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Archived. From connecting more than 1,200 government, healthcare and school sites to putting 59 e-Services at residents’ fingertips and equipping more than 25,000 people with digital skills, Gauteng’s technology journey is changing how government works and how people access services and opportunities. As the Gauteng Department of e-Government marks its 11th anniversary, it is reflecting on more than a decade of using technology to build a province that is more connected, acce

A spaza shop in Katlehong (Gauteng). Across Gauteng’s townships, a powerful economic ecosystem operates every day, often overlooked, yet responsible for sustaining millions of livelihoods. From spaza shops and street food vendors to backyard rentals and barber shops, township entrepreneurship has become one of South Africa’s most resilient economic forces. Townships are home to roughly half of South Africa’s urban population and host between 800,000 and one million small busi