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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.

Contents

List of metropolitan municipalities

See also

References

List of metropolitan municipalities

★ City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality

★ eThekwini (includes Durban)

★ City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (includes Pretoria)

★ Ekurhuleni (most of the East Rand)

★ City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

★ Nelson Mandela Metropole (includes Port Elizabeth)

See also

★ List of South African Municipalities

★ South African Municipalities

★ Government of South Africa

★ South Africa

References

★ 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