Randfontein Local Municipality
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Randfontein Local Municipality is a local municipality
in West Rand District Municipality
, Gauteng
, in South Africa
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Randfontein Local Municipality is characterized by high levels of unemployment and poverty and low levels of education and income. Nonetheless, it has become the migration destination for many South Africans seeking a better quality of life in Gauteng, especially for poor people from the adjacent North West Province.
Local municipality (South Africa)
In South Africa, a local municipality or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government...
in West Rand District Municipality
West Rand District Municipality
The West Rand District Municipality is one of the districts of Gauteng province of South Africa, that covers the West Rand area, with the exception of Roodepoort. The seat of the district municipality is Randfontein. The most spoken language of its 744 168 people is Setswana...
, Gauteng
Gauteng
Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...
, in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
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Randfontein Local Municipality is characterized by high levels of unemployment and poverty and low levels of education and income. Nonetheless, it has become the migration destination for many South Africans seeking a better quality of life in Gauteng, especially for poor people from the adjacent North West Province.
Settlements
Settlements within the municipality include:- Aureus
- Bhongweni
- Botha AH
- Brandvlei
- Culemborg Park
- Delmas
- Dwarskloof AH
- Eikepark
- Eland SH
- Finsbury
- Green Hills
- Groot-Elandsvlei AH
- Hectorton
- Helikon Park
- Hillside AH
- Home Lake
- Kocksoord
- Loumarina AH
- Middelvlei AH
- Millside
- MohlakengMohlakengMohlakeng is a township south of Randfontein in Gauteng, South Africa. A local authority was established in 1984....
- Mohlakeng Ext 1
- Mohlakeng Ext 3
- Mohlakeng Ext 4
- Mohlakeng Ext 7
- Panvlak Gold Mine
- Pelzvale AH
- RandfonteinRandfontein, GautengRandfontein is a gold mining town in western Gauteng, South Africa, 45 km west of Johannesburg. With the Witwatersrand gold rush in full swing, mining financier JB Robinson bought the farm Randfontein and, in 1889, floated the Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company...
- Randfontein Estate Gold Mine
- Randfontein Harmony Gold Mine
- Randfontein NU
- Randfontein South AH
- Randgate
- Randpoort
- Rikasrus AH
- Robin Park
- Tenacre AH
- Toekomsrus
- West Porges
- Westergloor
- Wheatlands AH
- Wilbotsdal AH
- Zenzele