Wattville

Wattville

Wattville is a township south of Benoni in east Rand, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1941, and by 1948, 400 houses were built on 34 hectares. After 1948, building stopped as it was threatened with destruction. This was because it was considered too close to a white town. However, building continued in 1951 and by 1955 about 2,000 new houses had been erected. The ANC president Oliver Tambo used to live here in the 1950s. He is also buried here.


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