gauteng

Gauteng is one of the nine provinces in South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal province after South Africa's first all-race elections on April 27,1994. Gauteng is situated in the Highveld. It is the smallest province, accounting 1.5% of the land area of South Africa. It is highly urbanized, containing the country's biggest city, Johannesburg. Gauteng has a population of nearly 12.3 million and it is the most populous province in South Africa.

The province also contains the administrative capital, Pretoria, and other large industrial areas such as Midrand and VanderBijl Park. Gauteng was carved out of the old Transvaal province in 1994, although the previous name of Gauteng describes it's existence long before it was ever called Gauteng. it can be traced back to the 1800s. Settlers originating from the cape colony defeated chief Mzilikazi and started establishing villages in the area. Gauteng also has a government. Gauteng is governed by the Gauteng provincial legislature. It is a 73-person unicameral legislature elected by party list proportional representation. The legislature will elect one of it's members to lead the executive and the premier appoints an executive council of 10 members to serve as heads of the various government departments.