Sandhurst is an affluent residential area in

Sandton Sandton is a financial, commercial and residential area, located in the northern part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Formerly an independent municipality, Sandton's name came from the combination of two of its suburbs, Sa ...

, in the

City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality () is a metropolitan municipality that manages the local governance of Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa. It is divided into several branches and departments in order to expedite se ...

Gauteng Gauteng ( , ; Sotho-Tswana languages, Sotho-Tswana for 'place of gold'; or ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts f ...

, South Africa. It is one of the wealthiest suburbs in the country and is home to some of the most impressive mansions on the African continent. Part of the commercial centre of Sandton, known as Sandton City, entrales in Sandhurst. A small few estates were built in the early 1900s, however the majority were built in the middle and early-latter parts of the century between 1940 and 1970. Many of these properties have diminished in area however due to subdivisions.

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