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What the
Lukhanji Municipality Stands For? |
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What
is Our Vision?
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"A municipality
of choice
that seeks to work closely with its
people to promote good governance, economic growth and
sustainable delivery of service" |
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What is Our Mission?
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To strive for financial and administrative stability while
constantly providing effective, affordable, sustainable quality
services and also promoting sustainable integrated development
in order to achieve socio economic upliftment, stability and
growth.
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What are Our Values?
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In addition to the Batho Pele principles, our municipality
commits itself to upholding the following set of values:
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Introduction to the Lukhanji Municipality |
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The Lukhanji Municipality came into
being on 5 December 2000 and includes Queenstown, Whittlesea,
Sada, Lesseyton, Illinge and other surrounding rural areas. It
is one of 8 Local Municipalities which falls under the
jurisdiction of the Chris Hani District Municipality. Lukhanji
is landlocked by the Municipalities of Tsolwana and
Inkwanca to the West and Emalahleni and Insika Yethu to the
North and Amahlati to the East.
Lukhanji occupies
a strategic geographical position within the Chris Hani District
Municipality and covers approximately 4231 km 2 in
extent. Its central location with arguably the largest urban
centre (Queenstown) in the District attracts many people on a
daily basis from surrounding Municipalities.
Situated in the Eastern Cape, South
Africa,
the
multi-cultural municipality of
Lukhanji is poised to forge ahead as an emerging and
viable industrial centre.
The
majority of the industries are highly labour intensive and are
able to draw on the vast manpower of a big urban and rural
population. Existing industries stem mainly from the vast and
varied resources of the surrounding and include manufacturers of
agricultural products, office furniture, engineering and steel
works and numerous others. Many of
South Africa’s best cattle and
sheep are bred in the area.
Beef and Dairy herds abound;
mutton and wool flocks of crossbred and merino sheep
proliferate. Lukhanji and its surrounding areas have a great
number of tourist attractions.
Various tourism development
initiatives are planned.
Lukhanji is proud of its
reputation as a foremost educational centre largely thanks to
the
many
schools and numerous tertiary
institutions situated in the area.
Founded in early 1853 by the direction of Sir
George Cathcart,
Queenstown is the
major commercial, administrative, and educational centre
where many Regional Departmental
offices, Private and
Public
hospitals, District Municipal offices , consulting firms & NGOs,
churches and chain stores are located. History suggests that the
town
intended to be a military outpost designed to protect the
British subjects from attack during the time of the Frontier
wars. The town was laid out around a central hexagon, which was
to be the lager to which the citizens would flee in time of
trouble. Although still a distinguishing feature of the town
today, the hexagon was never used for its intended purpose.
1984 saw the incorporation of both
Mlungisi and Ezibeleni into the town of Queenstown.
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The
Chris
Hani
District
Municipality is
centrally located within the
Eastern Cape
Province, and as such represents a
linking node to all
other
regions in the Province.
The District is
largely rural,
housing concentrated urban regions, including economic hubs
such as Queenstown and Cradock.
Eight local Municipalities
form the Chris Hani District Municipality.
The municipalities on the eastern side of the district
include:
Emalahleni (Indwe,
Ida, Dordrecht & Lady Frere settlement), Engcobo (Ngcobo,
All Saints & Clarkebury settlements), Intsika Yethu
(Tsomo and Cofimvaba towns) and
Sakhisizwe
(Cala and
Elliot town). Those municipalities located on the
western side of the district include:
Inxuba Yethemba (Cradock and Middelburg, Inkwanca
(Molteno and Sterkstroom town) and Tsolwana
(Tarkastad
& Hofmeyr towns). Lukhanji Municipality (Queenstown and
Whittelsea towns) sits centrally within the
Chris Hani District.
The topography
of the area ranges from
Karoo
plains in the west to the mountainous regions of the east.
Rainfall patterns reflect the landscape declining from the
east to the west. Overall temperatures fluctuate from cold
and freezing in winter towards extreme heat in summer. As a
result of this the District contains beautiful natural
scenery and is the ideal playground for a wide variety of
cultural and sporting activities.
Chris Hani
has a population of 799,134
(Stats
SA,
2001), with recent estimates reaching in the region of 810,
000.
The
majority of the population (94%) lives in the former
Transkei
and
Ciskei
areas. The Coloured population makes up 4% and the
proportion of whites is 2%. Xhosa is the majority language.
The District covers an area of 36,963.8 square kilometres.
Approximately 71% of the population reside in rural areas.
The largest populations occur in the Intsika Yethu,
Lukhanji, Engcobo and Emalahleni municipalities. The
population is relatively youthful with just more than half
of the population being female (53.76%).
The
District
Municipality
provides an ideal investment opportunity due to its
proximity to the ports of East London and
Port Elizabeth
and its location to the N6 and N 10 routes to
Gauteng. In addition the large
amounts of available land for agriculture and business and
industry development as well as the large pool of available
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