The municipalities found in Classification 4 are the best performing group of local municipalities nationally. Almost all of these municipalities fall outside of the disestablished apartheid Bantustans. Rather, these municipalities tend to contain:
- Highly urbanized communities;
- Large urban centres,
- Mining towns, and or
- semi desert areas.
More than 80% of the local municipalities in Gauteng and the Western Cape are found within this quartile.
List of classification 4 local municipalities
Province MDB Code Municipal Name
Eastern Cape EC101 Camdeboo Local Municipality
Eastern Cape EC104 Makana Local Municipality
Eastern Cape EC105 Ndlambe Local Municipality
Eastern Cape EC108 Kouga Local Municipality
Eastern Cape EC109 Kou-Kamma Local Municipality
Eastern Cape EC125 Buffalo City Local Municipality
Eastern Cape EC131 Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality
Free State FS172 Mangaung Local Municipality
Free State FS204 Metsimaholo Local Municipality
Gauteng GT421 Emfuleni Local Municipality
Gauteng GT422 Midvaal Local Municipality
Gauteng GT423 Lesedi Local Municipality
Gauteng GT462 Kungwini Local Municipality
Gauteng GT481 Mogale City Local Municipality
Gauteng GT482 Randfontein Local Municipality
Gauteng GT483 Westonaria Local Municipality
Kwa-Zulu Natal KZN222 uMngeni Local Municipality
Kwa-Zulu Natal KZN225 The Msunduzi Local Municipality
Kwa-Zulu Natal KZN282 uMhlathuze Local Municipality
Kwa-Zulu Natal KZN292 The KwaDukuza Local Municipality
Limpopo LIM364 Mookgopong Local Municipality
Limpopo LIM366 Bela Bela Local Municipality
Mpumalanga MP307 Govan Mbeki Local Municipality
Mpumalanga MP312 Emalahleni Local Municipality
Mpumalanga MP313 Steve Tshwete Local Municipality
Mpumalanga MP314 Emakhazeni Local Municipality
Mpumalanga MP321 Thaba Chweu Local Municipality
Mpumalanga MP323 Umjindi Local Municipality
Northern Cape NC061 Richtersveld Local Municipality
Northern Cape NC062 Nama Khoi Local Municipality
Northern Cape NC082 !Kai! Garib Local Municipality
Northern Cape NC083 Khara Hais Local Municipality
Northern Cape NC086 Kgatelopele Local Municipality
Northern Cape NC091 Sol Plaatjie Local Municipality
Northern Cape NC453 Gamagara Local Municipality
North West NW373 Rustenburg Local Municipality
North West NW405 Merafong City Local Municipality
Western Cape WC011 Matzikama Local Municipality
Western Cape WC012 Cederberg Local Municipality
Western Cape WC013 Bergrivier Local Municipality
Western Cape WC014 Saldanha Bay Local Municipality
Western Cape WC015 Swartland Local Municipality
Western Cape WC022 Witzenberg Local Municipality
Western Cape WC023 Drakenstein Local Municipality
Western Cape WC024 Stellenbosch Local Municipality
Western Cape WC025 Breede Valley Local Municipality
Western Cape WC026 Breede River/Winelands Local Municipality
Western Cape WC031 Theewaterskloof Local Municipality
Western Cape WC032 Overstrand Local Municipality
Western Cape WC033 Cape Agulhas Local Municipality
Western Cape WC034 Swellendam Local Municipality
Western Cape WC042 Hessequa Local Municipality
Western Cape WC043 Mossel Bay Local Municipality
Western Cape WC044 George Local Municipality
Western Cape WC045 Oudtshoorn Local Municipality
Western Cape WC047 Bitou Local Municipality
Western Cape WC048 Knysna Local Municipality
Western Cape WC053 Beaufort West Local Municipality
This is an edited extract from the State of Local Government in South Africa Overview Report, National State of Local Government Assessments, Working Documents, COGTA 2009 (see here - PDF)
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