15 Facts About Ekurhuleni

City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of the East Rand region of Gauteng.

Ekurhuleni is one of the five districts of Gauteng province and one of the eight metropolitan municipalities of South Africa.

Name Ekurhuleni meaning place of peace alludes to the fact that the East Rand townships were the site of severe political violence between supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party and the ANC in the early 1990s, prior to South Africa's first non-racial elections in 1994.

Ekurhuleni has a subtropical highland climate according to the Koppen-Geiger Climate classification.

Ekurhuleni had 1,299,490 households with an average people per household number of 2.

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Ekurhuleni has two colleges of further education and training as well as two centres of adult education and training.

The municipal government under Executive Mayor Mzwandile Masina conducted a feasibility study and lobbied the national government to establish a university in Ekurhuleni which was formally announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in the 2020 State of the Nation Address.

Ekurhuleni is home to the Rand Refinery, the largest integrated single-site precious metals refining and smelting complex in the world.

Ekurhuleni has held the "Manufacturing Indaba" Conference every year since 2014.

Ekurhuleni is connected to the main motorways in South Africa via the M2, N3, N17, R21, R24 and R59 highways.

Ekurhuleni is one of 13 cities and towns in South Africa to implement the bus rapid transit system.

Ekurhuleni has the largest rail hub in South Africa used by Transnet.

Ekurhuleni has at least 16 golf courses and is home to the international Golf Tournament the South African Open held at Glendower Golf Club.

Ekurhuleni United FC play in the fourth division of South African Football.

Ekurhuleni has the Ekurhuleni masters league, a soccer league of retired pros and talented players who did not make the cut.