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The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseGoli) is a metropolitan municipality that manages the local governance of Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa. It is divided into several branches and departments in order to expedite services for the city.
Johannesburg (/ dʒ oʊ ˈ h æ n ɪ s b ɜːr ɡ / joh-HAN-iss-burg, US also /-ˈ h ɑː n-/- HAHN-, Afrikaans: [jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ]; Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli [ɛˈɡɔːli]) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") [12] [13] is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people in the City of Johannesburg alone.
The Johannesburg city hall while still under construction. A competition was held in 1909 to design a new Town Hall. Only South African resident architects were allowed to take part and entries were judged by Leonard Stokes, Vice-President of the Royal Institute of British Architects and a decision was made in March 1910.
The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality council consists of 270 city councilors elected by mixed-member proportional representation.The councillors are divided into two kinds: (a) 135 Ward councillors who have been elected by first-past-the-post voting in 135 wards; and (b) 135 councillors elected from party lists (so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to ...
The municipal functions for the area, such as municipal policing and social services, are still managed by the city government. Johannesburg, like many other boom towns , grew rapidly and with little planning, and thus the city covers an extremely large area .
B1 (secondary city) 3,145 1,954 255,041 81.1 130.5 Stellenbosch Local Municipality: WC024 Western Cape: Cape Winelands: Stellenbosch: B1 (secondary city) 831 516 173,197 208.4 335.4 Steve Tshwete Local Municipality: MP313 Mpumalanga: Nkangala: Middelburg: B1 (secondary city) 3,976 2,471 278,749 70.1 112.8 Sundays River Valley Local Municipality ...
The fees are determined according to a zonal system with the fee increasing with every zone crossed. and are ranged from R7/$0.5 a maximum of R40/$3.5 (e.g. park station to Midrand, 8 zones crossed, a total of 30 km) Fees are paid with cash/hard money or a pre-loaded card (cheaper than cash) similar to a subway system, with discounts to scholars and pensioners.
Mogale City Local Municipality: GT481 West Rand Krugersdorp: 1,342 383,864 286.0 Merafong City Local Municipality: GT484 West Rand Carletonville: 1,631 188,843 115.8 Rand West City Local Municipality: GT485 West Rand Randfontein: 1,115 265,887 238.5