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- The Western Cape’s only metropolitan municipality is the City of Cape Town. The role of municipalities is to provide basic services, as well as promote a safe and healthy environment, and community development.
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cemeteries, funeral parlours and crematoria. cleansing. control of public nuisances. control of undertakings that sell liquor to the public. facilities for the accommodation, care and burial of animals. fencing and fences. licensing of dogs. licensing and control of undertakings that sell food to the public. local amenities.
LOCAL. The whole of South Africa is divided into local municipalities. Each municipality has a council where decisions are made and municipal officials and staff who implement the work of the municipality. The council is made up of elected members who approve policies and by-laws for their area.
Local government in the Western Cape is organised into six major municipalities. One is metropolitan, and five are district municipalities. The province also has 24 smaller local municipalities, each falling under one of the five district municipalities.
Municipalities in the Western Cape. The Western Cape is divided into one metropolitan municipality, City of Cape Town, five district municipalities, and 24 local municipalities, namely: a. Cape Winelands District Municipality which is divided into the Breede Valley Local Municipality, Drakenstein Local Municipality, Langeberg Local Municipality ...
What, then, is the role of the municipality?5 Another example is the definition of ‘beaches’. When the national department responsible for the environment banned 4x4 vehicles from the beaches in the interest of ‘conservation’ (a Schedule 4 competence), municipalities raised the question whether this did
The City of Cape Town (Afrikaans: Stad Kaapstad; Xhosa: IsiXeko saseKapa) is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of Cape Town and surrounding areas. As of 2022 it has a population of 4,772,846.
