The city is relatively modern, having experienced much growth in the last decade. Many business have relocated there due to its proximity to good highway links and its location in the economic centre of Gauteng Province. Midrand's development has meant there is little break between the outskirts of Johannesburg and those of Pretoria, and the Gauteng Provincial Government envisages that, according to current growth trends, much of the province will be city by 2015.
Midrand is also the location of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament.
Previously a separate municipality, in 2000, Midrand's municipal government became part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
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