Randburg Area Information

Randburg at a glance

About Randburg

Randburg is an area located north west of Johannesburg in Gauteng. Until the late 1990s, it was a separate municipality, but then its administration was transferred to the newly created City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, along with its neighbours of Sandton and Roodepoort.

Randburg consists of over 32 mostly residential, upmarket and well-populated suburbs. The residents are, in general, fairly affluent, and the properties are a variety of quite large houses, complexes of townhouses, apartments and clusters and luxury lifestyle estates. 

Schooling
 

With so many top quality educational facilities, both private and public, for all grade levels available in the Randburg area, parents will not have to look too far from home to find a suitable facility.  A few are: SPARK Randburg High School, Nova Pioneer North Riding - Primary, I.R. Griffith Primary School, Ferndale High School, King David High School Victory Park, and De La Salle Holy Cross College.

Health and Medical Care
 

Randburg is home to many highly regarded medical and health practitioners of various disciplines as well as the Netcare Olivedale Hospital in Northriding, for medical emergencies, (https://www.netcarehospitals.co.za/Hospital/Netcare-Olivedale-Hospital) and the NHCs in Honeydew and Northcliff (https://nhcltd.com/).

Lifestyle
 

Randburg is a vibey area and hums with activity thanks to its numerous shopping centres and entertainment facilities. Northgate Shopping Centre also offers ice-skating and a cinematic experience (https://www.northgate.co.za/). Exercise fanatics have several choices of Planet Fitness or Virgin Active gyms (https://www.planetfitness.co.za/fitness-clubs/) (https://www.virginactive.co.za/find-a-club). Golfers can have a round of golf at the Eagle Canyon Golf Course (https://eaglecanyongolfestate.co.za/), or at the Randpark Golf Club (https://www.randpark.co.za/) or at Jackal Creek Golf Course (http://www.jackalcreekgolf.co.za/). Runners or walkers and their dogs can traverse Delta Park's 108 hectares of grassland and woodland (https://www.jhbcityparks.com/)  and adrenaline junkies can go go-karting at Go-Karting at Randburg Raceway. 

In Randburg, there is something for everyone's taste!

Shopping and Business Centres
 

Enjoy a shopping outing at: Randburg's newest shopping centre, the recently renovated Brightwater Commons, now known as Ferndale on Republic, which boasts tight security and a diversified mix of over 90 stores (https://www.ferndaleonrepublic.co.za/); Randburg Square in the CBD (http://www.randburgsquarecentre.co.za/); Cresta Centre (https://www.crestashoppingcentre.co.za/); Northgate (https://www.northgate.co.za/); the Colony Shopping Centre (https://colonycentre.co.za/); Randridge Mall (https://randridgemall.co.za/) or Canterbury Crossing to name a few (https://web.facebook.com/CanterburyCrossing/). Shopping opportunities abound in Randburg.

Randburg is home to MultiChoice, the DStv Satellite Television service company (https://www.multichoice.com/) and to the Randburg Licensing Department and Randburg Testing Station for all your driver's licence and roadworthy certificate needs. 

https://www.joburg.org.za/services_/driverslicense).

Randburg CBD is the central business centre with smaller business hubs available in its other suburbs like Strijdom Park.

Dining
 

Diners in Randburg won't have to look too far for dining choices. With the numerous shopping centres, the abundance and variety of food fare options are sure to match and satisfy all tastes and palates.

Travel Routes
 

The major access route to Randburg is via the N1 Western Bypass.  As Randburg is a large sprawling area, several busy commuter routes pass through it such as Jan Smuts Avenue, Malibongwe Drive, Beyers Naude and Witkoppen Road.