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Sandringham is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a suburb that lies close to Glenhazel and Sydenham. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It is known for its large Jewish population and houses a number of Jewish institutions.


History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called ''Rietfontein''. It became a suburb on 26 July 1944 and became part of Johannesburg on 10 October 1944, named after Sandringham House in England.


Communities

There is a long-established Jewish community in Sandringham. In 1955 work began on the new Witwatersrand Jewish Aged Home and Home for the Chronically Ill, described by the ''
Jewish Telegraphic Agency The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) is an international news agency and wire service, founded in 1917, serving Jewish community newspapers and media around the world as well as non-Jewish press, with about 70 syndication clients listed on its web ...
'' as 'the largest institution of its kind in Africa and one of the most modern in the world.' The building was erected at an estimated cost of 500,000 pounds, ($1;400,000) and be dedicated to the Jewish victims of the Shoah in Europe. In 1997, the mostly Jewish residents of Sandhurst and the adjoining Jewish suburb of Glenhazel funded the establishment of their own police station to combat crime. The suburb is also home to the Chevra kadisha (Johannesburg Jewish Helping Hand and Burial Society).


Education

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Sandringham High School, Johannesburg Sandringham High School is a South African high school in Sandringham, a north-eastern suburb of Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city i ...
Hesitantly, Students in South Africa Reach Across the Racial Divide
The New York Times. 12 November 2000


References

Johannesburg Region E Jews and Judaism in Johannesburg Orthodox Judaism in South Africa {{Johannesburg-stub