Wikipedia talk:WikiProject South Africa/Municipalities task force

Propose we replace {{Zamuni}} with {{Infobox settlement}}

Per the discussion on Template_talk:Zamuni, I suggest that we progressively replace uses of {{Zamuni}} with {{Infobox settlement}}, and that we update the Task Force page to indicate that. This change will give us a lot more useful fields to use in the infoboxes, and improve the standardization relative to municipality articles from other countries. - htonl (talk) 09:42, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

• Approve - {{zamuni}} is far to limiting --NJR_ZA (talk) 09:46, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
• Approve - Works for me. AtticusX (talk) 10:17, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

OK, you two have done most of the work on the municipalities of late and I doubt there will be any other feeback. I'll go ahead and update the wikiproject and start updating the municipalities. --NJR_ZA (talk) 14:54, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Naming conventions

I've been looking at the official establishment notices for Western Cape municipalities - they're linked from here - and it seems that the official names of the local municipalities don't actually include the word "Local". So, for example, "George Local Municipality" is actually called "George Municipality" - see section 4 here. I've checked a sample of local municipalities that have websites, and they also seem to leave out the word "Local" in their names.

So I propose a change to our naming convention: municipality articles should be named according to the official name in the establishment notice. Therefore local municipalities would be named "X Municipality", districts would be "Y District Municipality", and metros would be, well, whatever the notice says. - htonl (talk) 00:29, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Not a big issue as far as I am concerned, we can keep it as it is or change it. Interestingly enough, the demarcation boards uses Local and the list on the link you provided uses Local, even though the content of the notices clearly state that that their names do not include Local. --NJR_ZA (talk) 12:02, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

It is odd, isn't it. I don't think we need to go out and change all of them immediately, but I think we should rename them progressively along with the {{Zamuni}} → {{Infobox settlement}} transition. Actually, this came up because I was looking for a source for the non-English names when I was adding {{Infobox settlement}}.

Anyway, I'm trying to find the establishment notices for other provinces. Unfortunately they don't make it as easy as the Western Cape. - htonl (talk) 12:57, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

OK, the plot thickens. I've got to the other provinces' establishment notices on Sabinet (non-public, I have access to it through UCT) and it seems that in Gauteng, at least, the official name includes "Local". So, anyway, it seems to me that, given the ambiguity, the possibility for confusion, and the amount of work that would be involved, this is actually a bad idea. So I'm withdrawing this proposal. - htonl (talk) 13:37, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

I think they haven't quite settled yet whether their official naming policy is to include the "Local" or not. When I was reading through Integrated Development Plans from various local municipalities, quite a number of them referred to the municipality both ways at different places within the same document. Until a consistent naming standard is actually established, I second the withdrawal of this proposal. :) -AtticusX (talk) 18:00, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Article update and cleanup drive

htonl and I have begun an update and cleanup process to get the municipality articles into reasonable shape in time for the upcoming elections. Please join us. Roger (talk) 19:41, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

I've finished uploading a complete set of municipality location maps showing the new municipal borders that come into effect on Wednesday. They're all categorized under commons:Category:Maps of South African municipalities. - htonl (talk) 00:52, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

See this thread on htonl's talk page where various post-election article changes are discussed. Please join the process (many hands make light work). Roger (talk) 10:46, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Articles affected by boundary and status changes at the 2011 election

The following articles need to be updated to reflect changes:

