Government of Gauteng

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{{main|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 8 May 2019, and were won by the African National Congress (ANC) which obtained 37 of the 73 seats on the legislature. The composition of the legislature is as follows:

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!colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Party !! style="text-align:center"| Seats

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| {{Party name with color|African National Congress}} || 37

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| {{Party name with color|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}} || 20

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| {{Party name with color|Economic Freedom Fighters}} || 11

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| {{Party name with color|Freedom Front Plus}} || 3

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| {{Party name with color|Inkatha Freedom Party}} || 1

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| {{Party name with color|African Christian Democratic Party}} || 1

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|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total || style="text-align:right"| 73

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{{Main articles|Executive Council of Gauteng}}

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.

{{Asof|2022|December}} the Premier is Panyaza Lesufi of the ANC, and the ten members of the Executive Council are listed in the following table.

{{Gauteng Executive Council table}}

{{multiple image |align=right |direction=vertical |image1=Palace of Justice, Church Square, pretoria.JPG |image2=Jo'burg High Court.jpg |footer=The seats of the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria (above) and Johannesburg (below)}}

{{further|Courts of South Africa|Gauteng Division|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.

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{{further|Municipalities of South Africa|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:

• City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
• City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
• Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
• Sedibeng District Municipality, consisting of Emfuleni Local Municipality, Lesedi Local Municipality and Midvaal Local Municipality
• West Rand District Municipality, consisting of Merafong City Local Municipality, Mogale City Local Municipality, and Rand West City Local Municipality.

• Government of South Africa
• Provincial governments of South Africa
• Politics of Gauteng

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100315073408/http://www.gautengonline.gov.za/ Gauteng Government]
• [http://www.gpl.gov.za/ Gauteng Provincial Legislature]

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