Things to do in Roodepoort

Roodepoort, means "red valley" in Afrikaans.It is a residential area which gets its name from the red soil in the area. It dates back to 1884, when Fred Struben discovered the first payable gold in the area at what he called the Confidence Reef, a large rocky outcrop in the centre of Roodepoort.

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LOCATION: Ruimsig informal settlement is located on the West Rand and is part of the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan area. The settlement is located on the judicial boundaries of City of Joburg and Mogale City, a smaller local government.Jul 18, 2013

Roodepoort is a city in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Formerly an independent municipality, Roodepoort became part of the Johannesburg municipality in the late 1990s, along with Randburg and Sandton. Johannesburg's most famous botanical garden, Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens, is located in Roodepoort. Wikipedia