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The northern suburbs, located in Regions 2 [needs update], 3 [needs update], 4 [needs update], and 7 [needs update], include the most wealthy and developed parts of the city. Spreading to the north from the inner city to the border with Midrand, the northern suburbs include both large housing developments and commercial centres. The northern ...
The South African postal code system was previously used in Namibia, then "South West Africa", including the enclave of Walvis Bay, which remained part of South Africa until 1994. It was allocated the number range 9000–9299. [6] Following independence, use of the South African postal code system was discontinued. [7]
Parktown North is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.It is one of the older residential areas of the Northern Suburbs, having been created as a residential area for the less affluent relatives of the Randlords who had built their mansions on Parktown Ridge during the early days of the Rand gold rush (during the 1890s).
A major draw-card for the northern side is The Baron Restaurant. Along the Witkoppen Road banks, new developments have formed, with the southern side featuring an organic lawn nursery, large tree nursery and a ceramic pot centre, 'The Village Green' lifestyle Emporium, whilst the northern side features a recently opened car dealership and a small pub.
Bryanston is an affluent residential suburb of Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa to the north of Johannesburg.First named as an area in 1949, it was established in 1969 as a suburb of Sandton and provided with tarred roads and municipal services , but after municipal boundaries were revised following the end of Apartheid, Sandton was merged with Johannesburg to form part of the City of ...
Parkhurst was founded in 1904 by the African Realty Trust, founded by American born developer, I.W. Schlesinger, who developed Braamfontein farm into 2200 stands. As Parkhurst formed the far northern corner of the farm on the city's edge, Schlesinger decided to have a naming competition as a publicity stunt to bring attention to the area, which lagged behind more desirable areas like Parktown ...
Johannesburg is a divided municipality: the poor mostly live in the southern suburbs or on the peripheries of the far north, and the middle- and upper class live largely in the suburbs of the central and north. As of 2012, unemployment is near 25% and most young people are out of work. [4]
In the late 1960s, 56 of the stately homes were demolished to make way for the Johannesburg College of Education (now Wits Education Campus). In 1975 many more were demolished and properties reduced for the construction of the M1 motorway, a major artery running north to south through the center of the northern suburbs of Johannesburg.