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Tshwane

Tshwane is a metropolitan municipality in Gauteng province, South Africa, and serves as the country's administrative capital. The city encompasses Pretoria, the executive capital where the Union Buildings and most government departments are located. Tshwane is one of South Africa's largest metropolitan areas by population and geographic extent, with several million residents spread across urban, suburban and rural areas. The municipality is a major economic hub, with its economy anchored by government administration, manufacturing, automotive production, steel and heavy industry. Key facilities include the Pretoria central business district, industrial zones in Rosslyn and Silverton, and the University of Pretoria. Tshwane plays a central role in national governance and public procurement, hosting national departments, state-owned enterprises and regulatory bodies. The city's infrastructure includes OR Tambo International Airport to the east and extensive road and rail networks. Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality was established in 2000 through the amalgamation of several local authorities, including the former Pretoria City Council.

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Vote-rigging row over City Manager's suspension heads to court

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has approached the Gauteng Division of the High Court to overturn Tshwane Council decisions suspending City Manager Johann Mettler and downgrading misconduct allegations against Chief Financial Officer Gareth Mnisi, alleging Speaker Bongani Baloyi unlawfully deducted 13 votes from each result to reverse the outcomes on July 9. ActionSA, whose Mayor Nasiphi Moya brought the disciplinary reports, says its councillors voted independently on the merits, while blaming the DA's absence of 15 councillors for failing to block Mnisi's reinstatement.

TASEZ hailed as national SEZ blueprint

Parliament's Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade has praised the Tshwane Automotive Special Economic Zone as a flagship project, with Gauteng Economic Development MEC Vuyiswa Ramokgopa citing R5.9-billion in private investment and more than 3 400 permanent jobs; construction has begun on Ford's R300-million facility in the zone, alongside the ongoing Chery Rosslyn plant revival.

Water infrastructure maintenance to disrupt supply

Eskom and Rand Water will conduct Phase 2 maintenance at the Zuikerbosch plant from July 17 to 19, cutting pumping capacity across several systems and risking water disruptions in Tshwane, Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni.

Tshwane Updates


An image of the Formula Student race car
Project showcases academia, industry’s investment in next-gen engineers
10th July 2026 By: Trent Roebeck

The manufacturing process to build a Formula One-style race car by a team of next-generation mechanical engineering students from tertiary institution University of Pretoria (UP) is progressing... 


FUELING THE INDUSTRY 
South Africa currently has 12 designated SEZs spread across seven provinces, with nine operational and three still under development. Since 2016, the SEZ programme has generated more than 30 000 jobs and recorded total expenditure of R24.2-billion
TASEZ a blueprint for industrial future
10th July 2026

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade last month visited the Tshwane Automotive Special Economic Zone (TASEZ) to review its role in South Africa’s industrial... 


Rand Water infrastructure
Eskom, Rand Water to start Phase 2 of water infrastructure maintenance programme
8th July 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

National power utility Eskom and water utility Rand Water will start on Phase 2 of their joint planned infrastructure maintenance programme from 07:00 on July 17. The work will conclude at 19:00 on... 


Yin Tongyue
Chery takes ownership of the former Nissan plant; eyes 100 000-unit sales a year
6th July 2026 By: Irma Venter

China’s Chery group has officially taken ownership of the former Nissan assembly plant in Rosslyn, Tshwane. The car maker consists of the Jetour, Lepas, Chery, Jaecoo, iCaur and Lepas brands. 


Gauteng e-Gov dept allocated R1.9bn to transform government and service delivery
26th June 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Gauteng Department of e-Government has received R1.9-billion for the 2026/27 financial year to advance the province’s digital transformation agenda and support the priorities of the seventh... 


Amendment Bill must balance rights of occupiers with safeguarding public housing assets – Nasho
25th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

The proposed Amendment Bill for the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land (PIE) Act must strike an appropriate balance between protecting the rights of occupiers and... 


Photo of Terence Creamer
Bridge, not destination
19th June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

How do people in Gauteng know when motorists are driving under the influence? They are driving straight! It is to this type of sardonic humour that residents in all three of Gauteng’s metros have... 


An image of a bridge on a highway
Bridge projects under way
12th June 2026

The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport (GDRT) last month announced the implementation of a major rehabilitation programme for culverts and bridges in the City of Tshwane to ensure their... 


NEW ROAD
The new K147 Zwavelpoort road
Balwin to hand over new R100m Mooikloof node road to Tshwane
8th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed residential property developer Balwin Properties says the new 2 km dual carriageway linking Atterbury road and Garsfontein road, in eastern Tshwane, is open to the public. The road will... 


Rand Water's Zuikerbosch site
Eskom, Rand Water to undertake two-month critical planned maintenance at water supply sites
18th May 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

Water supply across Gauteng could possibly be impacted for nearly two months as State-owned power utility Eskom undertakes planned critical maintenance activities at water utility Rand Water’s... 


Image of Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina
Bulk water in balance, local deficits still weigh on water sector
15th May 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

While South Africa’s raw water supply remains in balance with existing demand on a national scale, localised deficits remain – with municipal water services reliability declining sharply and water... 


SA mobile market shake-up accelerates as challengers close in on bigger rivals
15th May 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

South Africa’s mobile market is undergoing a structural shift as challenger operators start to capture high-value subscribers from market leaders. According to Opensignal’s latest subscriber... 


DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis
Impeachment or GNU?: Hill-Lewis says no trade-off for accountability in government
14th May 2026 By: Sashnee Moodley

Despite being in a crucial coalition alliance with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress, Democratic Alliance leader Geordin Hill-Lewis is clear that there will be no trade-off for... 


Octodec Investments CEO Jeffrey Wapnick
Octodec lifts first-half revenue, distributable income
12th May 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

JSE-listed Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) Octodec Investments has increased its revenue by 2.1% year-on-year to R1.08-billion for the six months ended February 28, while its distributable... 


Image of a graph
Interactive tool gives insights into grid reliability across S African municipalities
8th May 2026

A publicly available dataset reveals wide disparities in grid reliability across South Africa’s municipalities — with the average power outage lasting under 2 hours in some areas and exceeding 24... 


South African Human Rights Commission probes Gauteng’s deepening water crisis
1st May 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC’s) Gauteng office has launched an inquiry to investigate the water crisis affecting the province. The commission has identified prima facie... 


South Africa’s telco landscape undergoing quality-led shift
30th April 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

South Africa’s mobile market is undergoing a structural shift, as challenger operators start to capture high-value subscribers from market leaders. According to Opensignal’s latest subscriber... 


One of the reinforced concrete duo-cell silos under repair at the PPC Hercules plant
PPC rehabilitates duo-cell silo at Hercules plant
28th April 2026 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed construction materials company PPC has completed the R26-million major structural rehabilitation of one of the reinforced concrete duo-cell silos at its Hercules plant, in Tshwane,... 


A generic image of wastewater
Wastewater plants flagged as AMR gene reservoirs
24th April 2026

There is increased evidence that extracellular DNA (exDNA) - genetic material released from bacteria killed during the water treatment process – may act as a previously underappreciated reservoir... 


People using cellphones and mobile devices
MTN maintains best network position in MyBroadband quarterly tests
21st April 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

Telecommunications giant MTN continues its dominance in overall network performance during the first quarter of 2026. Consistently outperforming its competitors across the most important metrics in... 


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