City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality

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Tshwane sign, with the former logo depicting the Union Buildings in Pretoria, with slogan "We are the same" (photo 2005).

The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx), also known as the City of Tshwane (Template:IPAc-en), 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,<ref name="Tshwane-structure">Template:Cite web</ref> comprising 13 former city and town councils and managed under an executive mayoral system.

The Metsweding District Municipality was incorporated into the municipality<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> with effect from 18 May 2011 (the date of the 2011 municipal elections).

Geography

The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality's land area increased from Template:Convert<ref name="profile2004">Template:Cite web</ref> in 2010 to Template:Convert after the incorporation of Metsweding.<ref name=SACities>Template:Cite news</ref>

The Tswaing crater is in the northwest of Soshanguve.

Constituent areas

The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality consists of the following areas:<ref name="Tshwane-Areas">Template:Cite web</ref>

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Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:<ref name="adrianfrith">Statistics South Africa: data reworked by Adrian Frith Tshwane - Census 2011</ref>

Place Code Area (km2) Area (sq mi) Population Most spoken language
Akasia 799037 Template:Convert 59,455 Tswana 24% Afrikaans 23% Pedi 12% English 10%
Atteridgeville 799056 Template:Convert 64,425 Pedi 41% Tswana 17% Sotho 12%
Baviaanspoort 799045 Template:Convert 2,456 Afrikaans 32% Pedi 26%
Bon Accord 799036 Template:Convert 2,270 Afrikaans 33% English 14% Pedi 13% Tsonga 11%
Boschkop 799067 Template:Convert 623 Ndebele 25% Afrikaans 23%
Bronkhorstspruit 799072 Template:Convert 12,470 Afrikaans 47% Ndebele 10% English 10%
Bultfontein 799013 Template:Convert 2,147 Afrikaans 61%
Centurion 799059 Template:Convert 236,580 Afrikaans 49% English 26%
Cullinan 799049 Template:Convert 8,693 Afrikaans 49% Pedi 16%
Dilopye 799025 Template:Convert 3,874 Tswana 58% Pedi 14% Tsonga 10%
Donkerhoek 799051 Template:Convert 3,472 Pedi 28% Zulu 13% Afrikaans 12% Tsonga 12% Ndebele 11%
Eersterust 799047 Template:Convert 29,676 Afrikaans 78% English 11%
Ekangala 799054 Template:Convert 48,493 Zulu 33% Ndebele 29% Pedi 15%
Ga-Rankuwa 799034 Template:Convert 90,945 Tswana 69%
Haakdoornboom 799020 Template:Convert 4,309 Afrikaans 50%
Hammanskraal 799012 Template:Convert 21,345 Tswana 46% Pedi 18% Tsonga 15%
Hebron 799033 Template:Convert 2,321 Tswana 41% Pedi 17% Tsonga 15%
Kameeldrift 799043 Template:Convert 6,727 Pedi 29% Afrikaans 28%
Kekana Garden 799010 Template:Convert 15,709 Pedi 34% Tswana 31% Tsonga 13%
Kungwini Part 2 799065 Template:Convert 8,738 Afrikaans 54% English 25%
Laudium 799058 Template:Convert 19,102 English 77% Afrikaans 12%
Mabopane 799080 Template:Convert 110,972 Tswana 59% Pedi 10%
Majaneng 799004 Template:Convert 9,972 Tswana 31% Pedi 24% Tsonga 18%
Mamelodi 799046 Template:Convert 334,577 Pedi 42% Zulu 12% Tsonga 11%
Mandela Village 799011 Template:Convert 7,305 Tswana 28% Tsonga 22% Pedi 21%
Marokolong 799009 Template:Convert 17,455 Tswana 29% Pedi 22% Tsonga 21%
Mashemong 799005 Template:Convert 14,118 Tswana 36% Pedi 24% Tsonga 19%
Mooiplaas 799052 Template:Convert 14,979 Pedi 25% non-official languages 20% Tsonga 14% Ndebele 10%
Nellmapius 799053 Template:Convert 56,111 Pedi 35% Zulu 13%
New Eersterus 799023 Template:Convert 35,059 Tswana 28% Pedi 22% Tsonga 22% Ndebele 10%
Olievenhoutbosch 799078 Template:Convert 70,863 Pedi 33% Zulu 14%
Onverwacht 799028 Template:Convert 1,518 Afrikaans 29% Pedi 29% Sotho 15%
Pretoria 799035 Template:Convert 741,651 Afrikaans 48% English 16%
Ramotse 799002 Template:Convert 15,760 Tswana 30% Pedi 22% Tsonga 19% Ndebele 11%
Rayton 799050 Template:Convert 8,166 Afrikaans 59% Pedi 11%
Refilwe 799048 Template:Convert 19757 Pedi 52% Zulu 10%
Rethabiseng 799055 Template:Convert1.75 10,964 Zulu 32% Ndebele 31% Pedi 13%
Roodepoort B 799062 Template:Convert 1,915 Afrikaans 42%
Saulsville 799057 Template:Convert 105,208 Pedi 45% Tsonga 15%
Soshanguve 799021 Template:Convert 403,162 Pedi 28% Tswana 17% Tsonga 15% Zulu 14%
Soutpan 799022 Template:Convert 2,157 Tsonga 29% Tswana 28% Pedi 17%
Stinkwater 799024 Template:Convert 39,201 Tswana 33% Tsonga 24% Pedi 17%
Suurman 799007 Template:Convert 11,071 Tswana 36% Tsonga 22% Pedi 21%
Temba 799008 Template:Convert 58,431 Tswana 49% Pedi 16% Tsonga 12%
Thembisile 799038 Template:Convert 1,809 Ndebele 70%
Tierpoort 799075 Template:Convert 1,167 Afrikaans 50%
Tsebe 799032 Template:Convert 2,702 Tswana 30% Ndebele 24% Zulu 11% Pedi 11% Tsonga 8%
Tshwane NU 799026 Template:Convert 16,831 Ndebele 29% Afrikaans 23% Zulu 11% Pedi 10%
Vaalbank 799064 Template:Convert 1,458 Afrikaans 38% Ndebele 21%
Waterval 799019 Template:Convert 2,517 Afrikaans 46% Pedi 13%
Winterveld 799029 Template:Convert 120,826 Tsonga 22% Tswana 20% Zulu 19% Pedi 12%
Zithobeni 799038 Template:Convert 22,434 Ndebele 30% Zulu 28% Pedi 13%
Zwavelpoort 799066 Template:Convert 1,148 Afrikaans 35%

