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( August 2017 ) South Africa This article is part of a series on the politics and government of South Africa Constitution Bill of Rights Executive President Cyril Ramaphosa Deputy President David Mabuza Cabinet Shadow Cabinet Legislative National Council of Provinces Chairperson Thandi Modise National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete Leader of the Opposition Mmusi Maimane Judiciary Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng Deputy Chief Justice Ray Zondo Courts Constitutional Court Supreme Court of Appeal President : Mandisa Maya High Court Magistrate 's courts Electoral Court Elections General 1910 1915 1920 1921 1924 1929 1933 1938 1943 1948 1953 1958 1961 1966 1970 1974 1977 1981 1984 1987 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 Municipal 2000 2006 2011 2016 Referendums 1960 1983 1992 Political parties Administrative divisions Provinces Districts Metropolitan municipality District municipality Municipalities ( list ) Foreign relations Minister of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic missions Passport Related topics Human rights Taxation Protests Repression Political assassinations Other countries Atlas In South Africa, a metropolitan municipality or Category A municipality is a municipality which executes all the functions of local government for a city or conurbation. This is by contrast to areas which are primarily rural, where the local government is divided into district municipalities and local municipalities. The Constitution, section 155.1. a, defines `` Category A '' municipalities. In the Municipal Structures Act it is laid out that this type of local government is to be used for conurbations, `` centre ( s ) of economic activity '', areas `` for which integrated development planning is desirable '', and areas with `` strong interdependent social and economic linkages ''. The metropolitan municipality is similar to the consolidated city - county in the USA, although a South African metropolitan municipality is created by notice of the provincial government, not by agreement between district and local municipalities. Contents 1 History 2 List of metropolitan municipalities 3 See also 4 References 5 Other sources History Metropolitan municipalities were brought about so that cities could be governed as single entities. This had not been possible under the fragmented local government structures of apartheid. A key demand of anti-apartheid civics in the 1980s was for ' one city, one tax base ' in order to facilitate distribution of funds to areas of highest need. Local government reform after apartheid produced six Transitional Metropolitan Councils following the 1995 / 6 local government elections. These were characterized by a two - tier structure. From 2000, these six Metropolitan Councils were restructured into their final single - tier form. In 2011, Buffalo City ( East London ) and Mangaung ( Bloemfontein ) were added to the category of metropolitan municipality. List of metropolitan municipalities Name Code Province Seat Area ( km ) Population ( 2016 ) Pop. density ( per km ) Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality BUF Eastern Cape East London 2,750 834,997 303.6 City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality CPT Western Cape Cape Town 2,446 4,005,016 1,637.6 City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality JHB Gauteng Johannesburg 1,645 4,949,347 3,008.8 City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality TSH Gauteng Pretoria 6,298 3,275,152 520.0 City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality EKU Gauteng Germiston 1,975 3,379,104 1,710.6 eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality ETH KwaZulu - Natal Durban 2,556 3,702,231 1,448.5 Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality MAN Free State Bloemfontein 9,886 787,803 79.7 Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality NMA Eastern Cape Port Elizabeth 1,957 1,263,051 645.4 See also Urban planning in Africa References Jump up ^ `` Welcome to the official South African government online site ! - South African Government ''. 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In Udesh Pillay, Richard Tomlinson, Jacques du Toit ( eds. ) Democracy and Delivery : Urban Policy in South Africa. Cape Town HSRC Press pp 76 - 106 Jump up ^ Lynelle John ; Landiwe Mahlangu ( 21 June 2011 ). `` Metros in SA : Debate on national policy choices ''. Mail and Guardian. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Shapefiles Statistics ''. Demarcation.org.za. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Statistics ''. Interactive2.statssa.gov.za. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 29. Jump up ^ `` AMENDMENT OF NOTICE ESTABLISHING THE EKURHULENI METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY ( NOTICE NO. 3585 OF 2005 ) ''. Ekurhuleni.gov.za. Retrieved 29 August 2017. Other sources Government Communication & Information Services ( 2005 ) Categories of municipalities Parliament of the Republic of South Africa ( 1996 ) Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Chapter 7 : Local Government Parliament of the Republic of South Africa ( 1998 ) Local Government : Municipal Structures Act, Act 117 of 1998. South African Local Government Association Administrative divisions of South Africa Capitals : Pretoria ( executive ) Bloemfontein ( judicial ) Cape Town ( legislative ) Provinces Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu - Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape Municipalities List of municipalities in South Africa By province Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu - Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape Types Metropolitan Local District Transitional Settlements By province Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu - Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_municipality_(South_Africa)&oldid=833286466 '' Categories : Metropolitan Municipalities of South Africa Hidden categories : Articles lacking in - text citations from August 2017 All articles lacking in - text citations Use South African English from January 2015 All Wikipedia articles written in South African English Use dmy dates from December 2010 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Português Română Русский Türkçe Українська 4 more Edit links This page was last edited on 30 March 2018, at 17 : 32. 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Question: names of the metropolitan municipalities in south africa
Answer: Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality