enacted by the Parliament of South Africa

“ Restructuring of local government which takes place as a result of legislation enacted by a competent authority after [the elections referred to in subsection (1) have been held,] 31 March 1996 shall be effected in accordance with the principles embodied in Chapter 10 and the Constitution as a whole. ”

“ Amendment of section 101 of Act 200 of 1993, as amended by section 4 of Act 13 of 1994
3. Section 101 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the addition of the following subsection:
“ (7) Any division of the Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction to grant an interim interdict or similar relief, pending the determination by the Constitutional Court of any matter referred to in section 98 (2) , notwithstanding that such interdict or relief might have the effect of suspending or otherwise interfering with the application of the provisions of an Act of Parliament.”. ”

“ For the purposes of the first election of members of [a local government] a transitional local council or a transitional metropolitan substructure as referred to in the Local Government Transition Act, 1993, after the commencement of this Constitution, the area of jurisdiction of such [local government] transitional local council and transitional metropolitan substructure shall be divided into wards in accordance with [the] that Act [referred to in subsection (1) ] . ”