Olifantsfontein Clayville | |
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  Olifantsfontein  Olifantsfontein  Olifantsfontein | |
| Coordinates:25°57′29″S28°12′59″E / 25.9581°S 28.2164°E /-25.9581; 28.2164 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | Ekurhuleni |
| Area | |
• Total | 14.05 km2 (5.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 14,526 |
| • Density | 1,034/km2 (2,678/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 91.73% |
| • White | 5.72% |
| • Coloured | 1.77% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.32% |
| • Other | 0.46% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Northern Sotho | 25.58% |
| • Zulu | 18.07% |
| • Sotho | 9.16% |
| • Tsonga | 8.55% |
| • Other | 38.64% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 1666 |
| PO box | 1665 |
| Area code | 011 |
Olifantsfontein, also known asClayville, is a small town on theEast Rand in theGauteng Province ofSouth Africa. It is located at the north-western corner of theCity of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, just north of theThembisa township. As of the 2011 Census, the town has a population of 14,526 people.[1]
Olifantsfontein is divided into 3 main suburbs, namely Clayville East (the entire area east of the passingMetrorail Line), Clayville Industrial (the entire area south of View Road, with many industrial operations) and Clayville CBD with its extensions (the area north of View Road).[2][3]
TheR562 road (Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Road; formerly Olifantsfontein Road[4]) forms the boundary between Clayville and theThembisa Township. Clayville also has theIrene Village to the north andMidrand to the west as its neighbours.
While Olifantsfontein is currently part of theEkurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, it has close historical ties withMidrand in the neighbouringCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.[5]
Olifantsfontein was established in the early 1840s by Frederik Andries Strydom as a farmland.[5] It was only given the nameClayville in 1940.[5]
It was believed that the railway betweenPretoria in the north and theWitwatersrand in the south was going to pass through Halfway House (Midrand) but when it was built, it passed through Olifantsfontein instead of Midrand and when the Olifantsfontein Railway Station was opened in 1892, it was also treated as a station serving Midrand.[5]
TheR562 road (Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Road; formerly Olifantsfontein Road[4]), which forms the boundary between Clayville andThembisa, connects both towns toMidrand in the west.[2][3]
The main north–south route through Clayville is theM18 route, which connects the Clayville CBD withIrene andCenturion in the north and with theThembisa CBD in the south.[2][3]
Clayville is bypassed to the east by two main routes, namely theM57 route and theR21 highway. Both roads connect Clayville withKempton Park in the south and withPretoria in the north.[2][3]
Olifantsfontein has a station on the mainMetrorail Route betweenPretoria in the north andJohannesburg (viaKempton Park &Germiston) in the south.[6] It was opened in 1892.[5]
