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Johannesburg Suburbs and Surrounding Towns |
Johannesburg Suburbs
Newtown:
This suburb of Johannesburg is being changed into a lively, vibrant, mixed use place with a unique character based on the existing cultural facilities which are found here.
Yeoville:
From Time Square to the House of Tandoor, every taste is catered for. Yeoville is famous for its Saturday night’s parties.
Linden
Malvern:
Malvern, which is located east of Johannesburg, is a caring, friendly suburb, where the residents are getting together to improve their residential suburb and set a standard of neighbourliness.
Parkhurst:
Parkhurst is one of Johannesburg’s oldest residential suburbs.
Auckland Park
Stone houses of Mountain View:
Mountain View consists of several beautiful stone houses which were built 100 years ago using thousands of tons of rock quarried from the site.
Victorian Parktown:
Visitors in Johannesburg can take a walk past the grand old mansions in Parktown, and even visit some of them inside. The Parktown & Westcliff Heritage Trust conducts weekly tours of old Johannesburg, and one of those tours is Victorian Parktown.
Rietfontein, a nature reserve within the suburbs:
Rietfontein provides a quiet, green space with small game in which to unwind and take in natural wonders in the middle of Johannesburg.
Greenside:
Greenside is Johannesburg’s only suburb where no alcohol is available
Soweto, the city of contrasts: In Soweto, a lot of drastic differences can be observed; luxurious villas and homes across the road from tin shanties, green fields and streams around the corner from piles of garbage, the biggest public hospital in the world with the world's highest HIV infection rate, and a friendliness and cheerfulness that disguises a high unemployment rate.
Alexandra township survived demolition when other townships like Sophiatown were flattened and rebuilt for whites.
Fordsburg is famous for its delicious array of goodies, all baked on the premises and very fresh.
Northcliff
One of Johannesburg’s most impressive ridges, Northcliff, has lost its towering presence as homes and townhouses have encroached further and further up its sides and summit. A beautiful view can be enjoyed from the summit.
Wemmer Pan
Observatory
Johannesburg Market Square: Today's government precinct, owned by the Gauteng province, was once the town's market square and produce market, and the bustling centre of Johannesburg. Its legacy lives on in City Deep.
Johannesburg has four castles of which the oldest one is 105 years old.
Guildhall Pub:
The Guildhall Pub has sat for 115 years on the edge of Johannesburg's original market square, now the Library Gardens.
Rand Club:
The Rand Club in Loveday Street is one of Johannesburg’s oldest and prettiest buildings.
Regina Mundi:
Soweto's largest Catholic Church played a pivotal role in the township's history of resistance against apartheid.
Johannesburg’s oldest buidlings:
Johannesburg was established in 1886, after gold was discovered on the farm Langlaagte. The town grew rapidly, and many of the early buildings were torn down and replaced. But some of those buildings and farmhouses remain. Somerset House is one of the old buildings around the Central Business District of Johannesburg. Signs of its former splendour, including its basement, are still visible.
Hillbrow Tower
Ponte is one of Johannesburg’s most visible landmarks.
At the Mai-Mai, a traditional African bazaar, herbs and healers can be found.
The lovely Lonehill Koppie:
Lonehill Koppie stands out on the outskirts of Johannesburg as a special place covered with huge ancient boulders that have a particular presence.
Brenthurst, Johannesburg’s breathtaking secret garden
In the heart of Parktown is a spectacular garden of 45 acres. The gardens are part of the Brenthurst estate, belonging to the Oppenheimers, and are a model of organic gardening. |
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