City of Tshwane Celebrates Recognition as Safest Metro in South Africa and Leading Housing Market in Gauteng

City of Tshwane executive mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya addressing the residents of Soshanguve at imbizo photo by Dimakatso Modipa

By Cllr Nasiphi Moya
Executive Mayor of Tshwane

The City of Tshwane welcomes two recently released reports that have recognised Tshwane as the safest metro in the country, and as the leading housing market in Gauteng.

Tshwane’s safest metro status was published by the South African Cities Network in its 2024 State of Urban Safety in South Africa report.

The report is compiled based on
combination of credible data sources including crime statistics published by the South African Police Services and census data from Statistics South Africa.

Residents expressed they felt safest in Tshwane than they did in other cities.

A second report that validates the Capital City’s status is the housing market barometer released by Ooba Home Loans.

The Survey shows that between January
and February 2025, Tshwane recorded the highest annual house price growth in Gauteng at 10,6%.

Tshwane’s Mayoral Executive has been hard at work in recent months to ensure that the city is revived through the Integrated By-law Enforcement Committee (IBEC) to drive joint operations through the Reclaim Our City initiative.

We have issued 5,123 by-law fines (including for non-compliant spaza shops), impounded 3,188 vehicles and
made several arrests.

The Mayoral Sub-Committee on Bad Buildings has identified 32 high priority buildings in the CBD that need urgent action.

Our 7 regions have tackled service delivery backlogs for potholes, streetlights repairs, high-mast lights repair and addressed water leaks.

These recognition reports are a much-needed boost to the Mayoral Executive as we move to implement an Economic Revitalisation Strategy that aims to increase economic growth in the city by 3.9% in2029.

We will achieve this by leveraging City assets that once played a role in attracting much needed economic activity.