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THE DISTRICT HAS SEVEN LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, EACH CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE URBAN SERVICE CENTRE. THESE ARE:
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amaHlatHI muNICIPalItY (Cathcart, Stutterheim and Kei Road)
gREat kEI (Komga, Kei Mouth, Hagga-Hagga, Morgan’s Bay and Chintsa)
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MBHASHE (Dutywa, Willowvale, Elliotdale) mNQuma (Butterworth, Nqamakwe, Centane)
NgQuSHwa (Peddie, Hamburg)
NKONKOBE (Seymour, Fort Beaufort, Alice, Middledrift)
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NXUBA (Bedford, Adelaide)
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THE MNDWAKA DAM
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ana manzi Joint Venture was appointed to construct the Mndwaka Dam by the Amathole District Municipality in early 2012. The dam location is on the Mndwaka stream, a tributary to the Mncwasa River about 8 km inland from the well-known “Hole-inthe-Wall” landmark on the Transkei Wild Coast. the estimated water impoundment of 2,000,000 m3 is for primary use by the surrounding communities. The Mndwaka Dam has been designed using rubble masonry concrete in order to maximise the use of labour in order to provide much needed employment for local people. the wall comprises two arches, each spanning over 60m, supported by gravity buttresses, and a 60m gravity flank wall on the eastern bank. The centre arch has a maximum height of 29m. Email dpillay@zmks.co.za
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Sectors Sectors that provide formal employment in the district are: Public services 75,000 jobs; manufacturing 27,000 jobs; trade 25,000 jobs; and agriculture 17,000 jobs. The Amathole District’s existing manufacturing sector includes the automotive, textile, pharmaceutical, electronics and food processing industries. the automotive industry has strong linkages into activities such as component parts, industrial textiles and leather tanning. Globally recognised companies operating in the district include: DaimlerChrysler SA, Johnson & Johnson, China Garments, Nestlé, First National Battery, Aspen Pharmacare, Yarntex and Coca-Cola Bottling. Two of the Eastern Cape’s Spatial Development Initiatives (SDIs) for concentrated economic development the Fish River and Wild Coast SDIs - fall partly within the amathole region. the