It is named after Collins Chabane, South African Minister of Public Service and Administration who died of the car crash on March 15, 2015.

In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of sixty seats on the council.

The chamber of Business is an organization of citizens who are investing their time and money in a community development program-working together to improve the economic, civic, and cultural wellbeing of the area.

There are two primary functions of a chamber of Business: first, it acts as a spokesman for the business and professional community and translates the group thinking of its members into action; secondly, it renders a specific product or services type that can be most effectively be beneficial by a community organization and to its members as a whole.

The Collins Chabane Chamber of Business is divided into two local forums (Malamulele and Hlanganai-Vuwani) and seven (7) nodal points (or economic hubs).