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Municipality: Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality
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Address
Municipal Offices
Chuenespoort, Limpopo 0745
South Africa
Phone:
+27 (015) 633 4500
Fax:
+27 (015) 633 6896
Description
Lepelle-Nkumpi Municipality is one of the local municipalities within the Capricorn District Municipality in Limpopo Province, located 55km south of Polokwane city. The municipality is pre-dominantly rural.
Important economic sectors for the Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality in the Local Economic Development Plan (November 2006) and also by stakeholders in local surveys are: agriculture, mining, and tourism.
Business profile
In Lepelle-Nkumpi 86% of businesses are single firms operating only within the municipal area. About 51% of businesses employ only the owner, 40% employ less than 5 people. Only 1% of businesses employ more than 20 people. 71% of local businesses are found in the retail/trade sector and 12% provide personal services. The majority of business sells groceries, fruit vegetables, motor vehicle spares and building materials.
51% of businesses source their supplies outside the Lepelle-Nkumpi but mostly within the district.
Strengths
Lepelle-Nkumpi forms part of the Platinum Mining Cluster on the Dilokong Corridor. Although a sluggish sector within the district context, Mining is a strategic sector to Lepelle-Nkumpi and has potential to act as a catalyst to stimulate further growth in the value-adding activities across the district.
Source: Capricorn LED Strategy 2010
Weaknesses
Alongside other rural municipalities, Lepelle-Nkumpi and Molemole are marked by a very high Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) - divide. These areas are affected by factors such as illiteracy, lack of computer skills and lower household incomes that contribute to the urban-rural gap. The low penetration
and quality of fixed line telecommunication services remains a key challenge.
Source: Capricorn LED Strategy 2010
