Mondeor

Mondeor is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F, of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Mondeor, is the location, of the Southgate Shopping Centre. Mondeor was known as the Jewel of the South. It is set amongst rolling hills, away from the sight and sound of the city, yet only fifteen minutes drive, from the city centre of Johannesburg.[2]

Mondeor
Mondeor
Mondeor
Coordinates: 26.271°S 27.998°E / -26.271; 27.998
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
MunicipalityCity of Johannesburg
Main PlaceJohannesburg
Established1958
Area
 • Total3.71 km2 (1.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total8,021
 • Density2,200/km2 (5,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African45.1%
 • Coloured16.4%
 • Indian/Asian13.5%
 • White23.3%
 • Other1.8%
First languages (2011)
 • English51.4%
 • Zulu12.6%
 • Afrikaans10.4%
 • Sotho6.9%
 • Other18.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
2091
PO box
2110

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old farm of Witwatersrand, called Ormonde.[3] It was established on 19 May 1958, and its name is possibly an anagram of the old farms name.[3]

Parks And Green Space

Parts of the Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve are in Mondeor.[4] Mondeor is interesting, from the geological point of view; the hills, lying on the northern side of Mondeor, are of sandstone, and those on the south, are igneous.[5][6]

Education

Mondeor has four schools; Mondeor Primary, Dalmondeor, Mondeor High School,[7] and Hartford College. Mondeor Primary School opened in 1953. The initial school building, was one converted log cabin, at the site of the current tennis club. The school moved, to its current location, in 1955.[8]

Mondeor High School opened in 1974. At the time, there were on three class years, these being standards 6, 7 and 8. An additional standard was added each year thereafter, until the first class of Matriculation, in 1976.

Parts of the novel, Happiness is a Four-Letter Word, which was originally published in 2010, by Cynthia Jele, is set in Mondeor.[9]

References

Citations
  1. "Sub Place Mondeor". Census 2011.
  2. Stark 1958, p. 90-94.
  3. Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
  4. Bloch 2012, pp. 10-.
  5. Anon 1980, p. 110.
  6. Anon 1997, pp. 215-216.
  7. Kalantzis & Cope 2001, p. 130.
  8. "Home". mondeorprimary.co.za. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  9. Jele 2011, p. 279.

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