Nketoana

The Nketoana Municipality is situated within the Thabo Mafutsanyana District Municpality in the Eastern Free State. It comprises of Reitz, Petsana, PetrusSteyn, Mamafubedu, Lindley, Ntha, Arlington and Leretswana.

The municipality is 54km from Bethlehem, 240km from Johannesburg and 60 km from the N3 road. The main economic activities in the area are agriculture and retail businesses.

Nketoana Local Municipality is named after the Leibenbergsvlei River, which is Nketoana in Sesotho. The highest population density is found in the Reitz/Petsana area. The municipality accommodates approximately 60�324 people and covers an area of 5�611km2. In terms of enumeration area (EA) types, 74% of the population lives in formal residences.

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Mantsopa

Mantsopa Local Municipality is situated in the Eastern Free State and covers an area of 345 square kilometres. The five towns situated in Mantsopa are Ladybrand, Hob House, Tweespruit, Thaba-Phatswa and Excelsior. �Mantsopa Local Municipality was established on 5 December 2000 and is comprised of the previous areas of jurisdiction of Tweespruit Transitional Local Council (TLC), Ladybrand TLC, Hobhouse TLC, Excelsior TLC, ThabaPatchoa TLC and Maluti Transitional Rural Council. It forms part of the Eastern Free State and falls within the Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipal area. It borders the Kingdom of Lesotho in the East, Mangaung Local Municipality to the west, Naledi Local Municipality to the south and Masilonyana and Setsoto to the north. The area is accessible via the N8 and R26 roads which traverse the area. A railway line that runs along these routes services the area.

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Merafong City

The Merafong City Local Municipality is a local municipality in the West Rand district of Gauteng. Its boundaries enclose some of the richest gold mines in the world. It is situated about 65 km from Johannesburg and is serviced by a number of major roads, including the N12 from Johannesburg to Cape Town and the N14. (www.merafong.gov.za)read more »

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Ekurhuleni

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality occupies 1�975km2of the land area in the province of Gauteng (Wikipedia).� The name�Ekurhuleni means �place of peace� in Tsonga (Wikipedia), and the municipality is one of three metropolitan municipalities within Gauteng.� Ekurhuleni is also home to South Africa�s largest airport, OR Tambo International Airport, which is located in the Kempton Park area.

Ekurhuleni is highly urbanised, with 99,4% of the population living in urban settlements ranging from informal settlements to elite urban residential suburbs.� A number of large urbanised townships, such as Katlehong and Tokoza, also occupy the landscape.

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City of Tshwane

The City of Tshwane is the capital of South Africa and is the largest municipality, as measured by land mass. Tshwane is amongst the six largestmetropolitan municipalities in South Africa and the second largest in Gauteng, as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Tshwane regioncovers 6 368km� of Gauteng�s 19 055km� and houses approximately 2,9million residents.Tshwane consists of seven regions with 105 wards and 210 councillors.

The City has a vibrant and diverse economy, which enables it to contribute at least 26,8% of the Gauteng Province�s GDP and 9,4% of the GDP of the national economy.� Tshwane is the administrative capital of South Africa and is home to the Union Buildings with government-related business playing an important role in the local economy.� As a result, the city is taking active measures to firmly position itself as Africa's leading capital city of excellence.� The municipality's main economic sectors are community services and government, followed by finance and manufacturing.� Metal products, machinery and household products are the largest sub-sectors within manufacturing.� The City has a well-established manufacturing sector, with the automotive industry representing the most significant component.

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