• South African municipal election, 2011 (This is the main article of course - it still needs a LOT of work!)
• Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality  Done
  • Motheo District Municipality  Done
  • Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality
  • Xhariep District Municipality
  • Naledi Local Municipality, Free State
  • Mantsopa Local Municipality
  • Free State
  • List of districts of the Free State
• Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality  Done
  • Amathole District Municipality
  • Eastern Cape
  • List of districts of the Eastern Cape
• Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
  • Metsweding District Municipality  Done
  • Kungwini Local Municipality  Done
  • Nokeng tsa Taemane Local Municipality
  • Gauteng
• Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality  Done
  • Kagisano Local Municipality  Done
  • Molopo Local Municipality  Done
  • Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality  Done
  • North West (South African province)  Done
• Districts of South Africa
• List of municipalities of South Africa - partly done: major status changes done; still needs general update of area statistics to reflect minor boundary changes
• District Management Area (Which LMs are affected by this?) (Aparently some of the DMAs were already abolished and merged some time ago - this article sems to be quite badly out of date even before the current changes. Some of these DM articles don't mention having a DMA at all but should be verified that their LM stats are correct.)
  • Cacadu District Municipality
  • Chris Hani District Municipality
  • Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality
  • West Rand District Municipality
  • Umgungundlovu District Municipality
  • Uthukela District Municipality
  • Umkhanyakude District Municipality
  • Sisonke District Municipality
  • Mopani District Municipality
  • Ehlanzeni District Municipality
  • Namakwa District Municipality
  • Pixley ka Seme District Municipality
  • Siyanda District Municipality
  • Frances Baard District Municipality
  • Kgalagadi District Municipality
  • West Coast District Municipality
  • Cape Winelands District Municipality
  • Overberg District Municipality
  • Eden District Municipality
  • Central Karoo District Municipality
• Template:Largest cities of South Africa  Done

Please expand this list as necessary and mark them as  Done when updates are completed.

South African municipal elections, 2016

All hands on deck please for processing the results as they are released. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:04, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Updated number of council seats

For the use of those updating all the municipality articles, here are the new numbers of seats per council. (Click "show" to see the info.) - htonl (talk) 18:52, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

