Urban Area Rank City Pop Rank City Country City Population Urban Area Population 107 62 Cape Town South Africa 2686000 3086600 156 82 Durban South Africa 2354900 2354900 54 128 Johannesburg South Africa 1646400 5014000 248 197 Pretoria South Africa 1228200 1514800 315 198 Soweto South Africa 1221100 1221100 393 326 Port Elizabeth South Africa 833900 1047600 911 731 Pietermaritzburg South Africa 420500 420500 929 761 Benoni South Africa 406400 406400 540 803 Vereeniging South Africa 385600 774200 981 838 Bloemfontein South Africa 371200 371200 1393 1320 Newcastle South Africa 244300 244300 742 1370 East London South Africa 236100 549300 1502 1444 Welkom South Africa 226100 226100 1711 1672 Botshabelo South Africa 197900 197900 1782 1745 Kimberley South Africa 189500 189500 1815 1781 Witbank South Africa 185900 185900 1840 1807 Carltonville South Africa 182800 182800 2150 2129 Klerksdorp South Africa 152700 152700 2741 2726 Rustenburg South Africa 116200 116200 2815 2799 Potchefstroom South Africa 113100 113100 3029 3015 Nelspruit South Africa 105300 105300 3038 3024 George South Africa 104700 104700 3062 3048 King Williams Town South Africa 103700 103700 3115 3101 Nigel South Africa 102000 102000 3122 3108 Pietersburg South Africa 101600 101600