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Randburg Waterfront |
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Attractions |
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Randburg is well known for its plethora of shopping malls and entertainment nodes, including the Brightwater Commons, Cresta Centre, Northgate and the Randburg Square (Formerly Sanlam Shopping Centre) amongst various others. It has many schools, both co ed, private and public. |
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A View of Randburg |
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About |
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Randburg is a large city located in Gauteng, South Africa. While it was once proclaimed as a separate municipality, its administration has since been devolved into the Johannesburg City Council. Urban sprawl and tremendous growth in both Randburg and its neighbours, Sandton, Roodepoort and Johannesburg proper have resulted in provincial government's decision to merge the municipalities into a central Johannesburg metropolitan council.
The resident demographic of Randburg tends to be more affluent than most of Johannesburg. The area was declared as a white area during the Apartheid era, but post-apartheid has attracted a varied population. It is still predominated by white English and Afrikaans suburban citizens.
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History |
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The area that is known today as Randburg was formed by the four farms of Klipfontein, Driefontein, Olievenhoutspoort and Boskop, and the earliest people that settled there were Boer pioneers in the 1850s and 1860s. The farms were subdivided over the years, the first of which was Driefontein, which was subdivided into the suburbs of Kensington B, Beverly Gardens, Brian Brink and Vandia Grove. An additional portion of the farm was bought by Charles Rocher and named Bordeaux, which was to become one of the early pioneers of Cape deciduous farming. The farm Boskop also had an important role in the history of Randburg with a part being proclaimed as Klipfontein, and in 1891 a part of it was renamed Craighall, with another part being called Ferndale. |
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Climate |
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Randburg has a mild mediterranean climate with rainfall occurring mainly during summer. The area receives the lowest rainfall in June and the highest in January. The average midday temperatures for Randburg range between 17.3°C and 26.9°. The area is the coldest during July when the mercury drops to 1.1°C during the night. |
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Suburbs of Randburg |
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Randburg contains many composite suburbs; many of these are residential such as Bloubosrand. Some larger areas include Darrenwood, Linden, Cresta, Aldara Park, Olivedale, Randpark Ridge, Bordeaux, Brixton, Bromhof, Cosmo City, Diepsloot, Boskruin and Fairlands in Gauteng. Randburg is not a regulated area anymore; local citizens would roughly define the town from the southern suburbs of Linden, Northcliff and Cresta, to the north in Olivedale, Strijdom Park, Hoogland, Northriding, Robindale, Sharonlea, Sonneglans and Sundowner. |
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