Province	Muni code	Muni category	Muni name	Total councillors	Ward councillors	PR councillors
EC	BUF	A	Buffalo City	100	50	50
EC	NMA	A	Nelson Mandela Bay	120	60	60
EC	EC101	B	Beyers Naude	27	14	13
EC	EC102	B	Blue Crane Route	11	6	5
EC	EC104	B	Makana	27	14	13
EC	EC105	B	Ndlambe	20	10	10
EC	EC106	B	Sundays River Valley	16	8	8
EC	EC108	B	Kouga	29	15	14
EC	EC109	B	Kou-Kamma	11	6	5
EC	EC121	B	Mbhashe	63	32	31
EC	EC122	B	Mnquma	62	31	31
EC	EC123	B	Great Kei	13	7	6
EC	EC124	B	Amahlathi	30	15	15
EC	EC126	B	Ngqushwa	23	12	11
EC	EC129	B	Raymond Mhlaba	46	23	23
EC	EC131	B	Inxuba Yethemba	18	9	9
EC	EC135	B	Intsika Yethu	42	21	21
EC	EC136	B	Emalahleni	34	17	17
EC	EC137	B	Engcobo	39	20	19
EC	EC138	B	Sakhisizwe	17	9	8
EC	EC139	B	Enoch Mgijima	68	34	34
EC	EC141	B	Elundini	34	17	17
EC	EC142	B	Senqu	34	17	17
EC	EC145	B	Walter Sisulu	22	11	11
EC	EC153	B	Ngquza Hill	63	32	31
EC	EC154	B	Port St Johns	39	20	19
EC	EC155	B	Nyandeni	63	32	31
EC	EC156	B	Mhlontlo	51	26	25
EC	EC157	B	King Sabata Dalindyebo	72	36	36
EC	EC441	B	Matatiele	51	26	25
EC	EC442	B	Umzimvubu	53	27	26
EC	EC443	B	Mbizana	62	31	31
EC	EC444	B	Ntabankulu	34	17	17
EC	DC10	C	Cacadu	30
EC	DC12	C	Amathole	47
EC	DC13	C	Chris Hani	42
EC	DC14	C	Joe Gqabi	25
EC	DC15	C	O.R.Tambo	59
EC	DC44	C	Alfred Nzo	40
FS	MAN	A	Mangaung	100	50	50
FS	FS161	B	Letsemeng	11	6	5
FS	FS162	B	Kopanong	15	8	7
FS	FS163	B	Mohokare	11	6	5
FS	FS181	B	Masilonyana	19	10	9
FS	FS182	B	Tokologo	8	4	4
FS	FS183	B	Tswelopele	15	8	7
FS	FS184	B	Matjhabeng	72	36	36
FS	FS185	B	Nala	24	12	12
FS	FS191	B	Setsoto	33	17	16
FS	FS192	B	Dihlabeng	39	20	19
FS	FS193	B	Nketoana	18	9	9
FS	FS194	B	Maluti a Phofung	69	35	34
FS	FS195	B	Phumelela	15	8	7
FS	FS196	B	Mantsopa	17	9	8
FS	FS201	B	Moqhaka	45	23	22
FS	FS203	B	Ngwathe	36	18	18
FS	FS204	B	Metsimaholo	42	21	21
FS	FS205	B	Mafube	17	9	8
FS	DC16	C	Xhariep	16
FS	DC18	C	Lejweleputswa	36
FS	DC19	C	Thabo Mofutsanyane	41
FS	DC20	C	Fezile Dabi	31
GT	EKU	A	Ekurhuleni	224	112	112
GT	JHB	A	City of Johannesburg	270	135	135
GT	TSH	A	City of Tshwane	214	107	107
GT	GT421	B	Emfuleni	90	45	45
GT	GT422	B	Midvaal	29	15	14
GT	GT423	B	Lesedi	26	13	13
GT	GT481	B	Mogale City	77	39	38
GT	GT484	B	Merafong City	55	28	27
GT	GT485	B	Rand West City	69	35	34
GT	DC42	C	Sedibeng	49
GT	DC48	C	West Rand	44
KZN	ETH	A	eThekwini	219	110	109
KZN	KZN212	B	Umdoni	37	19	18
KZN	KZN213	B	Umzumbe	39	20	19
KZN	KZN214	B	uMuziwabantu	20	10	10
KZN	KZN216	B	Hibiscus Coast	71	36	35
KZN	KZN221	B	uMshwathi	27	14	13
KZN	KZN222	B	uMngeni	23	12	11
KZN	KZN223	B	Mpofana	9	5	4
KZN	KZN224	B	Impendle	7	4	3
KZN	KZN225	B	The Msunduzi	78	39	39
KZN	KZN226	B	Mkhambathini	14	7	7
KZN	KZN227	B	Richmond	14	7	7
KZN	KZN235	B	Okhahlamba	29	15	14
KZN	KZN237	B	Umtshezi/Imbabazane	46	23	23
KZN	KZN238	B	Ladysmith/Indaka	72	36	36
KZN	KZN241	B	Endumeni	13	7	6
KZN	KZN242	B	Nqutu	33	17	16
KZN	KZN244	B	Msinga	36	18	18
KZN	KZN245	B	Umvoti	27	14	13
KZN	KZN252	B	Newcastle	67	34	33
KZN	KZN253	B	Emadlangeni	11	6	5
KZN	KZN254	B	Dannhauser	25	13	12
KZN	KZN261	B	eDumbe	16	8	8
KZN	KZN262	B	uPhongolo	29	15	14
KZN	KZN263	B	Abaqulusi	44	22	22
KZN	KZN265	B	Nongoma	42	21	21
