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South Africa's municipalities. Before 1994, South Africa had over 2 000 municipalities but today, with a population of approximately 52-million people, South Africa has 278 municipalities with an average of 172 000 people per municipality. Municipalities are divided into three categories: metropolitan, local and district municipalities. There The following categories of municipalities are referred to in this report, based on the categorisation undertaken by National Treasury and used by the Municipal Since 1994, South Africa has embarked on an ambitious project of state formation and building; not least in the local government sphere. To this end and led by the BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 1. Definitions CHAPTER 1 CATEGORIES AND TYPES OF MUNICIPALITY Part 1: Categories of municipality 2. Category A municipality 3. Category B and C municipalities 4. Criteria AN INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY MODEL OF MUNICIPALITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA . Louis Adrian Scheepers . Dissertation presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Management and Development Planning in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at Stellenbosch University . Supervisor: Prof Erwin Schwella . December 2015 throughout South Africa have different levels of administrative capacity. Many municipalities have however a sound existing infrastructure and established municipal capacity. Without ignoring new initiatives, it is very important for all municipal governments to build on their already existing capacity and potential. 1. There are the following categories of municipality: a. Category A: A municipality that has exclusive municipal executive and legislative authority in its area. b. Category B: A municipality that shares municipal executive and legislative authority in its area with a category C municipality within whose area it falls. Metropolitan (or category A) municipalities govern large densely urbanised regions that encompass multiple centers with close economic linkages, i.e. metropolises.Metropolitan municipalities are unitary authorities responsible for all local government functions within their areas.. Since the 2011 municipal election there are eight metropolitan municipalities: It was indicated earlier that the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 requires local governments to be established for the whole territory of single category A municipality or when it should have municipalities of both category B and category C; (b) establish criteria and procedures for the determination of municipal In South Africa, there are approximately 60 municipal entities which provide basic services (water, electricity, etc.), whilst others were established either to champion economic and social development in their municipal area or for commercial ventures. South Africa and the students should therefore be familiar with specific social, economic and administrative themes in the development of South Africa. 3.4 Categories of Municipalities 3.4 Desc