Metropolitan Municipality (South Africa)
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A metropolitan municipality (English: Metropolitan Municipality ) is a territorial administrative unit of category A in South Africa .
history
In 1998 the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act (No. 117/1998) was passed, which allowed the formation of metropolitan municipalities . The first metropolitan communities emerged in 2000 in order to place conurbations with several city administrations under one administration. In some cases this process was accompanied by a name change. Most recently, the metropolitan communities of Mangaung and Buffalo City were formed in 2011 . The law was subject to several legislative amendments until 2006 .
present
Currently (as of 2016) there are eight metropolitan communities. They are characterized by conurbation structures, a high population density and high population growth. At the top are the Executive Mayor (German, something like: "Oberbürgermeister") with its Mayoral Committee (German: the department heads ) and the collegial body Council (German: " Gemeinderat "). All other South African local congregations are grouped together to form district congregations (in short: districts).
The following metropolitan communities were created in South Africa:
- Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality
- City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality
- City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
- City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
- City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
- eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
- Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality
- Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
planning
The process of forming further metropolitan communities is not complete. The merger of the local parishes of Emfuleni and Midvaal in the Sedibeng district into the future Vaal Metropolitan River City ( Vaal Metro for short ), which has been under consideration since 2013, was delayed. It should take place after 2016, in the course of which elections for the representatives of the local communities ( 2016 Municipal Elections ) took place. A political conflict in this project is that the only local community (Midvaal) in Gauteng province that was or is not governed by the African National Congress but by the Democratic Alliance before 2016 and now will be eliminated.
With the formation of the new metropolitan municipality, the Sedibeng district municipality is to be completely dissolved. In this context, it is planned to detach the remaining local community Lesedi from the previous district and integrate the neighboring metropolitan community Ekurhuleni on its southern and eastern flanks. The reorganization of local administrative units is the responsibility of the Municipal Demarcation Board .
Overview
| Metropolitan municipality | Full name | code | Administrative headquarters | Population 2011 census |
Area (km²) |
province |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mangaung | Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality | MAN | Bloemfontein | 747.431 | 6284.03 1 | free State |
| Ekurhuleni | City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality | EKU | Germiston | 3,178,470 | 1924.42 | Gauteng |
| City of Johannesburg | City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality | JHB | Johannesburg | 4,434,827 | 1644.96 | Gauteng |
| City of Tshwane | City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality | TSH | Pretoria | 2,921,488 | 2174.57 | Gauteng |
| eThekwini | eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality | ETH | Durban | 3,442,361 | 2291.89 | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality | Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality | NMA | Port Elizabeth | 1,152,115 | 1958.93 | Eastern Cape |
| Buffalo City | Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality | BUF | East London | 755.200 | 2527.79 | Eastern Cape |
| City of Cape Town | City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality | CPT | Cape Town | 3,740,026 | 2454.72 | Western cape |
1 since 2016 around 9700 km²
See also
Web links
- Local Government wording : Municipal Structures Act , No. 117/1998 . at www.justice.gov.za (English; PDF)
- Local Government wording : Municipal Structures Amendment Act , No. 20/2002 . at www.saflii.org (English; PDF; 406 kB)
- Local Government wording : Municipal Structures Amendment Act , No. 1/2003 . on www.cogta.gov.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Electoral Commission of South Africa: Results Summary: Local Government Election 2016, Gauteng, Midvaal . on www.elections.org.za (English)
- ^ Sedibeng District Municipality: Metro process is delayed . News from September 28, 2015 on www.sedibeng.gov.za (English)
- ↑ The Citizen : Vaal metro on the cards ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . News from October 15, 2013 on www.citizen.co.za (English)
- ↑ Olebogeng Molatlhwa: Premier backs merging DA enclave with ANC municipalities ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . News from August 5, 2015 on www.m.timeslive.co.za (English)
- ↑ Government Communication and Information System: Gauteng welcomes redetermination of municipal boundaries ( Memento of the original of February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . on www.sanews.gov.za (English)
