The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (Tsonga: Masipala wa Tshwane; ; ; ), 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 (the date of the 2011 municipal elections).

Geography The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality's land area increased from in 2010 to after the incorporation of Metsweding. Since 3 August 2016 (the date of the 2016 municipal elections), the City of Tshwane has been the second largest metropolitan municipality by land area after Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality.

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 The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Statistics South Africa: data reworked by Adrian Frith Tshwane - Census 2011 Place Code Area (km2) Area (sq mi) Population Most spoken language Akasia 79903759,455Tswana 24% Afrikaans 23% Pedi 12% English 10% Atteridgeville 79905664,425Pedi 41% Tswana 17% Sotho 12% Baviaanspoort 7990452,456Afrikaans 32% Pedi 26% Bon Accord 7990362,270Afrikaans 33% English 14% Pedi 13% Tsonga 11% Boschkop 799067623Ndebele 25% Afrikaans 23% Bronkhorstspruit 79907212,470Afrikaans 47% Ndebele 10% English 10% Bultfontein 7990132,147Afrikaans 61% Centurion 799059236,580Afrikaans 49% English 26% Cullinan 7990498,693Afrikaans 49% Pedi 16% Dilopye 7990253,874Tswana 58% Pedi 14% Tsonga 10% Donkerhoek 7990513,472 Pedi 28% Zulu 13% Afrikaans 12% Tsonga 12% Ndebele 11% Eersterust 79904729,676Afrikaans 78% English 11% Ekangala 79905448,493Zulu 33% Ndebele 29% Pedi 15% Ga-Rankuwa 79903490,945Tswana 69% Haakdoornboom 7990204,309Afrikaans 50% Hammanskraal 79901221,345Tswana 46% Pedi 18% Tsonga 15% Hebron 7990332,321 Tswana 41% Pedi 17% Tsonga 15% Kameeldrift 7990436,727Pedi 29% Afrikaans 28% Kekana Garden 79901015,709Pedi 34% Tswana 31% Tsonga 13% Kungwini Part 2 7990658,738Afrikaans 54% English 25% Laudium 79905819,102 English 77% Afrikaans 12% Mabopane 799080110,972Tswana 59% Pedi 10% Majaneng 7990049,972Tswana 31% Pedi 24% Tsonga 18% Mamelodi 799046334,577Pedi 42% Zulu 12% Tsonga 11% Mandela Village 7990117,305Tswana 28% Tsonga 22% Pedi 21% Marokolong 79900917,455Tswana 29% Pedi 22% Tsonga 21% Mashemong 79900514,118Tswana 36% Pedi 24% Tsonga 19% Mooiplaas79905214,979Pedi 25% non-official languages 20% Tsonga 14% Ndebele 10% Nellmapius 79905356,111Pedi 35% Zulu 13% Nuwe Eersterus 79902335,059Tswana 28% Pedi 22% Tsonga 22% Ndebele 10% Olievenhoutbosch 79907870,863Pedi 33% Zulu 14% Onverwacht 7990281,518Afrikaans 29% Pedi 29% Sotho 15% Pretoria 799035741,651Afrikaans 48% English 16% Ramotse 79900215,760Tswana 30% Pedi 22% Tsonga 19% Ndebele 11% Rayton 7990508,166Afrikaans 59% Pedi 11% Refilwe 79904819757Pedi 52% Zulu 10% Rethabiseng 7990551.7510,964Zulu 32% Ndebele 31% Pedi 13% Roodepoort B 7990621,915Afrikaans 42% Saulsville 799057105,208Pedi 45% Tsonga 15% Soshanguve 799021403,162Pedi 28% Tswana 17% Tsonga 15% Zulu 14% Soutpan7990222,157Tsonga 29% Tswana 28% Pedi 17% Stinkwater 79902439,201Tswana 33% Tsonga 24% Pedi 17% Suurman 79900711,071Tswana 36% Tsonga 22% Pedi 21% Temba 79900858,431Tswana 49% Pedi 16% Tsonga 12% Thembisile 7990381,809Ndebele 70% Tierpoort 7990751,167Afrikaans 50% Tsebe 7990322,702Tswana 30% Ndebele 24% Zulu 11% Pedi 11% Tsonga 8% Tshwane NU 79902616,831Ndebele 29% Afrikaans 23% Zulu 11% Pedi 10% Vaalbank7990641,458Afrikaans 38% Ndebele 21% Waterval 7990192,517Afrikaans 46% Pedi 13% Winterveld 799029120,826Tsonga 22% Tswana 20% Zulu 19% Pedi 12% Zithobeni 79903822,434Ndebele 30% Zulu 28% Pedi 13% Zwavelpoort 7990661,148Afrikaans 35%

Demographics There were around 2,921,500 (2011 census) 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 groupPopulation%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 groupPopulation%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

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. City of Tshwane local election, 1 November 2021 Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 231,520 234,521 466,041 34.6% 70 5 75 217,190 213,852 431,042 32.0% 37 32 69 73,605 70,228 143,833 10.7% 0 23 23 53,712 62,502 116,214 8.6% 0 19 19 53,506 52,458 105,964 7.9% 0 17 17 6,281 6,094 12,375 0.9% 0 2 2 9,623 – 9,623 0.7% 0 – 0 2,581 5,442 8,023 0.6% 0 1 1 3,879 3,291 7,170 0.5% 0 1 1 3,525 3,219 6,744 0.5% 0 1 1 1,351 1,246 2,597 0.2% 0 1 1 1,194 1,393 2,587 0.2% 0 1 1 1,700 869 2,569 0.2% 0 1 1 1,109 1,197 2,306 0.2% 0 1 1 1,131 1,065 2,196 0.2% 0 1 1 596 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

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.

Mayors (Post-apartheid mayors)

Peter Maluleka,1994 - 1995 (ANC) Johannes Ramokhoase, 1995 - 2000 (ANC) Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, 2000 - 2006 (ANC) Gwen Ramokgopa, 2006 - 2010 (ANC) Kgosientso Ramokgopa, 2010 - 2016 (ANC) Solly Msimanga, 2016 - 2019 (DA) Stevens Mokgalapa, 2019 - 2020 (DA) Randall Williams, 2020 - 2023 (DA) Murunwa Makwarela, 2023 - 2023 (COPE) Cilliers Brink, 2023 - 2024 (DA) Nasiphi Moya, 2024–present (ActionSA)

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 metrorail station is at the Pretoria railway station. The Gautrain runs through parts of the municipality, with stations in Centurion and Pretoria, ending at a station in the suburb of Hatfield.

Airports O. R. Tambo International Airport in neighbouring Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality serves Tshwane. Wonderboom Airport in Pretoria serves light aircraft.

Education

Tertiary education

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

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

Museums There are a large number of museums, many of them in Pretoria. Pretoria Forts Kruger House (residence of the president of the ZAR, Paul Kruger) Mapungubwe Collection Melrose House (the Treaty of Vereeniging which ended the Anglo-Boer War was signed here in 1902) Voortrekker Monument Freedom Park Transvaal Museum African Window South African Air Force Museum

Festivals The city of Tshwane hosted the 10th World Choir Games, organised by the Interkultur Foundation, between 4–14 July 2018. 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. The event was the first of its kind on the African continent.

Sporting venues

Lucas Moripe Stadium, Atteridgeville HM Pitje Stadium, Mamelodi Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria SuperSport Park, Centurion Odi Stadium, Mabopane Giant Stadium, Soshanguve

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. 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

Tshwane 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.

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). 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".

In 2005, politicians in the South African capital voted to rename the city Tshwane and retain the name Pretoria for the city centre only.