Jansenville - IKWEZI MUNICIPALITY - Klipplaat

Situated in the plains of the Camdeboo just north of the Klein Winterhoek mountains lie the small Karoo towns of Jansenville and Klipplaat.  Together with the hamlet of Waterford, these combine to form the Ikwezi Municipality which is, in turn, a division of the Cacadu District Municipality.

Jansenville lies in the heart of the Noorsveld with its distinctive spiky plants while Klipplaat lies in an area of typical Karoo vegetation.  Angora goats thrive in these conditions and Jansenville has for long been the heart of South Africa's mohair production.

In the heyday of railways in South Africa, Klipplaat was an important railway junction being the point at which the main Cape Town to Port Elizabeth line branched off towards Graaff-Reinet.  Sadly those days have passed and Klipplaat has become a quiet little place.

To-day Jansenville and Klipplaat, under Ikwezi Municipality, have a dynamic multi-racial council and management team dedicated to fulfilling their vision.

IKWEZI's VISION FOR JANSENVILLE AND KLIPPLAAT

Ikwezi would like to be recognized as an;

• Economically prosperous,

• Self-sustainable and

• Socially responsive municipality committed to effective and efficient service provision and facilitating empowerment programmes

that will result in local residents being self-reliant.

IKWEZI MUNICIPALITY's MISSION STATEMENT

We believe our primary responsibility is with the residents of Jansenville and Klipplaat. We exist to provide community services; promotion and deepening of local democracy; to stimulate socio-economic development; creation of space for community participation and human resource development and to facilitate sustainable livelihood for our residents.

We strive to be transparent and accountable in the execution of our responsibilities and to be effective and efficient in the implementation of the programmes and projects.

We recognize the value and mutual benefits of networking and working in partnership with stakeholders such as Cacadu District Municipality, SALGA, Provincial and National Governmental Agencies.

MOHAIR SUMMIT

The International Mohair Summit takes place in Graaff-Reinet and  Jansenville from 3rd to 8th November 2009.  Read more here.