{"id":995,"date":"2026-08-01T06:44:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T04:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/joburgs-electoral-boundaries-redrawn-as-population-shifts-drive-new-ward-changes\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T06:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T04:44:58","slug":"joburgs-electoral-boundaries-redrawn-as-population-shifts-drive-new-ward-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/imingcele-yokhetho-yasejoburg-idwetshwe-kabusha-njengoba-ukushintsha-kwenani-labantu-kubangela-izinguquko-ezintsha-zewadi\/","title":{"rendered":"Imingcele Yokhetho YaseJoburg Idwetshwe Kabusha Njengoba Ukushintsha Kwenani Labantu Kubangela Izinguquko Ezintsha Zewadi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IBhodi Yokuhlukaniswa Kwamasipala (i-MDB) izokwandisa amawadi omasipala aseNingizimu Afrika kusuka ku-4,468 ngo-2021 kuya ku-4,488 okhethweni lohulumeni basekhaya lwango-2026, kanti iGoli lizobhekana nezinye zezinguquko ezibaluleke kakhulu njengoba ukwanda kwabantu enyakatho kanye nokushintsha kweSoweto kuzokwakha kabusha amamephu okhetho futhi kwandise izisekelo zabavoti, ikakhulukazi ukuphakamisa iWadi 117 kusuka ku-14,000 kuya ku-18,187 abavoti ababhalisiwe.<\/p>\n<h4>Ukulungiswa Okukhulu Kwemingcele Yokumelwa Okulinganayo<\/h4>\n<p>Ngokusho kweRosebank Killarney Gazette, i-MDB iqedela imigqa emisha yamawadi kulo lonke elaseGoli ukuqinisekisa ukuthi iwadi ngayinye inenani elifanayo labavoti ababhalisiwe, okuhambisana nokukhula kwabantu kanye nentuthuko entsha yezindawo zokuhlala. Ibhodi lenza lokhu kulungiswa njalo eminyakeni emihlanu ngaphambi kokhetho lwendawo ukuze kuboniswe izinguquko zabantu futhi kugcinwe izimiso zokumelwa okufanele.<\/p>\n<p>Ukwanda kweWadi 117 kubonisa ukwanda kokugxila kwabavoti kwezinye izindawo ezisenyakatho, okudinga izinguquko zemingcele ukuze kugwenywe ukumelwa ngokweqile noma okunganele emkhandlwini. UThabiso Goba we-Eyewitness News waphawula: \u201cNjalo eminyakeni emihlanu, ngaphambi koKhetho Lohulumeni Bendawo, i-MDB ihlola futhi ilungise imigqa yemingcele yewadi neyemasipala yezwe.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Inani Labantu Elikhulayo Nelishintshayo<\/h4>\n<p>I-Gauteng City-Region Observatory ibika ukuthi inani labantu elingaphakathi kwamakhilomitha ayi-100 ukusuka enkabeni yeGoli likhule lisuka ezigidini eziyi-10 ngo-2001 laya ezigidini eziyi-13.4 ngo-2011, nokukhula okuqhubekayo okwandisa inani labavoti futhi kwaqinisa isidingo sokubuyekezwa kwemingcele. Lokhu kushintsha kuholele ekwandeni okulandelanayo kwenani lamawadi: lisuka ku-3,754 ngo-2000, likhula kancane kancane laya ku-4,488 ngo-2026, ngokusho kwezibalo ezisemthethweni ze-MDB.<\/p>\n<p>Izinguquko zizothinta ukumelwa ezifundeni ezibhekene nentuthuko esheshayo kanye nezindawo ezinabantu abanciphayo noma abashintshashintshayo njengezingxenye zaseSoweto, okunegalelo esimweni sezepolitiki esishintshashintshayo nesishintshayo kulo lonke elaseGoli. Imingcele edwetshwe kabusha ngeke ithinte nje kuphela ukwakheka komkhandlu wedolobha kodwa futhi nendlela amaqembu afana ne-MK ahlela ngayo amasu ezifundazweni zasendaweni ngo-2026 nangale kwalokho.<\/p>\n<p>Umbiko wokugcina we-MDB ngemingcele emisha yamawadi kulindeleke ukuthi uqondise wonke amalungiselelo okhetho kanye nemikhankaso yamaqembu okuholela emzuliswaneni olandelayo wokhetho lohulumeni basekhaya.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imingcele yamawadi aseGoli idwetshwa kabusha ukuze ibonise ukukhula kwabantu, okwandisa inani lamawadi omasipala eNingizimu Afrika libe ngu-4,488 okhethweni lwango-2026.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[323,719,722,724,725,128,723],"class_list":["post-995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sa-news","tag-johannesburg","tag-local-government-elections","tag-municipal-demarcation-board","tag-population-shifts","tag-representation","tag-soweto","tag-wards"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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