midrand was established as a municipality in 1981 (in an area known as "halfway house", after its position between pretoria and johannesburg), but ceased to be an independent town in the restructuring of local government that followed the end of apartheid in 1994. it was incorporated in the city of johannesburg metropolitan municipality in 2000. it was made part of region 2 and, as of 2006, when the number of regions were reduced to seven, it forms part of region a of the city of johannesburg metropolitan municipality.