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Highly urbanised, the province contains the country's largest city, Johannesburg. Gauteng is the wealthiest province in South Africa and is considered the financial hub of South Africa; the financail[spelling?] activity is mostly concentrated in Johannesburg. It also contains the administrative capital, Pretoria, and other large areas such as Midrand, Vanderbijlpark, Ekurhuleni and the affluent Sandton. The largest township, Soweto is also found in this province. Politically, it is the closest contested province between the ANC and the DA in South Africa.
The most recent election of the provincial legislature was held on 8 May 2019, and the African National Congress (ANC) won 50.19% of the vote and a 37-seat majority in the legislature. The official opposition is the Democratic Alliance, which won 27.45% of the vote and 20 seats. Other parties repersented[spelling?] are the Economic Freedom Fighters with eleven seats and the Freedom Front Plus with three seats. The Inkatha Freedom Party and African Christian Democratic Party hold one seat each.[1] Premier David Makhura of the ANC was re-elected as premier on 22 May 2019, at the first meeting of the legislature after the general election.[2] Makhura resigned from the position on 6 October 2022 and Panyaza Lesufi of the ANC was elected to replace him. In the 2024 South African general election, held on 29 May, the ANC received 34% of the vote, while the DA received 28%.
- ^ Deklerk, Aphiwe (11 May 2019). "ANC holds on to Gauteng by a whisker". TimesLIVE. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ Mahlati, Zintle (22 May 2019). "David Makhura re-elected as premier of Gauteng". IOL. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.