Demographics

There were around 2,921,500 (2011 census)<ref name="adrianfrith" /> people living within the borders of Tshwane: 75.40% black, 20.08% white, 2.01% coloured and 1.84% Indian or Asian.<ref name="adrianfrith" />

Ethnic group 2011 census

Ethnic group Population %
Coloured 58 788 2.01%
Black African 2 202 847 75.40%
White 586 495 20.08%
Indian/Asian 53 744 1.84%
Other 19 614 0.67%
Total 2 921 488 100.00%

Ethnic group 2011 census (age 0–4)

Ethnic group Population %
Coloured 5 802 2.12%
Black African 225 111 82.20%
White 36 860 13.46%
Indian/Asian 4 280 1.56%
Other 1 814 0.66%
Total 273 867 100.00%

Politics

Template:Main 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="seatcalc2021">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead url</ref>

City of Tshwane local election, 1 November 2021
Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
Template:Full party name with color 231,520 234,521 466,041 34.6% 70 5 75
Template:Full party name with color 217,190 213,852 431,042 32.0% 37 32 69
Template:Full party name with color 73,605 70,228 143,833 10.7% 0 23 23
Template:Full party name with color 53,712 62,502 116,214 8.6% 0 19 19
Template:Full party name with color 53,506 52,458 105,964 7.9% 0 17 17
Template:Full party name with color 6,281 6,094 12,375 0.9% 0 2 2
Template:Full party name with color 9,623 – 9,623 0.7% 0 – 0
Template:Full party name with color 2,581 5,442 8,023 0.6% 0 1 1
Template:Full party name with color 3,879 3,291 7,170 0.5% 0 1 1
Template:Full party name with color 3,525 3,219 6,744 0.5% 0 1 1
Template:Full party name with color 1,351 1,246 2,597 0.2% 0 1 1
Template:Full party name with color 1,194 1,393 2,587 0.2% 0 1 1
Template:Full party name with color 1,700 869 2,569 0.2% 0 1 1
Template:Full party name with color 1,109 1,197 2,306 0.2% 0 1 1
Template:Full party name with color 1,131 1,065 2,196 0.2% 0 1 1
Template:Full party name with color 596 1,385 1,981 0.1% 0 1 1
35 other parties 10,100 14,403 24,503 1.8% 0 0 0
Total 672,603 673,165 1,345,768 107 107 214
Valid votes 672,603 673,165 1,345,768 98.8%
Spoilt votes 7,918 8,843 16,761 1.2%
Total votes cast 680,521 682,008 1,362,529
Voter turnout 688,237
Registered voters 1,526,585
Turnout percentage 45.1%

The Executive

Template:Main 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.

