Chairperson, Ministers present and hon members, the Constitution Twelfth Amendment Act of 2005 and the Cross-boundary Municipalities Laws Repeal and Related Matters Act 2005 provided for transitional arrangements to ensure a smooth transition from the cross- boundary municipal dispensation to where a municipality would only be located in one particular province.
One of the consequences of the Constitution Twelfth Amendment Act and the Cross-boundary Laws Repeal Act was that Merafong cross- boundary municipality was incorporated into the North West province in its entirety and became part of the then Southern District Municipality. I quote from the Bill itself: