In order to attain the objectives set out in section 24, the Board must, when determining a municipal boundary, take into account-
| (a) |
the interdependence of people, communities and economies as indicated by- |
| (i) |
existing and expected patterns of human settlement and migration; |
| (iii) |
commuting and dominant transport movements; |
| (v) |
the use of amenities, recreational facilities and infrastructure; and |
| (vi) |
commercial and industrial linkages; |
| (b) |
the need for cohesive, integrated and unfragmented areas, including metropolitan areas; |
| (c) |
the financial viability and administrative capacity of the municipality to perform municipal functions efficiently and effectively; |
| (d) |
the need to share and redistribute financial and administrative resources; |
| (e) |
provincial and municipal boundaries; |
| (f) |
areas of traditional rural communities; |
| (g) |
existing and proposed functional boundaries, including magisterial districts, voting districts, health, transport, police and census enumerator boundaries; |
| (h) |
existing and expected land use, social, economic and transport planning; |
| (i) |
the need for co-ordinated municipal, provincial and national programmes and services, including the needs for the administration of justice and health care; |
| (j) |
topographical, environmental and physical characteristics of the area; |
| (k) |
the administrative consequences of its boundary determination on- |
| (i) |
municipal creditworthiness; |
| (ii) |
existing municipalities, their council members and staff; and |
| (iii) |
any other relevant matter; and |
| (l) |
the need to rationalise the total number of municipalities within different categories and of different types to achieve the objectives of effective and sustainable service delivery, financial viability and macro-economic stability. |
Statistics Act, 1999
