NAME: CHRISTOPHER THABO BAPELA
STUDENT NO: 55885128
SEMESTER 2: ASSIGNMENT 2
MODULE: CSL2601
, Question 1
Types of municipalities and ‘executive systems’ of municipal
governance
Section 155 Con, the Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998,
municipal system Act of 2000
Section 155, distinguishes between three different categories of
municipalities, namely category A municipalities, category B
municipalities and category C municipalities:
Category A
• referred to as a metropolitan municipality south Africa has 8 (has
exclusive municipal executive and legislative authority in its area)
metropolitan municipalities are big cities . E.g Johannesburg, Cape
Town Durban, Tshwane (Pretoria)
• Metropolitan councils may decentralise powers and functions.
However, all original municipal, legislative and executive powers are
vested in the metropolitan council.
• In metropolitan areas, there is a choice of types of executive system:
the mayoral executive system where executive authority is vested in
the mayor, or the collective executive committee system where these
powers are vested in the executive committee
Category B
• referred to as a local municipality (municipal executive and
legislative authority in its area with a category C municipality) local
municipalities which are towns and their surrounding rural areas, that
is consists of villages and towns and there are 226 local
municipalities. E.g Gravelotte, Namakgale, Lulekani and
Phalaborwa
STUDENT NO: 55885128
SEMESTER 2: ASSIGNMENT 2
MODULE: CSL2601
, Question 1
Types of municipalities and ‘executive systems’ of municipal
governance
Section 155 Con, the Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998,
municipal system Act of 2000
Section 155, distinguishes between three different categories of
municipalities, namely category A municipalities, category B
municipalities and category C municipalities:
Category A
• referred to as a metropolitan municipality south Africa has 8 (has
exclusive municipal executive and legislative authority in its area)
metropolitan municipalities are big cities . E.g Johannesburg, Cape
Town Durban, Tshwane (Pretoria)
• Metropolitan councils may decentralise powers and functions.
However, all original municipal, legislative and executive powers are
vested in the metropolitan council.
• In metropolitan areas, there is a choice of types of executive system:
the mayoral executive system where executive authority is vested in
the mayor, or the collective executive committee system where these
powers are vested in the executive committee
Category B
• referred to as a local municipality (municipal executive and
legislative authority in its area with a category C municipality) local
municipalities which are towns and their surrounding rural areas, that
is consists of villages and towns and there are 226 local
municipalities. E.g Gravelotte, Namakgale, Lulekani and
Phalaborwa
