City of Johannesburg
Ward 73
Sandton / Bryanston area (illustrative)
- Traffic
- Safety
- Rates
Municipalities & wards
Context cards for metros and sample wards. Issue lists are illustrative civic themes, not candidate scoreboards.
Metros
Western Cape · metro
City of Cape Town
Metro council — service delivery, housing & transport dominate local debate.
4 770 000 pop · 116 wards
Gauteng · metro
City of Johannesburg
Largest metro by economy — electricity, refuse & roads are perennial issues.
5 600 000 pop · 135 wards
KwaZulu-Natal · metro
eThekwini Municipality
Durban metro — water infrastructure and flood resilience after recent storms.
3 900 000 pop · 111 wards
Gauteng · metro
City of Tshwane
Capital metro — billing disputes and infrastructure maintenance feature heavily.
3 550 000 pop · 107 wards
Gauteng · metro
City of Ekurhuleni
East Rand industrial metro — jobs, air quality and municipal services.
3 800 000 pop · 112 wards
Eastern Cape · metro
Nelson Mandela Bay
Gqeberha metro — water security and coalition governance dynamics.
1 200 000 pop · 60 wards
Free State · metro
Mangaung Metropolitan
Bloemfontein metro — service delivery and municipal finance.
850 000 pop · 51 wards
Eastern Cape · metro
Buffalo City Metro
East London metro — industrial revival and basic services.
850 000 pop · 50 wards
Sample wards
City of Johannesburg
Ward 54
Soweto — illustrative ward profile
- Housing
- Jobs
- Electricity
City of Cape Town
Ward 57
Khayelitsha — illustrative
- Housing
- Safety
- Transport
City of Cape Town
Ward 115
Sea Point / Green Point — illustrative
- Parking
- Safety
- Public space
eThekwini Municipality
Ward 32
Umlazi — illustrative
- Water
- Housing
- Jobs
City of Tshwane
Ward 7
Pretoria CBD fringe — illustrative
- Billing
- Safety
- Roads