Eldorado Park is a suburb of
Soweto,
Johannesburg,
South Africa. It is located in Region G of the
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It lies on the southern boundary of
Soweto and prior to 1994, was a
Coloured
Coloureds ( af, Kleurlinge or , ) refers to members of multiracial ethnic communities in Southern Africa who may have ancestry from more than one of the various populations inhabiting the region, including African, European, and Asian. South ...
township during
Apartheid.
History
In 1965, the land was declared an area for the exclusive settlement of the Coloured South Africans under the
Group Areas Act.
It became part of Johannesburg in 1970.
[ On 26 August 2020, local resident Nathaniel Julies was fatally shot by members of the South African Police Service.
]
Notable people
* Liesl Laurie
Liesl Laurie (born 24 December 1990 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South African model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss South Africa 2015. She has represented her country at the Miss World 2015, in Sanya, China on 19 Dece ...
- Miss South Africa 2015
The Miss South Africa 2015 pageant took place on March 29, 2015 at the Sun City Superbowl. The pageant was broadcast on M-Net and Mzansi Magic. The final was contested by 12 girls who were selected after weeks of challenges at Sun City Internationa ...
* Liesl Penniken - singer, most famously as a member of Jamali (band)
Jamali is a South African female musical group. The group's name is from the first two letters of each of the members' names. The members are Jacqui Carpede, Mariechan Luiters and Liesl Penniken. The band was formed on the TV show ''Coca-Cola ...
References
{{Greater Johannesburg, communities
Johannesburg Region G
Soweto Townships