Gateway Theatre of Shopping

Gateway Theatre of Shopping (also known simply as Gateway) is a large shopping mall located on uMhlanga Ridge in uMhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Gateway Theatre of Shopping
The Palm Court at Gateway Theatre of Shopping
Alternative names	Gateway
General information
Location	uMhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Address	1 Palm Boulevard, uMhlanga
Construction started	3 March 1998
Inaugurated	September 2001
Owner	Old Mutual Property
Technical details
Floor count	4
Floor area	176,398 m2 (1,898,730 sq ft)[1]
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Johnson Murray Architects (original mall), Impendulo Design Architects (2017-2023)
Structural engineer	Tobell Stretch
Main contractor	Grinaker LTA (Original Mall), WBHO (Renovations)
Renovating team
Architect(s)	Grant Bezuidenhout
Renovating firm	Impendulo Design Architects
Awards and prizes	SACSC RDDA Award
Other information
Number of stores	380 stores [2]
Parking	12,000 spaces
Website
www.gatewayworld.co.za

Gateway is one of the 100 largest malls in the world.^[3]

The mall sees more than two million visitors coming through its doors per month.^[4] The centre was modelled on the Mall of America and West Edmonton Mall centres and was developed by Old Mutual Properties.^[5]

The construction and opening of Gateway Theatre of Shopping has also been the driving force for many new developments in the area. Originally a sugar cane plantation, the establishment of Gateway on the site has led to the development of a new town centre and both commercial and residential developments within the region. There is also a hotel attached to the mall called the Gateway Hotel operated by AHA Hotels.^[6]

Facilities

Gateway has an 18-screen Ster-Kinekor cinema complex with its first IMAX opened in South Africa on November 2013, as the cinema itself was opened in September 2001 with the mall itself until the cinema was closed permanently on May 9, 2025,^[7] with Nu Metro taking over the space and launching on September 2025,^[8] with 90 restaurants and more than 380 stores, an arcade and theme park, indoor fun fair, a gym, valet parking,^[9] and a vortex tunnel (the first of its kind in South Africa).^[10][11][12]