| Name | Population | Latitude/Longitude | 
| 1 | Johannesburg   , Gauteng | 
9,418,183 | 
-26.202 / 28.044 | 
| 2 | Cape Town   , Western Cape | 
4,772,846 | 
-33.926 / 18.423 | 
| 3 | Durban   , KwaZulu-Natal | 
3,338,026 | 
-29.858 / 31.029 | 
| 4 | Pretoria   , Gauteng | 
2,112,693 | 
-25.745 / 28.188 | 
| 5 | Soweto   , Gauteng | 
1,695,047 | 
-26.268 / 27.858 | 
| 6 | Port Elizabeth   , Eastern Cape | 
1,050,078 | 
-33.961 / 25.615 | 
| 7 | Soshanguve   , Gauteng | 
872,309 | 
-25.473 / 28.099 | 
| 8 | Pietermaritzburg   , KwaZulu-Natal | 
839,327 | 
-29.617 / 30.393 | 
| 9 | Evaton   , Gauteng | 
725,468 | 
-26.533 / 27.85 | 
| 10 | Benoni   , Gauteng | 
605,344 | 
-26.188 / 28.321 | 
| 11 | Bloemfontein   , Free State | 
556,637 | 
-29.121 / 26.214 | 
| 12 | Thembisa   , Gauteng | 
511,655 | 
-25.996 / 28.227 |