About Gauteng

Gauteng is South Africa's smallest province by area but its economic core, generating roughly a third of national GDP out of a metropolitan sprawl that grew up around the gold reef of the Witwatersrand after 1886. Johannesburg remains the country's financial capital and home to the JSE, while Pretoria, a short drive north, serves as the seat of the national executive. The Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO World Heritage fossil site including the Sterkfontein Caves, sits on the province's western edge, and Soweto's role in the 1976 uprising and the anti-apartheid movement still shapes the city's identity. OR Tambo International Airport, also within the province, is the busiest airport on the African continent.

Beyond Gauteng's major metros, Rosebank's Aura hosts the Off Limits Festival this week, while Olifantsfontein's fitness crowd tackles TinMan Joburg #4. Springs draws a conference crowd for the Audacious Womens Conference 2026 at Hopehill Church, and Magaliesburg counters with an outdoor test of a different kind: the Sable Mountain Trail Fun Run and Walk. event outside town. Hekpoort rounds out the stretch with the multi-day Junior Youth Camp 2026 at the Y.F.C. Training Centre.