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Welcome
to West Rand District Municipality
WRDM
PROFILE
The West Rand District Municipality (WRDM)
comprises of four local municipalities, namely Mogale City, Merafong
City, Randfontein and Westonaria. The District Management Area (DMA)
also falls under the jurisdiction of the WRDM.
The DMA is an area with unique characteristics, highlighting the needs
where special attention is required. The development of this area is in
line with its unique character as part of a World Heritage Site and the
needs of the community residing in the area.
The DMA forms part of the Cradle of Humankind, which has been assigned
World Heritage Site status. Upgraded facilities at world-famous
Sterkfontein Caves were opened in March 2005, with its world-class
visitor interpretation centre, called Maropeng which was opened in
December 2005. The Maropeng Visitor Centre is the prime site of the
Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site. This centre also
boasts conference facilities, an open-air amphitheatre, an underground
lake, restaurants, a craft market, tourist information point, exhibition
facilities, a four star hotel with 24 rooms, learners accommodation and
more.
Vibrant expansion, robust construction-offices to match Sandton, homes,
townhouses, secure villages, huge shopping malls and still plenty space
for more! Western Gauteng is less than 45 minutes drive along excellent
highways from Sandton, Pretoria and Johannesburg. It is also close to
airports like O R Tambo and Lanseria International Airports.
Soft dolomite has led to the earliest evidence of the discovery of man,
and to the declaration of the Cradle of Humankind as a World Heritage
Site. Gold Mining is the backbone of the South African economy, with the
most mining centred in Gauteng. The Gold Rush resulted in the need for
towns and cities and gave birth to Johannesburg and to the west of it,
Roodepoort, Krugersdorp, Randfontein and Westonaria, which were
established to fill the needs of mining communities there. Two of the
earliest gold mines in South Africa can be visited at Kromdraai and
Magaliesburg, where guided tours reveal the lives of these early
pioneers. Prominent on the West Rand are the towering mining headgear
structures. Suspended from a gantry constructed over the opening of the
mineshaft, these structures were used for lowering and raising
equipment, mined rock and personnel. Modern, more durable concrete
structures have now replaced these relics. |
State of the District Address - 2012
PAIA
Suspecting Fraud?
West
Rand Community Services
ARV Database 2011
State of the District Address 2006 – 2011
Statistics Census
2001 |
