Naming of new Limpopo municipality underway
Community members have gathered at the Malamulele Boxing Gym to take part in the naming process of the new municipality.
The Municipal Demarcation Board decided to incorporate the Vuwani and Malamulele areas in one municipality within the Vhembe District.
The decision has been challenged all the way to the Constitutional Court, with no success by the Vuwani community who took to the streets in outrage over the decision.
Residents from Malamulele have been calling for their own municipality for over a decade, with this inclusive municipality seen as a compromise.
The naming process is being led by the Vhembe District Municipality.
It is reported that all traditional leaders from the 90 villages in the area are attending the meeting.
Some residents want the municipality to be named after late Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane.
The process starts in Malamulele and will this afternoon move to Hlanganani at Bungeni Hall near Vuwani for further consultations.
