Johannesburg Convention Bureau


Johannesburg has the facilities to host the largest conferences. The United Nations staged its biggest conference, the World Summit on Sustainable Development, here in 2002. The two-week summit demanded accommodation, venues, transport, entertainment and security for almost 70 000 visitors. Guests and organisers say the city resoundingly demonstrated its ability to host almost any event. There are four major conference centres (the Sandton Convention Centre, Gallagher Estate, the Dome and the Expo Centre) dotted around Johannesburg, as well as about 40 other top-class venues.	Latest News
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Johannesburg is the capital of South Africa's smallest - and richest - province, called Gauteng, a Sesotho name meaning "Place of Gold". Gauteng makes up just 1,4% of South Africa's land area, but it is home to more than a fifth of the population and produces a third of the country's wealth. Gauteng is predominantly urban, consisting chiefly of industrial and mining satellite towns surrounding the twin cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria. Pretoria, South Africa's administrative capital (the legislative capital is Cape Town) is itself merging into Johannesburg's outer suburbs. Johannesburg is the most densely populated and urbanised municipality in South Africa, home to 3 225 800 people in 1 006 900 households. And that population is growing swiftly: 218 600 households were added between 1996 and 2001. Some 97% of households have access to piped water (a high figure for Africa), 82% have flush toilets connected to the municipal sewerage system, and 85% have electric lightning in their homes. Johannesburg is, by city standards, a mere teenager. It started life in 1886 as a gold-rush shanty town, expected to last no more than a decade. But the gold proved so rich that disputes flared over who controlled Johannesburg, culminating in a war that changed military history - the Anglo-Boer war. By the nineteen twenties, the city had outpaced every rival to become Africa's major commercial centre.

Johannesburg Convention Bureau Enjoy another day in Johannesburg Grosvenor Corner 195 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parktown North Johannesburg 2193 South Africa Tel: +27 11 214 0700 Facsimile: +27 11 214 0715 E-mail: Conference Bureau Executive, Pearl Mohapi Pearl@joburgtourism.com Chief Executive Officer, Deon Viljoen Deon@joburgtourism.com
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