Government of Gauteng

The government of Gauteng province in South Africa consists of a unicameral legislature elected by proportional representation, and an executive branch headed by a Premier who is elected by the legislature.

Provinces of South Africa South Africa portal The provincial legislature is a unicameral body of 73 members elected by a system of party-list proportional representation.

The most recent elections were held on 8 May 2019, and were won by the African National Congress (ANC) which obtained 37 of the 73 seats on the legislature.

As of December 2022[update] the Premier is Panyaza Lesufi of the ANC, and the ten members of the Executive Council are listed in the following table.

The Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa, which has seats in Pretoria and Johannesburg, has jurisdiction over all cases arising in the province.

Johannesburg City Hall, seat of the provincial legislature
Map of municipalities in Gauteng