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The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality was established on 5 December 2000, [4] comprising 13 former city and town councils and managed under an executive mayoral system. The Metsweding District Municipality was incorporated into the municipality [ 5 ] with effect from 18 May 2011 (the date of the 2011 municipal elections ).
The City of Tshwane is the second largest municipality in Gauteng and is among the six biggest metropolitan municipalities in South Africa. The following towns and townships form part of the Municipality's area: Pretoria, Centurion, Akasia, Soshanguve, Mabopane, Atteridgeville, Ga-Rankuwa, Winterveld, Hammanskraal, Temba, Crocodile River and ...
The Mayor of Tshwane is the head of the local government of Pretoria, South Africa; currently that government takes the form of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. In the past, the position of Mayor has varied between that of an executive mayor actively governing the city and that of a figurehead mayor with a mostly ceremonial role.
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality council consists of 214 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 107 are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 107 wards, while the remaining 107 are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.
In August 2007, an internal memo was leaked to the media in which the Tshwane mayor sought advice from the premier of Gauteng on whether the municipality could be called the "City of Tshwane" instead of just "Tshwane". [78] This could increase confusion about the distinction between the city of Pretoria and the municipality of Tshwane.
Population: 525,583 city; 1,080,187 metro. [17] [19] 1993 - Radio Pretoria and Tuks FM radio begin broadcasting. 1994 City becomes part of the newly established Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vaal province (later Gauteng). [1] Inauguration of South African president Nelson Mandela. Pro Arte Alphen Park was founded. 1996 Population: 692,348 city. [20]
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality: Boipatong: Emfuleni Local Municipality: Sedibeng District Municipality: Bophelong: Emfuleni Local Municipality:
Populated places in the City of Tshwane (3 C, 22 P) Pages in category "City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.