The 10 largest shopping malls in South Africa – where are they?
Shopping malls in South Africa are big business – quite literally! Here are the 10 largest malls in South Africa and where they’re located.
Ever wondered which were the largest shopping malls in South Africa and how large they were exactly?
According to Businesstech, the biggest shopping mall in South Africa is currently Fourways Mall in Johannesburg, with its 2019 expansion pushing the gross lettable area or GLA to to 178 202 sqm.
These shopping malls are measured by their GLA, which is the amount of space in a commercial building that can be rented by a tenant.
The second spot was taken by Menlyn Mall in Pretoria, with a GLA of 177 000 sqm.
Third largest was Gateway Theatre of Shopping in uMhlanga, with a GLA of 176400 sqm,
As per the findings, Johannesburg was the leading city with most of the large malls in South Africa.
Check out the ten largest malls according to their GLA below:
| Mall | Location | Total GLA (sqm) |
| Fourways Mall | Johannesburg | 178 202 sqm |
| Menlyn Mall | Pretoria | 177 000 sqm |
| Gateway Theatre of Shopping | uMhlanga, Durban | 176 400 sqm |
| Sandton City | Johannesburg | 147 941 sqm |
| Canal Walk | Cape Town | 147 834 sqm |
| Eastgate Shopping Centre | Johannesburg | 142 825 sqm |
| Centurion Mall | Pretoria | 133 333 sqm |
| Mall of Africa | Johannesburg | 131 038 sqm |
| The Pavilion Shopping Centre | Durban | 122 768 sqm |
| Cresta Shopping Centre | Johannesburg | 114 545 sqm |