb 2008 - Aug 2008 | Re-categorization of selected secondary cities and review and some category C municipalities- MDB | Sept 2008 – March 2009 | Voter registration, certification & division of the national common voters’ roll into municipal segments - IEC | Mar-09 | Publish formula for the number of councillors - Minister. | Mar-09 | Publish number of councillors - MECs. | Phase 2 | Apr 2009 – Feb-10 | Public consultation process including public hearings, where necessary – MDB | Phase 3 | March – Aug 2010 | Gazette ward boundaries in Provincial Gazettes for objections, finalise ward boundaries and hand over to the IEC for the 2011 electoral process – MDB | Phase 4 | Aug 2010 – Mar-11 | Electoral process – IEC |
Please do NOT submit any request for changes to ward boundaries to the Board. The Board will approach you during the period April 2009 to August 2010. The Board is looking forward to strengthen and enhance its cooperation with all stakeholders during the ward delimitation process and in the years to come. Download Annexure |