KZN	KZN266	B	Ulundi	47	24	23
KZN	KZN271	B	Umhlabuyalingana	35	18	17
KZN	KZN272	B	Jozini	40	20	20
KZN	KZN275	B	Mtubatuba	40	20	20
KZN	KZN276	B	Big Five/Hlabisa	25	13	12
KZN	KZN281	B	Mfolozi	33	17	16
KZN	KZN282	B	uMhlathuze	67	34	33
KZN	KZN284	B	uMlalazi	54	27	27
KZN	KZN285	B	Mthonjaneni	25	13	12
KZN	KZN286	B	Nkandla	27	14	13
KZN	KZN291	B	Mandeni	35	18	17
KZN	KZN292	B	KwaDukuza	57	29	28
KZN	KZN293	B	Ndwedwe	37	19	18
KZN	KZN294	B	Maphumulo	22	11	11
KZN	KZN433	B	Greater Kokstad	19	10	9
KZN	KZN434	B	Ubuhlebezwe	27	14	13
KZN	KZN435	B	Umzimkhulu	43	22	21
KZN	KZN436	B	Ingwe/Kwa Sani	29	15	14
KZN	DC21	C	Ugu	35
KZN	DC22	C	Umgungundlovu	45
KZN	DC23	C	Uthukela	32
KZN	DC24	C	Umzinyathi	27
KZN	DC25	C	Amajuba	27
KZN	DC26	C	Zululand	36
KZN	DC27	C	Umkhanyakude	31
KZN	DC28	C	Uthungulu	41
KZN	DC29	C	iLembe	32
KZN	DC43	C	Sisonke	27
LIM	LIM331	B	Greater Giyani	62	31	31
LIM	LIM332	B	Greater Letaba	60	30	30
LIM	LIM333	B	Greater Tzaneen	69	35	34
LIM	LIM334	B	Ba-Phalaborwa	37	19	18
LIM	LIM335	B	Maruleng	27	14	13
LIM	LIM341	B	Musina	24	12	12
LIM	LIM343	B	Thulamela	81	41	40
LIM	LIM344	B	Makhado	75	38	37
LIM	LIM345	B	LIM345	71	36	35
LIM	LIM351	B	Blouberg	44	22	22
LIM	LIM353	B	Molemole	32	16	16
LIM	LIM354	B	Polokwane	90	45	45
LIM	LIM355	B	Lepele-Nkumpi	60	30	30
LIM	LIM361	B	Thabazimbi	23	12	11
LIM	LIM362	B	Lephalale	26	13	13
LIM	LIM366	B	Bela-Bela	17	9	8
LIM	LIM367	B	Mogalakwena	64	32	32
LIM	LIM368	B	Modimolle/Mookgopong	28	14	14
LIM	LIM471	B	Ephraim Mogale	32	16	16
LIM	LIM472	B	Elias Motsoaledi	61	31	30
LIM	LIM473	B	Makhuduthamaga	62	31	31
LIM	LIM476	B	Greater Tubatse/Fetakgomo	77	39	38
LIM	DC33	C	Mopani	53
LIM	DC34	C	Vhembe	59
LIM	DC35	C	Capricorn	56
LIM	DC36	C	Waterberg	35
LIM	DC47	C	Sekhukhune	51
MP	MP301	B	Chief Albert Luthuli	49	25	24
MP	MP302	B	Msukaligwa	38	19	19
MP	MP303	B	Mkhondo	38	19	19
MP	MP304	B	Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme	21	11	10
MP	MP305	B	Lekwa	30	15	15
MP	MP306	B	Dipaleseng	12	6	6
MP	MP307	B	Govan Mbeki	63	32	31
MP	MP311	B	Victor Khanye	17	9	8
MP	MP312	B	Emalahleni	68	34	34
MP	MP313	B	Steve Tshwete	58	29	29
MP	MP314	B	Emakhazeni	15	8	7
MP	MP315	B	Thembisile	64	32	32
MP	MP316	B	Dr JS Moroka	62	31	31
MP	MP321	B	Thaba Chweu	27	14	13
MP	MP324	B	Nkomazi	65	33	32
MP	MP325	B	Bushbuckridge	76	38	38
MP	MP326	B	Mbombela/Umjindi	90	45	45
MP	DC30	C	Gert Sibande	48
MP	DC31	C	Nkangala	57
MP	DC32	C	Ehlanzeni	66
NC	NC061	B	Richtersveld	7	4	3
NC	NC062	B	Nama Khoi	17	9	8
NC	NC064	B	Kamiesberg	7	4	3
NC	NC065	B	Hantam	9	5	4
NC	NC066	B	Karoo Hoogland	7	4	3
NC	NC067	B	Khâi-Ma	7	4	3
NC	NC071	B	Ubuntu	7	4	3
NC	NC072	B	Umsobomvu	11	6	5
NC	NC073	B	Emthanjeni	15	8	7
NC	NC074	B	Kareeberg	7	4	3
NC	NC075	B	Renosterberg	7	4	3
NC	NC076	B	Thembelihle	7	4	3
NC	NC077	B	Siyathemba	9	5	4
NC	NC078	B	Siyancuma	13	7	6
NC	NC087	B	//Khara Hais/Mier	31	16	15
NC	NC082	B	Kai !Garib	19	10	9
NC	NC084	B	!Kheis	7	4	3
NC	NC085	B	Tsantsabane	13	7	6
NC	NC086	B	Kgatelopele	7	4	3
NC	NC091	B	Sol Plaatjie	65	33	32
NC	NC092	B	Dikgatlong	13	7	6
NC	NC093	B	Magareng	9	5	4
NC	NC094	B	Phokwane	19	10	9
NC	NC451	B	Joe Morolong	29	15	14
NC	NC452	B	Ga-Segonyana	27	14	13
