Strengthening the Municipality's public participation processes. Read more...
Ahmed Kathrada spends Mandela Day in Sedibeng
27 Jul 2010
The Executive Mayor and the Speaker of Sedibeng cut a cake for Madiba with Rivonia trialist, Ahmed Kathrada
On 10 November 2009 the United Nations General Assembly officially adopted Nelson Mandela’s birthday, 18 July, as Nelson Mandela International Day. This is the day on which South Africans and people around the world will spend 67 minutes - in honour of Mr. Mandela’s 67 year service to humanity - doing something good for other people. On that day, the Executive Mayor of Sedibeng District Municipality Cllr. Mahole Simon Mofokeng, Rivonia trialist Ahmed Kathrada and the community of Lakeside joined forces to offer their 67 minutes by cleaning the streets in the area. Read more...
Vote for Heidelberg as South Africa’s Town of the Year 2010
15 Jul 2010
Heidelberg Municipal building
Heidelberg has been voted by the public as Gauteng’s Town of the Year. The annual competition is organized by Kyknet’s Kwêla and the Rapport newspaper.
The winners from all the provinces are now entered into the national round of the competition to be awarded the prestigious title of national Town of the Year. Read more...
SABC broadcasts live from Saul Tsotetsi viewing site in Sebokeng
14 Jul 2010
The MEC for Sports and the Speaker of Sedibeng attended the event.
Sedibeng presented its last leg of the African Festival with a bang. On the 7th July 2010, the District invited the SABC and the provincial department of arts and culture to celebrate a tribute to our African culture.
This day coincided with the viewing of the first Semi Final of the FIFA World Cup 2010 at the Saul Tsotetsi Sports Centre in Sebokeng which was one of the Primary Viewing Sites organised by the Municipality. Read more...
Sedibeng Youth Open Day
30 Jun 2010
Sello Malete performing at the Sedibeng Youth Open Day
The Sedibeng District Municipality celebrated youth month by hosting a Youth Open Day on the 25th of June 2010. The event was held at Constitutional Square in Vereeniging. One of the main reasons for hosting such an event was to recognize and appreciate the contributions made by the youth to the Region and the country at large. “It is only fair that we take the time out as Sedibeng District Municipality to reflect and give credit where credit is so richly deserved. Read more...
Boipatong Massacre Commemoration
24 Jun 2010
The Executive Mayor cuts the ribbon at the unveiling ceremony
Annually on June 17, the Sedibeng District Municipality commemorates the Boipatong Massacre of 1982. Apart from the yearly tradition of laying wreaths on graves, the families of our heroes and heroines were honoured by the long awaited unveiling of tombstones for their loved ones, by the Executive Mayor of the Sedibeng District Municipality, Cllr. Mahole Simon Mofokeng. This special commemoration all started on June 16, by the slaughtering of five cows at the Boipatong stadium as a remembrance for the blood that was spilled. Read more...
Communities in Sedibeng to enjoy the FIFA 2010 World Cup matches
4 Jun 2010
A sense of great excitement is gathering in the Sedibeng District following the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour to Vanderbijlpark yesterday and as posters, flags and billboards continue to be put up across the District as well as Public Viewing Areas being confirmed. Read more...
MEC Moerane and the Executive Mayor with the World Cup Trophy
With the World Cup only a stones throw away, Sedibeng came to a standstill, when the solid-gold trophy, one of the most recognisable icons of global sport arrived. Fresh from its global tour of 86 countries in 225 days, it was now time for the people of Sedibeng to get close to and admire this famous trophy.
Hosted by the Vaal University of Technology, the trophy was welcomed by thousands of people from all corners of Sedibeng. Read more...
State of the District Address 2010
27 May 2010
The Executive Mayor and the Speaker at the State of the District Address
The Sedibeng State of the District Address 2010 was delivered by the Executive Mayor of Sedibeng, Cllr. Mahole Simon Mofokeng at Sicelo Shiceka Stadium in Midvaal on the 26 May 2010. Amongst other things the Executive Mayor mapped out the the road ahead for the Sedibeng region over the next financial year.
One of the many cultural groups that performed on the day
On the 25th May the Sedibeng District Municipality celebrated Africa Day. Africa Day is the annual commemoration of May 25 of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). On this day, leaders of 30 of the 32 independent African states signed a founding charter in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more...
Dignitaries from VUT and Sedibeng hand over stadiums to FIFA LOC
With a sense of great pride and excitement, the two stadiums based in the Sedibeng District were officially handed over to the FIFA Local Organising Committee on Saturday 22 May.
The keys to the Isaak Steyl Stadium, located on the campus of the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) in Vanderbyl Park, was the first to be officially handed over. This stadium will be the training base for the Swiss soccer team during the FIFA 2010 World Cup. Read more...
Sedibeng at Tourism Indaba 2010
25 May 2010
MMC Cllr. Johnny Tsotetsi mans the Sedibeng stand at Indaba 2010
The annual Tourism Indaba was held from 8-11 May 2010 at the Albert Luthuli Convention Centre (Durban ICC) in Durban and the Sedibeng District Municipality was there to ensure that the region took full advantage in marketing the region as a preferred destination during the 2010 World Cup. Special emphasis was on the 2010 offering of the region and “Discover the Vaal” was the theme for the exhibition. This was Sedibeng’s 9th year at the Indaba. Read more...
The Sedibeng Tourism Awards
24 Apr 2010
The Executive Mayor hands out certificates to the finalists
The inaugural Sedibeng Tourism Awards was held on 20 April 2010 at the Riverside Hotel & Conference Centre in Vanderbijlpark. The awards, aimed at local tourism and hospitality businesses in the Sedibeng region, recognised service excellence and gave due appreciation to these businesses for achieving high standards in the tourism industry. The evening attracted high profile attendance from major tourism stakeholders in Gauteng Province as well as Sedibeng. Read more...
Amajita triumph once again
28 Mar 2010
Amajita win the Human Rights
Four Nations Soccer Tournament
The Metropolitan sponsored Human Rights Four Nations Soccer Tournament in Boipatong came to a close with the local crowd in a joyful mood after hosts Amajita were crowned as this year’s champions of the Four Nations tournament after an impressive 2-0 victory over neighbours Swaziland on Saturday, 27 March. Read more...
Human Rights Festival 2010
08 Mar 2010
The Sedibeng District Municipality proudly presents the programme of events that will be hosted during this years Human Rights Month.
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre and the Municipality will commemorate the fallen heroes and heroines of this and other such massacres. Read more...
The Executive Mayor of Sedibeng, Mayor Mofokeng and the MMC for Public Transport & Roads, Clr Simon Maphalla paid a visit to the Unitas Flying School on Saturday 20 February 2010. The political heads were accompanied by Municipal Manager, Yunus Chamda and Executive Director Sorrious Manelle.
The visit coincided with a day of aerobatics at the Vereeniging airport and afforded the delegation an opportunity to be flown around the Sedibeng District in light aircraft. Read more...
A historic tour de Cape
19 Feb 2010
The Survivors visit Table Mountain
By merely making a stop at the Cape of Storms, once more, the people of the Sedibeng region made history. Led by the Sedibeng district Executive Mayor Mahole Simon Mofokeng, a strong contingent comprising mostly the heroes and heroines of the 1992 Boipatong massacre and a few of those from the preceding era - Sharpeville 1960 and the 1980s ungovernability period - spent a week in Cape Town to rewrite history. Read more...
Municipal Health Services Newsletter No.1
In June this year, Sedibeng District Municipality (SDM) embarked on a strategic planning process for Municipal Health Services in the district.
