The City of Ekurhuleni is found in the heart of the Gauteng province in South Africa, and set to be the first Aerotropolis in Africa.
Spread over 15.6% of Gauteng’s land, it houses 5.4% of the country’s population and 29% of Gauteng province’s population. Pronounced ‘e-koo-roo-le-ni’, Ekurhuleni is a Tsonga (one of the 11 official languages of South Africa) word meaning ‘place of peace’. The choice of a Tsonga word for the name of the metropolitan municipality is symbolic of the diversity of the new city, and of its vision of an equitable and progressive community.
In 2013, the City of Ekurhuleni adopted its Growth and Development Strategy 2055. This GDS 2055 gave the City structure and vision for the years ahead. For the City to navigate itself five long term goals will guide the 2055 journey, namely:
Sustainable urban integration, job creating economic growth, social empowerment, environmental wellbeing and effective cooperative governance.
The five leading strategies deployed to pursue these goals are:
- Re-urbanise to achieve sustainable urban integration;
- Re-industrialise to achieve to job creating economic growth;
- Re-generate to achieve environmental wellbeing;
- Re-mobilise to achieve social empowerment; and
- Re-govern to achieve effective cooperative governance.
Investing in Ekurhuleni
To provide potential investors with a comprehensive guide to the investment landscape of the City of Ekurhuleni, highlighting opportunities, challenges and resources available, we invite you to browse the City of Ekurhuleni investment guide.
In this book, you will find in-depth analyses of promising investment opportunities within the Aerotropolis and other key projects.
Also see more information about the Ekurhuleni Aerotropolis in this brochure:
Contact the City of Ekurhuleni
The City of Ekurhuleni is open for business! Interested parties are encouraged to send a brief message of introduction to the team. Please tell us more about your business or investment objectives:
Municipal investment profiling: A digital approach
In 2023, the South African Local Government Association (SALGA introduced the “Investment Profile Template Guide for Municipalities in South Africa” to help municipalities present their investment potential. Research showed only 15% of South African municipalities had investment profiles at the time.
However, limited financial and human resources have hindered digital promotion and investment attraction. SALGA has launched a programme to assist municipalities with digital initiatives, and the following municipalities are included in the first phase:
- City of Ekurhuleni (Gauteng)
- West Coast District Municipality (Western Cape)
- Mnquma Local Municipality (Eastern Cape)
- Matjhabeng Local Municipality (Free State)
The main objective of this project is to provide municipalities with a platform to market themselves as investment destinations to both domestic and foreign investors using an already existing platform and access to the Global Africa Network audience.
