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Contents. List of municipalities in the Western 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 .
Cape Town first received local self-government in 1839, with the promulgation of a municipal ordinance by the government of the Cape Colony. [3] 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 ...
Municipal policing in South Africa has a long history. The Cape Peninsula Urban Police were responsible for policing in and around the city of Cape Town between 1652 until its absorption into the national South African Police in 1913. The Durban Borough Police created in 1854, later to become the Durban City Police, and now the Durban Metro ...
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. [104] 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 ...
The municipality covers an area of 992 square kilometres (383 sq mi) between the Indian Ocean and the Tsitsikamma Mountains around the town of Plettenberg Bay. It is the easternmost municipality on the coast of the Western Cape, with its eastern edge at the Bloukrans River forming the border with the Eastern Cape .
Bergrivier Municipality ( Afrikaans: Bergrivier Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It governs the towns of Piketberg (the seat of the municipal council), Velddrif and Porterville, as well as the surrounding villages and rural areas. As of 2011, it had a population of 61,897. [2]
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Today Kraaifontein has been incorporated into the Greater Cape Town metropolitan area and is located in Cape Town's northern suburbs flanking the N1 towards Paarl and Worcester to the east. Although being part of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Kraaifontein is still considered a town with its own central business district.