City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, also known as the City of Tshwane, is the metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng in South Africa. The metropolitan area is centred on the city of Pretoria with surrounding towns and localities included in the local government area.
History
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality was established on 5 December 2000, comprising 13 former city and town councils and managed under an executive mayoral system.The Metsweding District Municipality was incorporated into the municipality with effect from 18 May 2011.
Geography
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality's land area increased from in 2010 to after the incorporation of Metsweding.The Tswaing crater is in the northwest of Soshanguve.
Constituent areas
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality consists of the following areas:- Akasia
- Atteridgeville
- Bronberg
- Bronkhorstspruit
- Centurion
- Crocodile River
- Cullinan/Rayton/Refilwe
- Eersterust
- Ekangala
- Elands River
- Ga-Rankuwa
- Hammanskraal
- Laudium
- Mabopane
- Mamelodi
- Olievenhoutbosch
- Pretoria
- Soshanguve
- Rethabiseng
- Roodeplaat
- Soshanguve
- Temba
- Winterveld
- Zithobeni
Main places
| Place | Code | Area | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
| Akasia | 59,455 | Tswana 24% Afrikaans 23% Pedi 12% English 10% | - | ||
| Atteridgeville | 64,425 | Pedi 41% Tswana 17% Sotho 12% | - | ||
| Baviaanspoort | 2,456 | Afrikaans 32% Pedi 26% | - | ||
| Bon Accord | 2,270 | Afrikaans 33% English 14% Pedi 13% Tsonga 11% | - | ||
| Boschkop | 623 | Ndebele 25% Afrikaans 23% | - | ||
| Bronkhorstspruit | 12,470 | Afrikaans 47% Ndebele 10% English 10% | - | ||
| Bultfontein | 2,147 | Afrikaans 61% | - | ||
| Centurion | 236,580 | Afrikaans 49% English 26% | - | ||
| Cullinan | 8,693 | Afrikaans 49% Pedi 16% | - | ||
| Dilopye | 3,874 | Tswana 58% Pedi 14% Tsonga 10% | - | ||
| Donkerhoek | 3,472 | Pedi 28% Zulu 13% Afrikaans 12% Tsonga 12% Ndebele 11% | - | ||
| Eersterust | 29,676 | Afrikaans 78% English 11% | - | ||
| Ekangala | 48,493 | Zulu 33% Ndebele 29% Pedi 15% | - | ||
| Ga-Rankuwa | 90,945 | Tswana 69% | - | ||
| Haakdoornboom | 4,309 | Afrikaans 50% | - | ||
| Hammanskraal | 21,345 | Tswana 46% Pedi 18% Tsonga 15% | - | ||
| Hebron | 2,321 | Tswana 41% Pedi 17% Tsonga 15% | - | ||
| Kameeldrift | 6,727 | Pedi 29% Afrikaans 28% | - | ||
| Kekana Garden | 15,709 | Pedi 34% Tswana 31% Tsonga 13% | - | ||
| Kungwini Part 2 | 8,738 | Afrikaans 54% English 25% | - | ||
| Laudium | 19,102 | English 77% Afrikaans 12% | - | ||
| Mabopane | 110,972 | Tswana 59% Pedi 10% | - | ||
| Majaneng | 9,972 | Tswana 31% Pedi 24% Tsonga 18% | - | ||
| Mamelodi | 334,577 | Pedi 42% Zulu 12% Tsonga 11% | - | ||
| Mandela Village | 7,305 | Tswana 28% Tsonga 22% Pedi 21% | - | ||
| Marokolong | 17,455 | Tswana 29% Pedi 22% Tsonga 21% | - | ||
| Mashemong | 14,118 | Tswana 36% Pedi 24% Tsonga 19% | - | ||
| Mooiplaas | 14,979 | Pedi 25% non-official languages 20% Tsonga 14% Ndebele 10% | - | ||
| Nellmapius | 56,111 | Pedi 35% Zulu 13% | - | ||
| New Eersterus | 35,059 | Tswana 28% Pedi 22% Tsonga 22% Ndebele 10% | - | ||
| Olievenhoutbosch | 70,863 | Pedi 33% Zulu 14% | - | ||
| Onverwacht | 1,518 | Afrikaans 29% Pedi 29% Sotho 15% | - | ||
| Pretoria | 741,651 | Afrikaans 48% English 16% | - | ||
| Ramotse | 15,760 | Tswana 30% Pedi 22% Tsonga 19% Ndebele 11% | - | ||
| Rayton | 8,166 | Afrikaans 59% Pedi 11% | - | ||
| Refilwe | 19757 | Pedi 52% Zulu 10% | - | ||
| Rethabiseng | 1.75 | 10,964 | Zulu 32% Ndebele 31% Pedi 13% | - | |
| Roodepoort B | 1,915 | Afrikaans 42% | - | ||
| Saulsville | 105,208 | Pedi 45% Tsonga 15% | - | ||
| Soshanguve | 403,162 | Pedi 28% Tswana 17% Tsonga 15% Zulu 14% | - | ||
| Soutpan | 2,157 | Tsonga 29% Tswana 28% Pedi 17% | - | ||
| Stinkwater | 39,201 | Tswana 33% Tsonga 24% Pedi 17% | - | ||
| Suurman | 11,071 | Tswana 36% Tsonga 22% Pedi 21% | - | ||
| Temba | 58,431 | Tswana 49% Pedi 16% Tsonga 12% | - | ||
| Thembisile | 1,809 | Ndebele 70% | - | ||
| Tierpoort | 1,167 | Afrikaans 50% | - | ||
| Tsebe | 2,702 | Tswana 30% Ndebele 24% Zulu 11% Pedi 11% Tsonga 8% | - | ||
| Tshwane NU | 16,831 | Ndebele 29% Afrikaans 23% Zulu 11% Pedi 10% | - | ||
| Vaalbank | 1,458 | Afrikaans 38% Ndebele 21% | - | ||
| Waterval | 2,517 | Afrikaans 46% Pedi 13% | - | ||
| Winterveld | 120,826 | Tsonga 22% Tswana 20% Zulu 19% Pedi 12% | - | ||
| Zithobeni | 22,434 | Ndebele 30% Zulu 28% Pedi 13% | - | ||
| Zwavelpoort | 1,148 | Afrikaans 35% | - |
Demographics
There were around 2,921,500 people living within the borders of Tshwane: 75.40% black, 20.08% white, 2.01% coloured and 1.84% Indian or Asian.Ethnic group 2011 census
Ethnic group 2011 census (age 0–4)
Politics
The municipal council consists of 214 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 107 are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 107 wards, while the remaining 107 are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 1 November 2021, no party won a majority of seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
The Executive
The political head of the municipality is the executive mayor. As of October 2024, Nasiphi Moya of ActionSA serves as mayor. The mayor appoints a mayoral committee to assist with him/her with the functioning of the municipality.Services
Water and sanitation
As of 2016, City of Tshwane receives 72% of its bulk water from Rand Water, which utilizes the Integrated Vaal River System. The remaining 28% of Tshwane's water is sourced from its own treatment plants and boreholes. Water restrictions are implemented during drought, heat waves or other seasonal changes.Transport
Railway
The main rail station is in Pretoria.The Gautrain runs through parts of the municipality, with stations in Centurion and Pretoria, ending at a station in the suburb of Hatfield.