Location and Description

Tlokwe Municipality covers a jurisdictional area of approximately 2 500km². It is situated almost 100km south-west of Johannesburg along the main N12 route to Kimberely and Cape Town.

Divided into 26 wards, the jurisdictional area includes neighborhoods such as Lindequisdrift, Venterskroon, Frederick- stadt, Boskop, Vyfhoek, Matlwang, Ikageng, Promosa, Mohadin, Dassierand, Bult and other uptown suburbs that all make up the city of Potchefstroom.

The city is doubtlessly one of the important growth points of the country with its stable and diversified economy, lucrative consumer market, competitive business platform, environmentally safe and sound location, culturally dynamic population, superb educational hub and world-class science and research facilities.

Vision

A transformed, leading, competitive and preferred world-class city.

Mission

Provide quality, sustainable services that are responsive to our communities’ needs within a healthy, safe and green environment through good governance.

Values

• Honesty and Integrity
• Equality
• Respect
• A-political administration
• Adherence to the Batho-Pele principles

Administration

The Municipality has an Executive Mayor who is elected by the full Council. The Mayor appoints a Mayoral Committee that assists him in making decisions, proposals and plans that have to be approved by Council. Currently the Council is comprised of 52 councilors.

The current Mayoral Committee is comprised of 10 members that are politically responsible for 10 departments, i.e. Corporate Services, Community Services, Housing and Planning, Infrastructure, Public Safety, Economic Development, Sports and Recreation, Rural Development, Office of the Speaker, Transversal Issues.

As overall administrative head, the Municipal Manager leads a team of administrative heads of departments.

Service Delivery Record / Milestone Achievements

• One of only 14 municipalities in the country and the only one in North West Province to be awarded the Department of Water Affairs coveted Blue Drop status for the best management and monitoring of good quality drinking water in 2011
• The only municipality in the country to have been awarded the Blue Drop status for three successive years in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
• The municipality with the country’s best waste water system as demonstrated by the Green Drop status awarded in 2011.

• In 2012 the North West Provincial government awarded the Municipality the level 1 accreditation in housing delivery. This means that the Municipality can plan and implement its housing schedules. This is the only municipality in the province to be accorded this status.
• The Municipality has recently achieved the coveted SAHF national award for sterling work in the delivery of housing services.
• The Municipality has been voted the 2011 Local Authority of the Year, whilst its manager of Housing and Planning received the Housing Personality of the Year Award.
• The Municipality was the winner of the 2009 Provincial City Award for the greening work completed in formerly disadvantaged areas.

Tourism

The city’s tourism involves a vast wealth of sights, sounds and adventures of nature at its best. Apart from the leisure resort at the Potchefstroom Dam, Boskop Dam Nature Reserve between Potchefstroom and Carletonville on the R501 also serves as a popular site for angling and sailing. There are a lot of hikes and trails on offer, as well as a visit to the OPM Prozesky Bird Sanctuary that affords birdwatchers the pleasure of observing several bird species in their natural setting.

The Vredefort Dome World Heritage Site is also an important national and international tourist drawcard. The oldest and largest meteorite site on earth received World Heritage Site status in 2005 and is just 20km from the city. The geologically-fascinating dome is an eco-adventure destination of choice and a fast- growing tourist attraction in South Africa.

The city also has a number of national monuments, including the Old Gunpowder House, the Kruger Kraal Opstal, the Andrew Carnegie Library and City Hall, as well as the Goetz/Fleischack Museum, the Old Fort and cemetary.

There have been numerous palaeotology findings in the region and the Boschop Skull was found on Kolonie Farm near Potchefstroom in 1913 (before the Taung Skull was found in 1920 by Professor Tobias). Another important Heritage Site includes The Hut Caves, near Frederikstad (also a National Monument) where 230 families hid away from Mzilikazi’s war parties during his reign. Today, 40 huts are still standing.

The country’s oldest Dutch Reformed Church and the Hervormde Church are found in town, and St Mary’s Anglican Church is known for its beautiful stained-glass windows.

The city has a number of golf courses and various graded accommodation options.

Outdoor activities in Potchefstroom abound and these include river-rafting, absailing and mountain-biking.

To really get to know our city, come and explore Potchefstroom for yourself.