Witpoortjie is situated off the main roads of Randfontein road (R41) and Corlett avenue (M67) in Roodepoort, Johannesburg.
Witpoortjie is a nice little town close to Roodepoort central. In local and surrounding areas you will find lots of schools for the kids education and churches. There are shopping centres were you can do most of your grocery shopping and the great West Gate Shopping Centre is close by. It is also close to public transport routes in the area and is accessible to the N1 highway were you can go to Johannesburg and surrounding areas.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roodepoort is a city in Gauteng, South Africa. Johannesburgs most famous botanical garden, Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens (now renamed Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden in honour of Walter Sisulu), is located in Roodepoort.
In 1884, brothers Fred and Harry Struben, having discovered gold on the farm Wilgespruit at the western end of the Witwatersrand, were granted concessions to mine the area. When George Harrisons find at Langlaagte came to light and gold fever took hold, the Strubens brothers were joined by a swarm of gold diggers. Though the Confidence Reef bore little gold and their mine was unprofitable, the ramshackle town that grew around it became the Roodepoort municipality in 1904. Incorporating the towns of Hamberg, Florida and Maraisburg, Roodepoort became a city in 1977.
Residential Areas in the new developing parts of Roodepoort are said to be expanding at a faster pace than anywhere else in South Africa. This growth is said to be fueled by various factors such as the fast growing Black middle class, the close proximity to other large Gauteng cities, an already established and advanced infrastructure and much more. Roodepoort no longer has a separate municipal government, and the municipality is part of the City of Johannesburg. |
