City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

The City of Ekurhuleni governs the East Rand of Gauteng, including Germiston, Boksburg, Benoni and large industrial areas. Ekurhuleni ranks among South Africa’s most industrialised metros, with a large manufacturing base, and the metro is home to OR Tambo International Airport.

Registered name

City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

Type

Local government (metropolitan municipality)

Fields funded

Tertiary study for residents who cannot afford it

Website

ekurhuleni.gov.za

Email

info@ekurhuleni.gov.za

Phone

+27 86 054 3000

The City’s leadership and public reporting

Alderman Nkosindiphile Xhakaza serves as Executive Mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni. The City publishes its audited annual reports for public awareness, including the report for the 2024/25 financial year, which residents can read to see how the metro spent its budget and performed against its plans.

The City’s departments show the range of skills a metro needs. Ekurhuleni’s Health and Social Development Department alone includes primary health care, social development, environmental health, and planning, projects, operations and support services.

The Ekurhuleni bursary

The City of Ekurhuleni offers a bursary for students who live in the metro and need support to study but cannot afford tertiary education. The bursary forms part of the City’s wider commitment to developing residents’ skills.

Our Ekurhuleni bursary page has not yet been refreshed with 2027 dates or requirements, so treat it as background. BursariesAfrica could not find a current bursary advert on the City’s website when researching this profile.

How residents can research the bursary

Contact the City through its official email address or call centre and ask whether a bursary call is planned for 2027, which fields it will fund, how the City defines financial need and whether bursars must work for the City after graduating. Ask which office handles applications, since a metro of Ekurhuleni’s size has many departments.

Read the City’s integrated development plan and annual report. A student who links their field, such as engineering, environmental health or social work, to a priority named in those documents gives the City a clear reason to invest in them.

Keep proof of residence in Ekurhuleni ready, and watch the City’s website and customer care centres for adverts.

Ekurhuleni’s economy, built around factories, logistics and the airport, means the City needs engineers, planners, finance officers and health workers in large numbers, so students in those fields should ask first about bursary opportunities that match the City’s needs.

Gauteng students can compare other public funders on our Gauteng Government Bursaries page.