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Municipal Leadership Structure

Municipal Leadership Structure

Each municipality has a political and administrative arm.

  • Political Structure

    The Langeberg Municipal Council have the executive and legislative authority to make decisions and create by-laws and policies.

    Residents elect political representatives of their local council to serve a 5 year term. The political party seats in council are given according to the percentage of votes that they received in the area as a whole.

    Following the local government elections that took place on the 1 November 2021, the Langeberg Municipality has been structured with the embodiment of a Council as follows:

    There are a total of 23 councillors with 12 being ward councillors and 11 being proportional representation councillors. 

    The Democratic Alliance (DA) has the majority seats of 10 councillors. The African National Congress (ANC) has 6 seats. Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) has 3 seats. Another 4 parties each have one elected representative on the council. One GOOD member, one People's Democratic Movement (PDM) member, one Langeberg Independent Party (LIP) member and one Patriotic Alliance (PA) member.

    The community can however also participate in government’s decision-making processes not only during elections but on an ongoing basis.

  • Administration

    Municipal Structure: Senior Management Team

    The Senior Management Team is the key force behind achievement of the municipality’s strategic goals and implement all programmes approved by council.

    The administration has just over 800 employees divided into the Executive Mayoral Office, the Municipal Manager's Office and five directorates - Financial Services, Engineering Services, Corporate Services, Community Services and Economic, Social and Integrated Development Services. The heads of departments and officials are responsible for physically implementing policy.

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Written by Marlon Murahwa on . Posted in About Us.

About our Municipality

About our Municipality

South Africa is a constitutional democracy divided into 3 spheres of Government:

Local
Government

Provincial
Government

National
Government

Each sphere of government's responsibility is outlined in the Constitution of 1996. While national and provincial governments’ legislation may supervise the functioning of local government, a municipality governs  the local government affairs of its community.

A municipality is tasked to structure and manage its administration and budgeting and planning processes to give priority to the basic needs of the community and to promote the social and economic development of the community.

There are three kinds of Municipalities in South Africa: Metropolitan municipalities (Category A), Local municipalities (Category B) and District municipalities (Category C).

Langeberg Municipality is a Category B: local municipality, located within the Cape Winelands District Municipality in the Western Cape Province.

Langeberg Municipality covers approximately 4,517.4 km² and includes the towns of Robertson, Montagu, Ashton, Bonnievale, and McGregor, along with surrounding rural areas. According to Stats SA's 2022 population estimates, Langeberg accounts for 10.9% of the Cape Winelands' population, totalling 94,045 people. We support 28,032 households by providing essential services in line with the Constitution.

Our Towns

The Langeberg Municipal area of jurisdiction includes the following five towns and adjacent rural areas.

  • Robertson

  • Montagu

  • Ashton

  • Bonnievale

  • McGregor

Our Mission

To create an efficient and cost-effective municipality through good governance practices,
sustainable services, a safe and secure environment, sound financial management practices, as well as a
conducive environment for local economic development.

Our Vision

To create a safe and healthy environment for delivering sustainable quality services.

Our Slogan

“From one of the best, to the best.”

Our Strategic Objectives

  • Ensure efficient administration for good governance
  • Provide infrastructure for sustainable and affordable basic services
  • Promote a safe and secure environment
  • Promote and facilitate investment and local economic development
  • Provide sustainable financial management

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