About Us

The Hantam Municipality covers 36 128km² and includes Calvinia, the centre, as well as Brandvlei, Loeriesfontein, Middelpos , Nieuwoudtville and Swartkop. Calvinia is approximately 400 km from Cape Town, Springbok, Upington and Beaufort West. A 1 250 meter tarred runway, very close to Calvinia, is used by many visitors to this beautiful part of the Northern Cape.

The Municipality provides work for more than 140 permanent employees. Seventy percent of the population of approximately 20 000 people live and work in the towns.

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Hantam Municipality Cities/Towns:

• Brandvlei
• Calvinia
• Loeriesfontein
• Middelpos
• Nieuwoudtville
• Swartkop

Main Economic Sectors:

• Agriculture

Services

Town Planning

The focus areas:

1. Spatial planning (Advance Planning)
2. Land use management (Development Control)
3. Building control
   1. Performing building inspections
   2. Investigating complaints and, if necessary, instituting prosecution
   3. Receipt and scrutiny of building plans
   4. Calculation of building plan fees
   5. Enforcement of National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act (Act 103 of 1977)
   6. Enforcement of Occupational Safety and Health Act (Act 85 of 1993)
   7. Studying new building methods
   8. Updating building plans register
   9. Collection, preparation and processing of building plan statistics for Council and Central Statistics Service.
4. Marketing and liaison
5. Integrated spatial information system (Geographic Information System)

Roads

Electricity

Water Network

Sanitation

Waste Management

Community Service

We do our best to provide you with a comfortable environment within which to live, work and play.

• Drivers and Learners Licence
• Traffic Services

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Events

• •              Hantam Vleisfees
  •              Karoo Kos en Kultuurfees
  •              Afrika Burn

AfrikaBurn is the spectacular result of the creative expression of a community of volunteers who, once a year, gather in the Tankwa Karoo to create a temporary city of art, theme camps, costume, music and performance! For those that have been no explanation is necessary, for those that haven’t none is possible.

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