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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 ...
The Western Cape province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into one metropolitan municipality (the City of Cape Town) and five district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into twenty-four local municipalities.
The Cape Town Municipal Workers' Association (CTMWA) was a trade union representing local government workers in Cape Town, South Africa. The union was founded in 1928 to represent "coloured" workers, and adopted a conservative approach, registering with the government.
All of these unions were affiliates of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, to which SAMWU also affiliated. In later years, SAMWU absorbed the Durban Indian Municipal Employees' Society and the Union of Johannesburg Municipal Workers. [1] Initially, the union grew rapidly, and by 1994 it had 100,410 members, 31.3% of all eligible workers ...
As of 2020, municipalities owed South Africa's Water Boards a total of R12 billion, and a culture of non-payment had taken hold. [12] They had also accumulated debt of R46.1 billion (R31 billion overdue) with Eskom. [13]
This is a list of municipalities of South Africa. ... City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality: CPT Western Cape: Cape Town: 2,446 944 4,005,016 1,637.6
This is a list of cities and towns in the Western Cape province of South Africa. They are divided according to the districts in which they are located. Cape Metropole
The majority later changed the union's name to the Municipal and General Workers' Union of South Africa, and then in 1985 shortened it to the "Municipal Workers' Union of South Africa". [2] That year, it was a founding affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions , at which point it had 9,249 members.