The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality has entered into various municipal partnerships in order to improve development corporation efforts by strengthening local government through:

• strategic project identification and implementation,
• exchange of knowledge and experiences,
• and building capacity of politicians and officials 

in order to enhance service delivery.

The city's has international partnerships with:

• Gävle, Sweden
• Leiden, Netherlands
• Milwaukee, USA
• Glascow, Scotland
• Tuscany, Italy
• Oldenburg, Germany
• Jinhua, China
• Qinhuangdao, China

For more background and information, download the international relations information brochure .