Cape Town, or the Mother City, is South Africa’s oldest city, its second-most populous and the legislative capital. It is made up of a diverse population, a rich history, world-famous tourist attractions and an exciting calendar of international and local events.
More than 231 councillors and 26 225 staff serve 4 million residents across a sprawling and cosmopolitan metro of 2 500 square kilometres.
The City provides all the services normally associated with a full-service municipality, such as water, electricity, waste removal, sanitation, new infrastructure, roads, public spaces, facilities, housing developments, the upgrade of informal settlements and existing infrastructure, clinics and more.
To meet the current and future needs of its residents, the City of Cape Town has formulated strategies and policies to guide development and growth. Central to these is the Integrated Development Plan (IDP), which is a five-year plan that informs the City’s policy and budget decisions.
The City’s strong sense of community makes it one of the best places to live, work and raise a family. We offer rewarding career opportunities, great benefits and competitive salaries. New opportunities are posted at www.capetown.gov.za/careers.
EThekwini Municipality is a Metropolitan Municipality found in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. Home to the world-famous city of Durban. EThekwini is the largest City in the province and the third largest city in the country. It is a sophisticated cosmopolitan city of over 3 468 088 people. It is known as the home of Africa's best-managed, busiest port and is also a major centre of tourism because of the city's warm subtropical climate and extensive beaches.
The eThekwini Municipality is an employer of choice, with excellent working conditions and competitive salary packages for employees. The Municipality is committed to creating a great place to work by creating development opportunities for employees to grow. Working for eThekwini Municipality will give you a chance to make a difference in people’s lives and become part of our team to make Durban the most caring and liveable city in Africa.
Some facts about eThekwini Municipality:
1. Known as South Africa’s Playground – plenty of places to visit and activities to do
2. First African city to host the Commonwealth Games
3. Historically rich with Heritage sites for Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Ghandi
4. Home to the Comrades Marathon – The worlds’ largest ultra-marathon
5. The world’s tallest bungee swing at the Moses Mabhida stadium
6. Durban Aliwal Shoal – a world top diving site
7. Durban harbour - 9th largest harbour in the world - busiest container port in Africa
8. Africa’s first Aerotropolis – Trade Port with direct links globally
9. One of the top surfing destinations in South Africa
10. Ushaka Marine World – Biggest Aquarium in Africa
The City of Ekurhuleni is found in the heart of the Gauteng province in South Africa, and set to be the first Aerotropolis in Africa. Spread over 15.6% of Gauteng’s land, it houses 5.4% of the country’s population and 29% of Gauteng province’s population.
Pronounced ‘e-koo-roo-le-ni’, Ekurhuleni is a Tsonga (one of the 11 official languages of South Africa) word meaning ‘place of peace’. The choice of a Tsonga word for the name of the metropolitan municipality is symbolic of the diversity of the new city, and of its vision of an equitable and progressive community.
In 2013, the City of Ekurhuleni adopted its Growth and Development Strategy 2055. This GDS 2055 gave the City structure and vision for the years ahead. For the City to navigate itself five long term goals will guide the 2055 journey namely: sustainable urban integration, job creating economic growth, social empowerment,
environmental wellbeing and effective cooperative governance.
The five leading strategies deployed to pursue these goals are:
• Re-urbanise to achieve sustainable urban integration;
• Re-industrialise to achieve to job creating economic growth;
• Re-generate to achieve environmental wellbeing;
• Re-mobilise to achieve social empowerment; and
• Re-govern to achieve effective cooperative governance.