Midvaal People’s Assembly:

The Midvaal Municipality hosted a people’s assembly at the Meyerton Town Hall on Saturday 21 April 2012 to give residents of Midvaal a chance to interact with Midvaal Officials and Councillors directly. Presentations where done and there was a question and answer session to give people a chance to have issues and problems addressed. Dignitaries  who attended the assembly included Midvaal MMC’s the Midvaal Municipal Manager and the acting district Mayor of the Sedibeng District Municipality.

Breakfast with the Mayor:

The Midvaal Chamber of Commerce hosted a very successful breakfast with the Mayor at the Lords Signature Hotel on 15 March.

The breakfast was very well attended with more than 60 guests and the presentation by the Mayor was very insightful.

This was the first official function of the Chamber for the year even though a network session already took place and a lot of work has already been done.
The aim of the breakfast was to give businesses a chance to interact with the Executive Mayor of Midvaal, Timothy Nast, as well as to network with each other.

“So far this year we have already formed a skills training forum, had our AGM and our first networking session. The skills training forum is something I feel very passionate and excited about. The idea with the forum is to create a platform where roleplayers in Midvaal can come together and work towards skills development,” said Yvonne Müller, Midvaal Chamber of Commerce chairperson.

“We will build up a data base to refer people who need skills and qualifications to training centres. When they are skilled local business can make use of our data base to employ people. We also hope to give them the skill to start their own business. The skills forum should have a positive impact on the job market and local economy,” said Müller.

Another exciting project the chamber will assist in is recycling in Midvaal.
A Recycle Breakfast was hosted by the Executive Mayor of Midvaal and the Midvaal Council the week before last to get experts together and form a plan of action regarding recycling locally.

A recycling forum was established and the first meeting facilitated by the Midvaal Chamber of Commerce was held on March 9 at the De Deur offices of the Midvaal Council.

The next big date on the chamber calendar is their Midvaal Chamber of Commerce Golf Day taking place on 24 April at the Eye of Africa Golf Course. There is only space for 60 players, those who would like to take part will have to hurry and book as soon as possible. For bookings or any information regarding the Midvaal Chamber of Commerce send an e-mail to midvaalchamber@gmail.com or visit our website on www.midvaal.org.

The long awaited upgrade of the R82 between Vereeniging and Johannesburg has been formally announced.

This development by Stefanutti Stocks contractors will entail an almost R200 million injection into the Walkerville area. It will be a very welcome improvement for not only local residents, but also businesses. With an upgraded road infrastructure businesses will become more accessible and this will mean growing trade.  

“Its has been long anticipated and very needed. We are very pleased that the R82 development  is finally a reality. It is going to bring about significant improvement for the area and this will hopefully translate into economic prosperity,”  said Midvaal MMC: Malcolm Hack. ..... READ MORE

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Midvaal moves into top 5% on Municipal Productivity Index

The Midvaal Local Municipality has moved up 10 places in the annual Municipal Productivity Index placing it within the top 5% of all local governments. The index is an annual assessment by a local government research institute, Municipal IQ, and measures the ability of individuals and firms to operate productively in their respective municipal areas.

The index measures five factors: poverty levels and the municipal response to poverty; access to  minimum levels of municipal services; economic intelligence and infrastructure used by residents to participate in the economy; financial governance and expenditure levels by a local council; and the vacancy rates in a municipality. These factors have a direct impact on the vibrancy of a local economy and indicate what assistance the municipality offers to residents and businesses.

The study ranks the 9 large metropolitan councils as well as the 226 smaller local municipalities. Midvaal was ranked 6^th out of 226 local municipalities and when combined with the scores of the metropolitan areas Midvaal obtained 13^th place overall. The previous study, conducted in 2010, placed Midvaal at 23^rd place overall.

According to Midvaal Executive Mayor, Cllr Timothy Nast, the study again proves our commitment to growing the local economy, reducing poverty levels and increasing job opportunities for local residents.

“We have consistently focussed on keeping tariffs low whilst at the same time improving infrastructure. I am extremely proud that our efforts are recognised in the fact that Midvaal moved up 10 places into the top 5%! Furthermore all of the top 9 smaller municipalities are controlled by the Democratic Alliance and proves that DA-controlled local governments provide better services, better productivity and increased economic growth,” said Nast.

To the right: 

The Midvaal Traffic Department together with the Midvaal Protection Services and  Midvaal Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC), James Botsoere had a visible awareness session in Loch Street recently. The aim of the visible awareness was to inspect businesses and especially displays outside shops. Pirated CD’s for instance was also confiscated. 

 

The Meyerton Public Pool next to the library is now open for the swimming season until 31 March next year. This pool is in a superb condition after a full re-vamp last year and more up-grades completed this year. The pool was re-sealed and painted.
The Midvaal Council invested around R300 000 to upgradef the pool.

The pool is frequented by local residents on a regular basis and even utilised by visitors coming from as far as Alberton, Johannesburg and Parys. The pool is open from Thuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00 and from 12:00 to 18:00 on a Sunday. The photo is Councillor Cliff Hartman and Lance Hood (pool supervisor) with some children enjoying the summer weather and the sparkly pool.

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