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Vision : United in our commitment to improve the quality of life of its residents 
so that all can share in its prosperity and live in harmony

Mission : Working together to create a municipality that:

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Truly belongs to all people

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Has all its people feel appreciated

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Has its people share in the planning of their development and something meaningful comes 
as a result of their interaction

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Communicates well with its residents

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Caringly responds to the needs of its people

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Shows it cares for the vulnerable

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Has visible leaders who provide guidance and leadership

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Focuses equitably on underdeveloped areas

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Invests in the health of its people

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Works towards having informed, educated and well-skilled people

 

Values: Integrity, Accountability, Client-Alignment, Results Driven, Personnel Development, Transparency. 

Community Mandate
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Give effect to the objects of local government

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Give effect to national priorities

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Give effect to the president's challenges to local government

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Get in line with the Provincial Growth and Development Strategy (PGDS)

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Be aligned with Cape Winelands District Municipality's focus areas

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Focus on skills development for the youth of Witzenberg

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Create jobs through social development programmes

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Invest in the safety of its residents

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Provide quicker access to health and protection services

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Exploit local conditions to position Witzenberg as a unique investment destination 
to sustain our social development strategic direction

The Witzenberg local municipality promulgated as Witzenberg Municipality or in Afrikaans Munisipaliteit Witzenberg, was established per provincial notice 487 of an extraordinary provincial gazette 5590 dated 22 September 2000.  Witzenberg consists of the disestablished Municipality of Ceres, Matroosberg Transitional Representative Council,  Municipality of Prince Alfred's Hamlet, Tulbagh Municipality, Witzenberg Transitional Representative Council and the Municipality for the area of Wolseley.

The Witzenberg municipal area covers approximately 285 102 hectares and include portions of three river systems, namely the Olifants River in the Agter-Witzenberg, the Long River (portion of the Doring River/Olifants River) in the Koue Bokkeveld, the Breë River in the Warm Bokkeveld and the Klein Berg River in Die Land van Waveren (Tulbagh, Wolseley and Wolseley is situated on a natural watershed.

There are approximately 12 400 properties (farms in erven) in the area with more than 17 000 residential buildings and 1400 informal structures.  The population is approximately 73 000 inhabitants of which 18 800 are residents on farms and more than 6 600 in informal structures on unserviced properties.