Much economic progress has been made in the Gauteng City-Region since 2000, but signs of a competitiveness challenge linger. This report, developed as part of the Global Cities Initiative, a joint project of Brookings and JPMorgan Chase, provides a framework for the Gauteng City-Region to examine its competitive position in the global economy, offering information and insights to inform regional leaders working to sustain the region’s prosperity. Significant levels of unemployment, income inequality, and social exclusion are hindering progress toward full equality of opportunity and the city-region’s long-term economic competitiveness. Yet as in many other emerging market cities, too many residents still lack the skills, networks, and access to benefit from, and contribute to, the Gauteng City-Region’s economy. Just 20 years removed from the transition to a multiracial democracy, the city region’s economic assets rival other major international cities-a stable of global companies, leading universities, a young and increasingly educated workforce, well-connected infrastructure, and democratic governance.
The Gauteng City-Region, centered on Johannesburg, reflects the challenges and opportunities of South Africa’s extraordinary economic, demographic, social, and political transformation.
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