| | Western Cape Business - Promoting the Western Cape as a business destination |
 | | Six Metropolitan Municipalities were created (the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape; the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng; eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality: Durban Unicity in KwaZulu-Natal; and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality in the Eastern Cape). |
 | | Forty-seven District Municipalities (including five in the Western Cape) were identified, as well as 231 Local Municipalities /Councils (with 24 in the Western Cape). |
 | | South African local government has undergone considerable transformation over the past decade, as outlined in the Constitution of South Africa (1996). |
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