Vhembe is one of the 5 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. It is the northernmost district of the country and shares its northern border with Beitbridge district in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. Vhembe consist of all terrotories that were part of the former VendaBantustan, however, two large densely populated districts of the former Tsonga homeland of Gazankulu, in particular, Hlanganani and Malamulele were also incorporated into Vhembe, hence the ethnic diversity of the District. The seat of Vhembe is Thohoyandou, the former Capital of the former Venda Bantustan. According to 2001 census, 800 000 of Vhembe residents speak Venda as their mother language, while 400 000 speak Tsonga and 27 000 speak Northern Sotho. The district code is DC34.
History
Vhembe was originally settled by now-expired tribes of Khoisan peoples. It was later settled by the Venda people (recently migrated from what is now Matabeleland South in Zimbabwe), who constitute a majority of the population of Vhembe today. Venda communities are only found in Vhembe district and as a result, there are no existing Venda communities or villages outside the district. Vhembe means Limpopo river in the Venda language. Before the renaming of Limpopo Province in 2002, the name Vhembe was submitted to the Limpopo legislature as one of the desired name for the new Province but the majority of the members of the Legislature voted against the name Vhembe in favour of the name Limpopo. The Dzata ruins in Thulamela local municipality once served as the main settlement and capital of the Venda empire which had dominated the area during the 18th century.
Under provincial law, municipalities are to be designated "district municipalities" on incorporation if the area to be incorporated is greater than 800 hectares (8 km²) and has an average population density of less than 5 persons per hectare (500 persons per km²). Municipalities may be incorporated under different classifications under the direction of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, as is the case with the District of North Vancouver.
In South Africa, a district municipality or Category C municipality is a municipality which executes some of the functions of local government for a district. The district municipality will in turn comprise several local municipalities, with which it shares the functions of local government. District municipalities are seen as successors to former Regional Services Councils (RSC).
The Constitution, section 155.1.a, defines "Category C" municipalities. The Municipal Structures Act states that areas not eligible to have a metropolitan municipality must have a district municipality.
District municipalities have a municipality code that consists of the letters "DC" followed by a number from 1 to 48. The "DC" reflects the fact that they were originally named "District Councils".
District management areas
Currently all district municipalities are completely divided into local municipalities. However, before the alteration of municipal boundaries which occurred at the 2011 elections, some areas of the country did not fall within any local municipality. This usually occurred in areas with a very low population density, for example national parks and nature reserves. In these areas, which were known as District Management Areas, all local government services were provided by the district municipality.
The village falls under the Thulamela local municipality in the Vhembe district municipality ...The party garnered more than 74% of the vote in Limpopo on 29 May and notched up similar results across the Vhembe district municipality.
ANCLimpopo deputy chairperson Florence Radzilani — now MEC for social development — is accused of having R300000 illegally channelled to her for investing in VBS during her tenure as the Vhembe district municipality mayor.
Makamu said they have had several meetings with Vhembe DistrictMunicipality, which is responsible for water supply ... Matodzi Ralushai, spokesperson for Vhembe District Municipality, said the ...
The judge said Raliphada had submitted that he had brought financial stability to the municipality, whereas Thangavhuelelo, who was the CFO at the Vhembe DistrictMunicipality, had never obtained an unqualified audit during her tenure there.
VHEMBE - A traditional leader in Limpopo’s Vhembe District said that while he has encouraged villagers to register to vote ahead of next year’s elections, government needs to do more to recognise the needs of traditional councils.
The SIU found the municipality piggybacked on an existing contract between Mphaphuli Consulting and Vhembe district municipality but terms were amended changed to increase the price, resulting in overpayment of about R76m.
The ruling comes after a municipal worker found his ... Pandelani Mudau was an employee of the Vhembe DistrictMunicipality for more than a decade and thus a member of the Municipal Employees Pension Fund.
In Limpopo the Hawks were probing five cases in Mopani municipality, three cases in Vhembe district municipality, two cases in Greater Giyani municipality and two cases in Greater Sekhukhune municipality.
Limpopo premier Stan Mathabatha axed three MECs from his executive council in a wide-ranging reshuffle on Thursday. ... ... Radzilani was removed as Vhembe district municipality mayor after being implicated in alleged VBS Mutual Bank looting.
Radzilani was removed as Vhembe district municipality mayor after being implicated in the alleged looting of billions from the VBS Mutual Bank... She was elected as deputy chair when the province held its conference in June ... TimesLIVE .
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