Sisonke District Municipality | Municipality assistance to the Public

In the final years of the apartheid Government, and upon the insistence and pressure from the commercial sector, an effort was made to address the inequality of basic service delivery into the rural areas. In order to address this issue, 6 Joint Services Boards were established, and activated within the boundaries of the Province. Subsequent to such establishment and after the 1994 elections which heralded the commencement of the transition phase of Local Government, these Joint Services Boards, with some boundary adjustments, formed the basis upon which the Transitional Regional Councils were formed and established, who in terms of the Local Government Transition Act and a specific Proclamation (LG54) were tasked with the municipal administration of all areas outside the boundaries of the Transitional Local Councils, being the so called 'Remaining Areas' In respect to this narrative, the Midlands and East Griqualand Joint Services Boards, together with the subsequent Ugu and Ndlovu Transitional Regional Cou