Municipal elections were held in South Africa on 5 December 2000 to elect members to the local governing councils in the municipalities of South Africa.

The ruling African National Congress(ANC) had grown its support in the 1999 general election to 66.35% from 62.65% five years earlier.

An agreement was reached between the NNP and DP to merge into a single political party where respective NNP and DP members would contest subsequent elections as candidates of the Democratic Alliance(DA).

The popular vote, obtained by adding the ward ballots and the municipal proportional representation ballots, were as follows:[1][2] The ANC won 5 of the 6 metros while the DA won one.

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