The City increased its bursary allocation from R10m per annum to R100m, enabling it to assist more youth achieve their dreams.

One of the initiatives of Mayor Mzwandile Masina, on coming into office in August 2016, is for the City of Ekurhuleni to have its own university – the Ekurhuleni Applied Sciences and Technology University.

As early as 2017, Mayor Masina announced that one of the primary focus areas is to implement a strategy for alternative and renewable energy. This will limit the City’s dependence on the national grid, improve security of energy and play its part in limiting greenhouse emissions as part of the City’s environmental sensibilities.

"In commencing our term of office, we outlined a clear programme of action to advance a pro-poor agenda as our guiding philosophy. We defined this agenda as a deliberate and systematic bias to rollout service delivery and economic development opportunities in a manner that uplifts the poorest sections of Ekurhuleni."