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Government
Administrative Regions
Region 1 Diepsloot, Kya Sand
Region 2 Midrand, Ivory Park
Region 3 Bryanston, Douglasdale, Fourways, Randburg, Sandton, Strijdompark,
Sunninghill, Woodmead
Region 4 Emmarentia, Greenside, Melville, Northcliff, Rosebank, Parktown,
Parktown North,
Region 5 Roodepoort, Constantia Kloof, Northgate
Region 6 Doornkop, Soweto, Dobsonville, Protea Glen
Region 7 Alexandra, Wynberg, Bruma
Region 8 Inner City
Region 9 Johannesburg South, City Deep, Aeroton, Southgate
Region 10 Meadowlands, Diepkloof
Region 11 Orange Farm, Ennerdale, Lenasia
Main articles: City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Regions of
Johannesburg
During the apartheid era, Johannesburg was divided into 11 local authorities,
seven of which were white and four black or coloured. The white authorities were
90 % self-sufficient from property tax and other local taxes, and spent Rand 600
(USD93) per person, while the black authorities were only 10% self-sufficient,
spending R100 (USD15) per person.
The first post-apartheid City Council was created in 1995. The council adopted
the slogan "One City, One Taxpayer" in order to highlight its primary goal of
addressing unequal tax revenue distribution. To this end, revenue from wealthy,
traditionally white areas would help pay for services needed in poorer, black
areas. The City Council was divided into four regions, each with a substantially
autonomous local regional authority that was to be overseen by a central
metropolitan council. Furthermore, the municipal boundaries were expanded to
include wealthy satellite towns like Sandton and Randburg, poorer neighbouring
townships such as Soweto and Alexandra, and informal settlements like Orange
Farm.
In 1999, Johannesburg appointed a city manager in order to reshape the city's
ailing financial situation. The manager, together with the Municipal Council,
drew up a blueprint called "Igoli 2002". This was a three-year plan that called
upon the government to sell non-core assets, restructure certain utilities, and
required that all others become self-sufficient. The plan took the city from
near insolvency to an operating surplus of R153 million (USD $23.6 million).
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