Metropolitan municipality (South Africa)
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[
1], defines "Category A" municipalities. In the Municipal Structures Act[
2] 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.
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Cape Town*
eThekwini (
Durban)
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Tshwane (
Pretoria)
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Ekurhuleni (
East Rand)
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Johannesburg*
Nelson Mandela Metropole (
Port Elizabeth)
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List of South African Municipalities*
South African Municipalities*
Government of South Africa*
South Africa* 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.
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South African Local Government Association
