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2. City of Cape Town - Wikipedia

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   Cape Town first received local self-government in 1839, with the promulgation of a municipal ordinance by the government of the Cape Colony. [4] When it was created, the Cape Town municipality governed only the central part of the city known as the City Bowl, and as the city expanded, new suburbs became new municipalities, until by 1902 there were 10 separate municipalities in the Cape ...

3. Executive Council of the Western Cape - Wikipedia

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   The Executive Council of the Western Cape is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of the Western Cape.The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the Western Cape Provincial Legislature by the Premier of the Western Cape, an office held since the 2019 general election by Alan Winde.

4. Cape Town - Wikipedia

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   Cape Town City hall lit up in the colours of the Ukrainian flag as a gesture of solidarity with the country. The City of Cape Town has expressed explicit support for Ukraine during the 2022 invasion of the country by Russia. [106] To show this support the City of Cape Town lit up the Old City Hall in the colours of the Ukrainian flag on 2 March ...

5. Government of the Western Cape - Wikipedia

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   The Western Cape Provincial Parliament, situated in Cape Town, is the legislative branch of the provincial government. The parliament is a unicameral legislature of 42 members, elected by a system of party-list proportional representation .

6. Tuynhuys - Wikipedia

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   The building was constructed in 1700 by the Dutch East India Company as a residence for important visitors to the Cape, lies between the South African National Parliament buildings and the President's Council in Company's Gardens, Cape Town. It has been used as an official residence by almost all the governors of the Cape – Dutch, Batavian ...

7. Mayor of Cape Town - Wikipedia

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   The mayor of Cape Town is the head of the local government of Cape Town, South Africa; currently that government takes the form of the City of Cape Town 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.

8. City of Cape Town elections - Wikipedia

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   The council of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape, South Africa is elected every five years by a system of mixed-member proportional representation.Half of the councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting from individual wards, while the other half are appointed from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

9. Western Cape - Wikipedia

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   The Western Cape (Xhosa: iNtshona-Koloni; Afrikaans: Wes-Kaap [ˈvɛskɑːp]) is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country.It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of 129,449 square kilometres (49,981 sq mi), and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020. [8]