Bryanston,
Gauteng is an affluent residential suburb of
Sandton,
South Africa north of
Johannesburg . First named as an area in 1949, it was established in 1969 as a suburb of
Sandton and provided with tarred roads and municipal service
but after municipal boundaries were revised following the end of
Apartheid, Sandton was merged with Johannesburg to form part of the
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. The multi-lane
N1 Western Johannesburg Bypass freeway forms its northern boundary with access at William Nicol offramp. It is located in Region E of the
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Bryanston is bifurcated by Bryanston Drive, running from the outskirts of Randburg to the beginning of Morningside.
The long-established Bryanston Country Club, founded in 1948, is in the heart of Bryanston.
Families with school aged children compose a large part of the Bryanston community due to the excellent private school system that is ranked as best in Gauteng.
Hospital Mediclinic Sandton
is one of the biggest hospitals in Gauteng. It is a private hospital operating 24-hour emergency services. The hospital is located in the heart of Bryanston, on the corner of Main Road and Peter Place.
Housing
Whilst the houses in Bryanston were once, on average, fairly large with gardens that contained many trees, over the past decades the larger properties are being converted into multi-dwelling complexes, with more houses and smaller gardens. This shift is likely caused by a combination of security reasons, an ever-increasing lack of residential space (since many people want to live in the suburb) and the high cost of city property rates and taxes in the area.
Bryanston is likely named after a
village in the UK., or after
Bryanston Square
Bryanston Square is an garden square in Marylebone, London. Terraced buildings surround it — often merged, converted or sub-divided, some of which remain residential. The southern end has the William Pitt Byrne memorial fountain. Next t ...
, also in the U
Economy
Many large corporations are based in Bryanston, such as
Dimension Data
Dimension Data is a company specialising in information technology services. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, the company maintains operations on every inhabited continent. Dimension Data focuses on services including IT consulting, technic ...
(DiData), which runs a large corporate campus (The Campus),
GlaxoSmithKline
GSK plc, formerly GlaxoSmithKline plc, is a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with global headquarters in London, England. Established in 2000 by a merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham. GSK is the ten ...
, which are also based at The Campus,
Facebook,
Nestle,
Microsoft Corporation,
Ogilvy & Mather,
Tiger Brands
Tiger Brands Limited () is a South African packaged goods company. In addition to the company's South African operations, Tiger Brands has direct and indirect interests in international food businesses in Chile, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ke ...
,
Ipsos and
Google South Africa.
Google locations
" Google. Retrieved on 25 May 2016. "Google South Africa Golden Oak House, Bally Oaks Office Park, Ballyclare Drive, Bryanston, Johannesburg 2194, South Africa "
Notable residents past and present
* Sol Kerzner, K.C.M.G.
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III.
It is named in honou ...
, founder of Sun International
Sun International Hotels Limited is a resort hotel chain and casino destination from South Africa created by Sol Kerzner, best known for its Sun City Resort near Rustenburg in the North West Province. Specialising in gaming, hospitality and en ...
* Jani Allan, columnist
* Roger Ballen, photographer
* Sarah Britten, author
*Charlene Leonora Smith
Charlene Leonora Smith is a South African journalist, published author of 14 books, and is an authorized biographer of Nobel Peace Prize winner, and former South African President, Nelson Mandela. She is a communications and marketing consultant ...
, author
* Kiernan Jarryd Forbes AKA, rapper
*Leka I, Crown Prince of Albania
Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (also known as ''King Leka I''; 5 April 193930 November 2011), was the only son of King Zog I and Queen Geraldine of Albania. He was called Crown Prince Skander at birth. Leka was the pretender to the Albanian thron ...
, Exiled Prince of Albania
*Anele Mdoda
Anele Mdoda (born May 19, 1984) is a South African television presenter, radio personality, producer, businesswoman and author. Born and raised in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, Mdoda obtained a degree in Politics and International Relations at the Univer ...
, South Africa radio and tv personality
References
Johannesburg Region E
1949 establishments in South Africa
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