Gauteng
Gauteng is a province of South Africa and the country's economic heartland. Its capital is Johannesburg, which also serves as the provincial and national commercial hub. The province is the smallest by area but the most populous, home to more than 15-million people. Gauteng generates around a third of South Africa's gross domestic product, driven by finance, manufacturing, trade, transport and professional services. Major cities include Johannesburg, Pretoria (the national administrative capital), Ekurhuleni and the Vaal Triangle industrial complex. The province hosts the headquarters of most major South African corporations, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and key infrastructure including OR Tambo International Airport. Mining historically underpinned the economy, particularly gold extraction on the Witwatersrand, though the sector's contribution has declined as services and manufacturing have grown. Gauteng's name derives from the Sotho word for "place of gold", reflecting its origins in the late-nineteenth-century gold rush. The province was established in 1994 from the former Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging region.
Gauteng Updates
McKenzie's Soweto marathon ‘takeover’ move threatens the future of Gauteng’s young athletes
4th September 2026 Sport, Arts and Culture Minister, Gayton McKenzie, must account for the reckless, unilateral manner in which he announced a national ‘takeover’ of... →
SA: Barbara Creecy: Address by Minister of Transport, at the Road Safety Practitioners' Colloquium, Birchwood Hotel, Ekurhuleni (02/09/2026)
3rd September 2026 We cannot normalise our current situation of recording close to 12 000 deaths on South Africa’s roads annually. This why we have set ourselves the... →
Lesufi fails to hold corrupt officials accountable while claiming to uphold the rule of law
3rd September 2026 The Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG), under Premier Panyaza Lesufi, claims to be committed to the rule of law and due process; however, it fails... →
RMB/BER Business Confidence Index stabilises after second-quarter setback 
By: Sabrina Jardim 2nd September 2026 The Business Confidence Index (BCI) published by financial services firm RMB and economic research organisation the Bureau for Economic Research... →
Gauteng fails to account for over 200 000 FMD vaccine doses
1st September 2026 The Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD) has finally admitted that only 540,000 animals were vaccinated against Foot and... →
DA declares ANC's 'comrade State' approach a sign of 'terminal decline' as local election race heats up
By: Thabi Shomolekae 31st August 2026 The DA is taking a hard line against President Cyril Ramaphosa's recent campaign rhetoric, with DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis declaring that the ANC... →
Gauteng Treasury's funding delays plunge schools into deeper financial crisis
31st August 2026 Gauteng schools have been pushed into a deeper financial crisis after the Gauteng Provincial Treasury advised the Gauteng Department of Education... →
Hill-Lewis: Ramaphosa’s reliance on the “comrade” state won’t fix municipalities
31st August 2026 President Cyril Ramaphosa’s claim in the ANC’s local government manifesto that ANC-run municipalities will enjoy an advantage because their mayors... →
Lesufi’s failure to blacklist corruption-accused officials allows their reappointment to other government positions
31st August 2026 Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s failure to act against officials implicated in corruption and pending investigations has allowed them to walk free... →
DA’s Rasilingwane pledges whistleblower unit to 'crush corruption' in Ekurhuleni
By: Thabi Shomolekae 27th August 2026 DA Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate Khathutshelo Rasilingwane has committed to establishing a dedicated, independent whistleblower protection unit... →
