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
Lesufi continues to shield corrupt senior officials by refusing to disclose lifestyle audits
22nd July 2026 Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi continues to shield corrupt officials by refusing to make the completed lifestyle audits of the Gauteng Provincial... →
South Africa needs smarter visas, not just harder borders
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 22nd July 2026 A visa regime acknowledging the inevitability of some migration between neighbouring countries could affordably reduce irregular migration. Most... →
ActionSA raises alarm over Gauteng’s R3.1-billion annual spend on foreign national learners
22nd July 2026 ActionSA has noted with serious concern a recent written reply to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature revealing that the Gauteng Department of... →
Mammoth regional tailings dam is centrepiece of DRDGOLD’s R10bn expansion 
By: Martin Creamer 21st July 2026 The centrepiece of the R10-billion five-project Vision 2028 of DRDGOLD is the mammoth regional tailings storage facility (RTSF) at Far West Gold... →
AfriForum calls on government to crack down on crime in the number plate industry
21st July 2026 AfriForum is calling on the relevant government departments to crack down on the large-scale crime exposed within the number plate industry. This... →
Gauteng government and residents’ information at risk due to Lesufi’s administration’s outdated system
21st July 2026 Despite a recent data breach, the Gauteng Department of e-Government is still relying on an outdated 2017 organisational structure and has only six... →
Rooftop solar could save municipalities billions on bulk electricity purchases
By: Terence Creamer 21st July 2026 By adopting a cooperative rather than an oppositional stance towards rooftop solar, Gauteng municipalities in particular have an immediate... →
Minister Dean Macpherson requests investigation and disposal strategy of state-owned properties allocated to government officials
21st July 2026 The Minister of Public Works & Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, has requested that the Department’s Director-General, Sifiso Mdakane, conduct a... →
Service delivery hanging by a thread as Ekurhuleni owes creditors over R7 billion
20th July 2026 Service delivery in the City of Ekurhuleni is on the brink of collapse due to the municipality’s dire financial situation. The city owes bulk... →
National Water Access Acceleration Programme officially launched
By: Natasha Odendaal 20th July 2026 South Africa has launched the National Water Access Acceleration Programme, through the decentralised water supply schemes, amid the need to expand... →