Airports

OR Tambo International Airport in neighbouring Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality serves Tshwane. Wonderboom Airport in the north of Tshwane serves light aircraft.

Education

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The front part of the Theo van Wyk Building on the Main Campus of UNISA
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University of Pretoria's Old Arts Building

Tertiary education

Template:See also The Tshwane municipality is home to the Tshwane University of Technology, and the largest distance education university (the University of South Africa, more commonly known by its acronym, UNISA), as well as The University of Pretoria, one of South Africa's leading research and teaching universities, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU, previously called University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus) and Medical University of Southern Africa-MEDUNSA) a medical school, and the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

Military

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AFB Swartkop

Air Force

The South African Air Force military bases AFB Waterkloof and AFB Swartkop are in Centurion.

Thaba Tshwane Military Base

Thaba Tshwane military base (formerly called Voortrekkerhoogte and before that Roberts Heights) is in the municipality.

Memorials

The SANDF memorial is at Fort Klapperkop and the South African Air Force memorial is at AFB Swartkop.

Society and culture

Media

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Museums

There are a large number of museums, many of them in Pretoria.

Festivals

The city of Tshwane hosted the 10th World Choir Games, organised by the Interkultur Foundation, between 4–14 July 2018.<ref name="auto">Template:Cite web</ref> Various locations across the city were used as venues to host concerts and ceremonies for the event, including the Musaion and Aula theatres at the University of Pretoria, the ZK Matthews Great Hall at the University of South Africa, and the Pretoria State Theatre.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The event was the first of its kind on the African continent.<ref name="auto"/>

Sporting venues

Scout Groups

  • 1st Nan Hau Scout Group
  • 5th Hillcrest/Colbyn Scout Group
  • 6th St Andrews Scout Group
  • 7th Mamelodi Scout Group
  • 8th St Albans Scout Group
  • 9th Irene Air Scout Group
  • 10th Arcadia Scout Group
  • 13th St Patricks Scout Group
  • 14th Delp Scout Group
  • 22nd Waterkloof / Kosmos Sea Scout Group
  • 23rd Lyttleton Scout Group
  • 35th Pretoria Sea Scout Group
  • 36th Sinoville Scout Group
  • 37th Springvale Scout Group
  • 40th Glenstantia Scout Group
  • 41st Parks Scout Group
  • 42nd Laudium Scout Group
  • 46th Midstream Scout Group

Sport

The city is home to the Tshwane Suns who compete in South Africa's highest basketball division, the Basketball National League.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> There are two Premier Soccer League teams, Mamelodi Sundowns and Supersport United. Pretoria University, known as Tuks plays in the second-tier league. Tshwane is also home to the Blue Bulls rugby team.

Proposal for city name change

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Logo of City of Tshwane depicting the Union Buildings in Pretoria, with slogan "We are the same".

Tshwane Template:IPA is the Setswana name of the Apies River, which flows through the city. The origin of the name of the river is unclear. It may mean "place -e of the black cow, tshwana, from ceremonies where a black cow was sprinkled with water from the river to end a drought.<ref name=PN>Template:Cite web</ref>

Two other common explanations are demonstrably untrue. One is that it is the Tswana for the motto of Tshwane Municipality, "We are the same". However, this appears to be promoted only for its emotional value; if anything, it would mean "we are not the same" in Tswana (ga re tshwane).<ref name=PN/> Another common misunderstanding is that it is the Tswana word for "little monkeys"; although "Tshwane" resembles tshwene (the Tswana word for baboon), baboons are not little and the words are not the same. "Little monkeys" is actually a translation of the Afrikaans name "Apies".Template:Citation needed

