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Roodepoort at a glance

Roodepoort began with gold. The Struben brothers found gold here in 1884, and the town became a municipality in 1904 and a city in 1977. Since the late 1990s it has been governed from Johannesburg.

Main Reef Road, named for the gold reef, still runs through the area, and older industrial sites sit alongside homes and shops. Workshops there win jobs when their category and services are precise.

The newer business centre is at Constantia Kloof, near Clearwater Mall, and Westgate Mall is another big draw. Roodepoort shoppers hop between those centres using Google Maps.

The Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, with its natural cliff face and waterfall, draws walkers and families at weekends. They look for coffee and lunch nearby afterwards.

The IIE MSA campus brings students to the area. Flats and takeaways near IIE MSA boom in semester time.

Roodepoort lies about 20 kilometres west of Johannesburg at the gateway to the West Rand, bordered by Cosmo City to the north, Randburg to the east, Soweto to the south and Krugersdorp to the west.

Clearwater Mall and Westgate Mall are the two big shopping centres. The Hillfox Centre and the Strubens Valley strip malls are big retail centres too.

The newer business centre at Constantia Kloof, by the N1 and 14th Avenue interchange, has bank regional offices, a large hospital, office parks and two hotels. The Main Reef Road still carries a large industrial sector towards Randfontein.

Golfers play at Ruimsig Country Club, Jackel Creek Golf Estate, Eagle Canyon and CMR Golf Club, and the Roodepoort Athletics Stadium hosts track events. The 1977 city charter brought in the towns of Hamburg, Florida and Maraisburg.

Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden covers 300 hectares of grassland and waterfall. Picnickers and wedding parties look for coffee, florists and photographers close by.

Monash University opened a Roodepoort campus in 2001 and later passed it to the Independent Institute of Education.

SA History Online records that the Struben brothers discovered the Confidence Reef on 18 September 1884, and the old Struben shafts survive inside Kloofendal. Hikers and history groups visiting those workings often search for guided walks and coffee afterwards.

Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo describes Kloofendal as a 128 hectare park, one of the first nature reserves in Joburg, with a stone amphitheatre, walking trails, a dam with a bird hide and a stamp mill near the amphitheatre entrance. Concerts and weddings there send guests searching for caterers, photographers and lifts.

Trading notes for Roodepoort

West Rand trade swings between Clearwater weekends, office days at Constantia Kloof and industrial shifts along Main Reef Road.

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