Country South Africa Municipality Ekurhuleni Postal code (street) 1428 Local time Thursday 4:43 PM | Province Gauteng Main Place Germiston PO box 1407 | |
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Elsburg is a town in Ekurhuleni in the Gauteng province of South Africa.
Map of Elsburg, Germiston, 1428, South Africa
Town some 6 km south-east of Germiston. Laid out on the farm Klippoortjie in 1887 and proclaimed a town in 1908, it was named after the owner, F C Els. It was administered by a health committee from 1908 and by a village council from 1938. Municipal status was achieved in October 1957. It almost became the capital of the goldfields instead of Johannesburg.
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Elsburg Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA