Provinces

103. (1) The Republic has the following provinces:

1. Eastern Cape
2. Free State
3. Gauteng
4. KwaZulu-Natal
5. Mpumalanga
6. Northern Cape
7. Limpopo
8. North West
9. Western Cape.

Legislative authority of provinces

104. (1) The legislative authority of a province is vested in its provincial legislature, and confers on the provincial legislature the
power ­

1. to pass a constitution for its province or to amend any constitution passed by it in terms of sections 142 and 143;
2. to pass legislation for its province with regard to ­

1. any matter within a functional area listed in Schedule 4;
2. any matter within a functional area listed in Schedule 5;
3. any matter outside those functional areas, and that is expressly assigned to the province by national legislation; and
4. any matter for which a provision of the Constitution envisages the enactment of provincial legislation; and

3. to assign any of its legislative powers to a Municipal Council in that province.