Etwatwa

Etwatwa Holfontein Esthwathweni
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Coordinates: 26°06′54″S 28°27′47″E / 26.115°S 28.463°E / -26.115; 28.463
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	Ekurhuleni
Established	1985
• Councillors	(ANC)
Area [1]
• Total	20.83 km^2 (8.04 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	151,866
• Density	7,300/km^2 (19,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.3%
• Coloured	0.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	0.1%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	44.9%
• Tsonga	12.9%
• Northern Sotho	12.1%
• Sotho	7.3%
• Other	22.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1519
Area code	011

Etwatwa, also known as Holfontein, is a township that 20km away from Benoni, 24 kilometres away from springs in Ekurhuleni in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is made up of the following sections: Etwatwa West, Quantum, Barcelona, Mkgoba, Bester Homes, Etwatwa Ext 7, Citicon, Etwatwa East, Etwatwa Ext 9, Etwatwa Ext 10, (these both known as Emaphupheni, which means land of dreams in Nguni) and Mandela. Etwatwa is also known as the last town, as it is not far from the Gauteng-Mpumalanga border to the east towards Delmas.

History

Etwatwa was established as an extension of Daveyton to accommodate the overflow of people from the township , particularly those living in informal settlements.The area was divided into Etwatwa West and Etwatwa East, with varying levels of service provision. Over time, Etwatwa has seen the development of formal settlements since 1985 with the apartheid style houses and RDP houses after 1994.^[2]

Recent history

Etwatwa has decent infrastructure such as Schools,Fire station, libraries ,Parks and Clinics

Due to urban demands there been calls for greater integration such as Infrastructure developments to meet the large population size .

PRASA has made promises since the 1990's to connect it to Daveyton rail but hasn't been delivered .In its latest Documents PRASA has made commitment to connect it in the long term ^[3][4]

A mall has been promised to be build in the short to medium term ^[5]

References

1. "Main Place Etwatwa". Census 2011.
2. "Research Portal". ujcontent.uj.ac.za. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
3. Makhafola, Donald. "Update on multi-modal project progress set for next year". Engineering News. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
4. "Commuter Operations and Safety: PRASA and Department; with Deputy Minister | PMG". pmg.org.za. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
5. "Etwatwa Crossing". Longwalk Investments. Retrieved 16 July 2025.