Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipal Environment & Tourism Department
Tel 011 456 0112
Fax 011 456 0114
Website www.ekurhuleni.co.za
Towns: Alberton, Benoni, Boksburg, Brakpan, Edenvale, Germiston, Heidelberg, Kempton Park, Modderfontein, Nigel, Springs.
Its ultra-modern infrastructure in stark contrast with a rich history, dating back more than 50 000 years, today's Ekurhuleni, (means 'Place of Peace') is indeed a 'melting pot' of the new South Africa. Perfectly situated in Gauteng, in the centre of South Africa's most prosperous economic province, Ekurhuleni is a focal point of South African tourism and industry. A place where it is not uncommon to find an idyllic farm situated next to a frenetic factory, Ekurhuleni offers the visitor a glimpse of life in South Africa, in all its forms.
Boasting the African continent's most modern, international airport, and one of the gateways to Africa, and all that lies beyond, Ekurhuleni is the perfect link to the rest of South Africa's splendour as well as an ideal point of departure for other African countries, such as Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Kenya. A little further flung but not less accessible lies Asia, Australia and South America. Planes and airports aside, Ekurhuleni's people present a homogenous and cosmopolitan blend of all South Africa's cultures. It is a place where nature is nurtured and protected to provide our foreign guests dramatic examples of Africa's fauna and flora.
An all year, 'tourist friendly' climate, with arts, culture, entertainment, loads of outdoor sports and captivities as well as shopping galore - Ekurhuleni encapsulates modern day life in South Africa, without turning its back on the old.
