Government of Gauteng

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The government of Gauteng province in South Africa consists of a unicameral legislature elected by proportional representation, and an executive branch headed by a Premier who is elected by the legislature.

Legislature

Johannesburg City Hall, seat of the provincial legislature

Main article: Gauteng Provincial Legislature

The provincial legislature is a unicameral body of 73 members elected by a system of party-list proportional representation. The legislature is elected for a term of five years, unless it is dissolved early. By convention elections to the provincial legislature are held at the same time as elections to the National Assembly. The legislature meets in the Johannesburg City Hall.

The most recent elections were held on 22 April 2009, and were won by the African National Congress (ANC) which obtained 47 of the 73 seats on the legislature. The composition of the legislature is as follows:

Party		Seats
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=#006600\|	African National Congress	43
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=#005ba6\|	Democratic Alliance	16
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=#ffca08\|	Congress of the People	6
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=#AD2B2B\|	African Christian Democratic Party	1
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=#ec8713\|	Freedom Front Plus	1
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=#ef8321\|	Independent Democrats	1
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=red\|	Inkatha Freedom Party	1

Executive

The head of the provincial executive is the Premier of Gauteng, who is a member of the provincial legislature elected by the legislature. The Premier appoints an Executive Council who are a cabinet overseeing the executive departments.

As of 2013 the Premier is Nomvula Mokonyane of the ANC, and the ten members of the Executive Council are described in the following table.

Portfolio	MEC	Department(s)
Agriculture and Rural Development	Nandi Mayathula-Khoza	Agriculture and Rural Development
Community Safety	Nonhlanhla Mazibuko	Community Safety
Economic Development	Nkosiphendule Kolisile	Economic Development
Education	Barbara Creecy	Education
Finance	Mandla Nkomfe	Finance Provincial Treasury
Health and Social Development	Hope Papo	Health Social Development
Infrastructure Development	Qedani Dorophy Mahlangu	Infrastructure Development
Local Government and Housing	Ntombi Mekgwe	Local Government and Traditional Affairs Housing
Roads and Transport	Ismail Vadi	Roads and Transport
Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation	Lebogang Maile	Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation

Courts

The seats of the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria (above) and Johannesburg (below)

Further information: Courts of South Africa, Gauteng Division, and Magistrate's court (South Africa)

South Africa has a single national court system and the provinces do not have their own courts. The Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa, which has seats in Pretoria and Johannesburg, has jurisdiction over all cases arising in the province. However, most cases are first heard in one of the over 25 district magistrates' courts or in the regional magistrate's court for the province. Appeals from the magistrates' courts are to the High Court, and appeals from the High Court are to the Supreme Court of Appeal or the Constitutional Court.

Administrative divisions

Map of municipalities in Gauteng

Further information: Municipalities of South Africa and List of municipalities in Gauteng

Gauteng is divided into three metropolitan municipalities and two district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into a total of seven local municipalities. These municipalities are:

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