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Heidelberg is the seat of the municipality. During the first war of independence, Heidelberg served as capital of the South African Republic, from 1880 to 1883. Lesedi is a Sesotho word meaning "light". The name was decided upon because the municipality represents the light of the area. [4]
Heidelberg is a town with 35,500 inhabitants in the Gauteng province of South Africa, some 50 kilometres south-east of Johannesburg, close to the Mpumalanga border. It sits at the eastern end of the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve , next to the N3 highway connecting Johannesburg and Durban .
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (formerly the Department of Provincial and Local Government) was a ministry of the South African government, responsible for the relationship between the national government and the provincial governments and municipalities, and for overseeing the traditional leadership of South Africa's indigenous communities.
The executive branch of the national government of South Africa is divided into the cabinet and the civil service, as in the Westminster system. Public administration, the day-to-day implementation of legislation and policy, is managed by government departments (including state agencies with department status), which are usually headed by permanent civil servants with the title of director ...
Name Code Seat Area (km 2) [1] Population (2016) [2] Pop. density (per km 2); City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality: EKU Germiston: 1,975 3,379,104 1,710.6 City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
The St Andrew's Presbyterian Congregation was established in 1890 and its early history is closely interwoven with that of Germiston itself. The corner-stone of the present well preserved church building, which was designed in the neo-Gothic style, was la Type of site: Church: 9/2/226/0001 60 Strydom Street, Heidelberg.
This is a list of cities and towns in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Most towns are no longer separate municipalities, their local governments having been merged into larger structures . In the case of settlements that have had their official names changed the traditional name is listed first followed by the new name.
South Africa has a single national court system, and the administration of justice is the responsibility of the national government. At present the jurisdictional boundaries of the High Courts do not correspond entirely with the provincial boundaries; the Superior Courts Bill currently before Parliament will rationalise the courts so that there ...