In 2005, politicians in the South African capital voted to rename the city Tshwane and retain the name Pretoria for the city centre only. The Sunday Times used the word Tshwane to refer to the Pretoria area for a short period in 2005. The state-controlled SABC also started using the term in its evening news broadcasts, for a period, but by 2010, had reverted to "Pretoria". Private media outlets continued to refer to the metropolitan area as Pretoria. The Pretoria News, the main newspaper in the metropolitan area did not appear to have plans to change its name as of early 2006, although it has adopted the slogan "The paper for the people of Tshwane".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On 21 May 2005, the Pretoria Civil Action Committee, a group consisting of business, labour, cultural, civil and political leaders opposed to the name change organised a protest in the Pretoria city centre.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They marched to the office of Arts and Culture Minister Pallo Jordan and handed him a petition signed by 3,000 University of Pretoria students as well as other petition documents. Former president FW De Klerk, a Nobel prize winner and the last president under apartheid, also raised concerns about the change.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In November 2005, the Advertising Standards Authority found that advertising proclaiming that Tshwane, rather than Pretoria, was the capital of South Africa was misleading.Template:Citation needed

Proposed renaming of Pretoria

On 5 December 2000, a number of former Pretoria municipalities, as well as others that fell outside the Greater Pretoria area, were combined into one area called the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.<ref name="profile2004" /> The city of Pretoria remained largely intact in this municipality. Template:Clarify On 26 May 2005, the South African Geographical Names Council unanimously approved a recommendation by the Tshwane Metro Council that the name Pretoria be changed to Tshwane, but approval from the Geographical Names Council is only a preliminary step in the process.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The legal process involved is as follows:Template:Citation needed

  1. Recommendation to the Geographical Names Council.
  2. Council approves/rejects recommendation (approved 26 May 2005).
  3. Council gives its recommendation to the Arts and Culture Minister.
  4. Minister approves/rejects recommendation.
  5. Approved/rejected name is published in the Government Gazette.
  6. Any person or body unhappy with the name change can complain within one month of above.
  7. The minister can consult the Geographical Names Council with concerns raised.
  8. The minister's decision, along with the reasons for it, are published
  9. The minister will then take the matter before parliament where the central government will decide on whether to change the name or not based on the information before it.

Some groups attached themselves to the Pretoria name change issue, including the trade union Solidarity, which,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> along with the Pretoria Civil Action Committee, threatened legal action should the name change be recommended by the minister. In early August 2007, it was reported in the press that the municipality, after consulting with the Gauteng provincial government had withdrawn the application to change the name, and was instead contemplating a plan to change all road signs pointing to "Pretoria" to "Tshwane" or the "City of Tshwane" across the country. This plan raised threats of legal action from both political groupings opposed to the renaming, and concerns from municipal officials about the possibility of vandalism to the proposed signs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2010, the Ministry of Arts and Culture prepared to publish the registration of Tshwane as a place name, in the Government Gazette. However, the registration was withdrawn at the last minute, which was explained by the minister. Template:Clarify Template:Why Although it was too late to remove the name from printing in the Government Gazette, the retraction of the name registration was published the following week in the gazette.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In November 2011, Kgosientso Ramokgopa, who had been elected mayor earlier that year, vowed to push forward with the renaming in 2012.<ref>Tshwane it will be – mayor, iol.co.za; accessed October 28, 2015.</ref>

Management and corruption

As in other parts of the country, the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality experiences high levels of corruption. Significant resources of the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) were dedicated to this region since 2010.<ref name=corr1>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=corr2>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=corr3>Template:Cite news</ref> The screening of applicants for management positions has also been criticized.<ref name=corr4>Template:Cite news</ref>

When, by November 2020, businesses and residents owed the metro R12 billion,<ref name="cc1">Template:Cite news</ref> the metro outsourced its credit management to 34 debt collecting agencies after normal means were ineffectual. This was expected to increase the metro's income levels, cash flow and capacity for service delivery. In 2021, its debt with Eskom stood at over R200 million, and the utility labeled it as a municipality with a poor payment record.<ref name="khu1">Template:Cite news</ref> When in August 2022 its debt stood at R1.152 billion, Eskom warned that the city's electricity may be disconnected.<ref name="red2">Template:Cite news</ref>

In February 2022, its debtors book stood at R17 billion<ref name="bhe1">Template:Cite news</ref> and Tshwane implemented the Tshwane Yatima project to disconnect the power and/or water supply to 420 businesses, besides that of some state departments (Public Works and Infrastructure owing R355 million<ref name="myb1">Template:Cite news</ref>) and embassies, SARS, the Navy and SAPS headquarters and Hatfield Gautrain station due to non-payment of their electricity or municipal accounts.<ref name="pij2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="cor1">Template:Cite news</ref> The University of Pretoria paid the bill of its Hillcrest campus under protest at the last minute.<ref name="bhe1"/>

See also

References

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