| Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality | |
|---|---|
| — Metropolitan municipality — | |
| Location in Gauteng | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Seat | Germiston |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Cllr Mondli Gungubele[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,925 km2 (743.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 2,724,227 |
| • Density | 1,415.2/km2 (3,665.3/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup[2] | |
| • Black | 74.85% |
| • White | 19.94% |
| • Coloured | 3.27% |
| • Indian or Asian | 1.94% |
| Languages[3] | |
| • Zulu | 30.38% |
| • Afrikaans | 12.94% |
| • Northern Sotho | 11.41% |
| • Sotho | 11.22% |
| • English | 11.21% |
| Time zone | South African Standard Time (UTC+2) |
| Municipal code | EKU |
| Website | http://www.ekurhuleni.com |
Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of the East Rand region of Gauteng, South Africa. The name Ekurhuleni means place of peace in Tsonga. Ekurhuleni is one of the 6 districts of Gauteng province of South Africa and one of the 8 metropolitan municipalities of South Africa. The seat of Ekurhuleni is Germiston. The largest language group among its 2,480,260 people is Zulu (2001 Census). OR Tambo International Airport is in the Kempton Park area of Ekurhuleni.[4] An Integrated Transport Plan has been initiated to allow Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality to confidently develop a transport system within its responsibilities over the next 5 years.
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The following cities, towns and townships make up this sprawling municipality, created in 2000:
The borders of the municipality forms roughly a rectangular box, with the following four cities in each corner:
Other natural border lines for the municipality:
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
| Language | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Zulu | 754 411 | 30.42% |
| Afrikaans | 321 103 | 12.95% |
| Northern Sotho | 282 641 | 11.40% |
| Sotho | 278 398 | 11.22% |
| English | 277 950 | 11.21% |
| Xhosa | 213 389 | 8.60% |
| Tsonga | 141 484 | 5.70% |
| Tswana | 76 896 | 3.10% |
| Swati | 45 357 | 1.83% |
| Ndebele | 44 496 | 1.79% |
| Venda | 25 753 | 1.04% |
| Other | 18 396 | 0.74% |
| Gender | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 1 258 513 | 50.74% |
| Female | 1 221 747 | 49.26% |
| Ethnic group | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Black African | 1 891 452 | 76.26% |
| White | 482 080 | 19.44% |
| Coloured | 67 064 | 2.70% |
| Indian/Asian | 39 664 | 1.60% |
| Age | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| 000 - 004 | 213 560 | 8.61% |
| 005 - 009 | 199 108 | 8.03% |
| 010 - 014 | 196 933 | 7.94% |
| 015 - 019 | 209 576 | 8.45% |
| 020 - 024 | 267 642 | 10.79% |
| 025 - 029 | 296 678 | 11.96% |
| 030 - 034 | 247 072 | 9.96% |
| 035 - 039 | 218 644 | 8.82% |
| 040 - 044 | 180 980 | 7.30% |
| 045 - 049 | 137 562 | 5.55% |
| 050 - 054 | 102 035 | 4.11% |
| 055 - 059 | 70 713 | 2.85% |
| 060 - 064 | 52 238 | 2.11% |
| 065 - 069 | 33 805 | 1.36% |
| 070 - 074 | 24 063 | 0.97% |
| 075 - 079 | 14 555 | 0.59% |
| 080 - 084 | 9 705 | 0.39% |
| 085 - 089 | 3 249 | 0.13% |
| 090 - 094 | 1 437 | 0.06% |
| 095 - 099 | 481 | 0.02% |
| 100 plus | 224 | 0.01% |
Ekurhuleni uses an Executive Mayor-Mayoral Committee system. The Executive Mayor is elected by council and selects the 10 member Mayoral Committee to run the government. There is a strong separation of power between the legislative and executive branch of council.
The Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni is Clr Mondli Gungubele (ANC). The Speaker of Council is Clr Patricia Khumalo (ANC) and the Chief Whip of Council is Clr Robert Mashego (ANC).
The Leader of the Opposition is Clr Shelley Loe (DA) and the Opposition Chief Whip is Clr Ashor Sarupen (DA).
The Metropolitan Council is made up of 101 Proportional Representation councillors and 101 Ward councillors. As of the Election on the 18th of May 2011, the composition of the council was:
Proportional
Ward
Election results for Ekurhuleni in the South African general election, 2009.
| Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| African National Congress | 749 053 | 67.52% |
| Democratic Alliance | 226 839 | 20.45% |
| Congress of the People | 68 999 | 6.22% |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 20 602 | 1.86% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 10 952 | 0.99% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 9 812 | 0.88% |
| United Democratic Movement | 5 418 | 0.49% |
| Independent Democrats | 4 001 | 0.36% |
| Pan African Congress | 3 257 | 0.29% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 1 878 | 0.17% |
| Total | 1 109 337 | 100.00% |
The municipality is an important manufacturing centre in South Africa, and has been described as "the workshop of the country"[1]
Several airline companies are headquartered in the Kempton Park area of Ekurhuleni.
South African Airways, the flag carrier of South Africa, and subsidiary South African Express Airways have their head offices in Ekurhuleni.[4][5][6] In addition Mango, a low cost airline, is headquartered on the grounds of OR Tambo.[7]
The headquarters of Comair and Kulula.com are at an intersection within Ekurhuleni in close proximity to OR Tambo.[8][9] Federal Air also has its headquarters on the OR Tambo grounds.[10] 1Time has its head office in the Isando Industrial Park.[11] Safair's head office is in Kempton Park.[12]
Airports Company South Africa has its head office in Bedfordview, Ekurhuleni.[13] TAAG Angola Airlines has an office in Bedfordview.[14]
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