NC	NC453	B	Gamagara	13	7	6
NC	DC45	C	John Taolo Gaetsewe	21
NC	DC6	C	Namakwa	15
NC	DC7	C	Pixley ka Seme	19
NC	DC8	C	Z F Mgcawu	21
NC	DC9	C	Frances Baard	27
NW	NW371	B	Moretele	52	26	26
NW	NW372	B	Madibeng	81	41	40
NW	NW373	B	Rustenburg	89	45	44
NW	NW374	B	Kgetlengrivier	15	8	7
NW	NW375	B	Moses Kotane	68	34	34
NW	NW381	B	Ratlou	28	14	14
NW	NW382	B	Tswaing	29	15	14
NW	NW383	B	Mafikeng	69	35	34
NW	NW384	B	Ditsobotla	40	20	20
NW	NW385	B	Ramotshere Moiloa	38	19	19
NW	NW392	B	Naledi	20	10	10
NW	NW393	B	Mamusa	18	9	9
NW	NW394	B	Greater Taung	48	24	24
NW	NW396	B	Lekwa-Teemane	16	8	8
NW	NW397	B	Kagisano/Molopo	29	15	14
NW	NW405	B	Ventersdorp/Tlokwe	67	34	33
NW	NW403	B	City of Matlosana	77	39	38
NW	NW404	B	Maquassi Hills	22	11	11
NW	DC37	C	Bojanala	70
NW	DC38	C	Ngaka Modiri Molema	42
NW	DC39	C	Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati	32
NW	DC40	C	Dr Kenneth Kaunda	40
WC	CPT	A	City of Cape Town	231	116	115
WC	WC011	B	Matzikama	15	8	7
WC	WC012	B	Cederberg	11	6	5
WC	WC013	B	Bergrivier	13	7	6
WC	WC014	B	Saldanha Bay	27	14	13
WC	WC015	B	Swartland	23	12	11
WC	WC022	B	Witzenberg	23	12	11
WC	WC023	B	Drakenstein	65	33	32
WC	WC024	B	Stellenbosch	43	22	21
WC	WC025	B	Breede Valley	41	21	20
WC	WC026	B	Langeberg	23	12	11
WC	WC031	B	Theewaterskloof	27	14	13
WC	WC032	B	Overstrand	25	13	12
WC	WC033	B	Cape Agulhas	11	6	5
WC	WC034	B	Swellendam	11	6	5
WC	WC041	B	Kannaland	7	4	3
WC	WC042	B	Hessequa	17	9	8
WC	WC043	B	Mossel Bay	27	14	13
WC	WC044	B	George	53	27	26
WC	WC045	B	Oudtshoorn	25	13	12
WC	WC047	B	Bitou	13	7	6
WC	WC048	B	Knysna	21	11	10
WC	WC051	B	Laingsburg	7	4	3
WC	WC052	B	Prince Albert	7	4	3
WC	WC053	B	Beaufort West	13	7	6
WC	DC1	C	West Coast	25
WC	DC2	C	Cape Winelands	41
WC	DC3	C	Overberg	21
WC	DC4	C	Eden	35
WC	DC5	C	Central Karoo	13

Maps

I'm starting to work on new municipal boundary maps this evening, hope to have them uploaded by the end of the long-long weekend. - htonl (talk) 20:14, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

Maps x2

Just a note to say that I've finished uploading all the locator maps for the new municipal boundaries. They're all named with "(2016)" at the end just as the previous lot had "(2011)". - htonl (talk) 18:06, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Fold this into Politics task force?

Now that we have the Politics task force which covers politics and government more generally, should we consider closing this task force down and folding it into that one? - htonl (talk) 18:05, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

There's more to municipalities than only politics; geography, demographics, economics, etc. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 05:13, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

CfR proposal for renaming categories of local municipalities

I have nominated the categories "Local municipalities of X" (where X is a district municipality) for renaming. The discussion is at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 August 29#Local municipalities of South Africa hierarchy. - htonl (talk) 13:22, 29 August 2018 (UTC)