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290 Justicia Road, Beitbridge
(+263) 085 2322265, 2323793, 2323362, 2323367, 2323728
pr@beitbridgemun.co.zw townclerk@beitbridgemun.co.zw
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The Municipality, Beitbridge, is named after Alfred Beit, a British citizen who found the De Beers diamond mining company. It is located at the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa. Beitbridge Town is the southernmost town of the country and is in Matabeleland South Province. The name also refers to the Beitbridge Border Post, the busiest inland port of entry in Sub-Saharan Africa. The town, founded in 1929, was for many years the terminus of the railway from Pretoria, until a rail connection to Rutenga was built in 1974.
Beitbridge town was granted its town status in July 2007 through Statutory Instrument 120 of 2007. Previously a Town Board under the Beitbridge Rural District Council administered the town. A Town Council was then established and came into being on the 1st of July 2007. The Town Council area was divided into six wards, each with an elected councillor. Its mandate as a local authority is to provide services to the community of Beitbridge. Almost a decade later after town status, Beitbridge graduated into Municipality status in 2018 through Statutory Instrument 28 of 2018, Proclamation 1 of 2018.
The total coverage of the town is 83square kilometres. The population was estimated at 42 137 inhabitants and 11825 households according to the 2012 national census. The current population is estimated at around 60 000 inhabitants. Due to the proximity of the town to South Africa, most people from the inland districts flock into Beitbridge to do trade and others finally settle for ever.
The organisation is a local authority which is focused on providing such services as education, health, water and sanitation, sewer development and maintenance, refuse collection, allocation of stands, road construction and maintenance, recreational activities, burial land, and town planning.
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