In order to attain the objectives set out in section 24, the Board must, when determining a municipal boundary, take into account—
| (a) | the interdependence of people, communities and economies as indicated by— |
| (i) | existing and expected patterns of human settlement and migration; |
| (iii) | commuting and dominant transport movements; |
| (v) | the use of amenities, recreational facilities and infrastructure; and |
| (vi) | commercial and industrial linkages; |
| (b) | the need for cohesive, integrated and unfragmented areas, including metropolitan areas; |
| (c) | the financial viability and administrative capacity of the municipality to perform municipal functions efficiently and effectively; |
| (d) | the need to share and redistribute financial and administrative resources; |
| (e) | provincial and municipal boundaries; |
| (f) | areas of traditional rural communities; |
| (g) | existing and proposed functional boundaries, including magisterial districts, voting districts, health, transport, police and census enumerator boundaries; |
| (h) | existing and expected land use, social, economic and transport planning; |
| (i) | the need for co-ordinated municipal, provincial and national programmes and services, including the needs for the administration of justice and health care; |
| (j) | topographical, environmental and physical characteristics of the area; |
| (k) | the administrative consequences of its boundary determination on— |
| (i) | municipal creditworthiness; |
| (ii) | existing municipalities, their council members and staff; and |
| (iii) | any other relevant matter; and |
| (l) | the need to rationalise the total number of municipalities within different categories and of different types to achieve the objectives of effective and sustainable service delivery, financial viability and macro-economic stability. |
