Metropolitan municipalites are set up in large cities with more than 500 000 voters and are divided into smaller wards (and in some cases, sub-councils, within which wards are located). Metro municipalities are responsible for delivering all services the Constitution provides for. As at 2015, South Africa has eight metropolitan municipalities, namely:

• Buffalo City (East London)
• City of Cape Town
• Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (East Rand)
• City of eThekwini (Durban)
• City of Johannesburg
• Mangaung Municipality (Bloemfontein)
• Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality (Port Elizabeth)
• City of Tshwane (Pretoria)

For more information about Category A municipalities please visit www.sacities.net and http://www.gov.za/about-government/government-system/local-government