Location

Gauteng Province, just to the south-east of Johannesburg

One of the largest of the East Rand centres, Springs began life in the later 1880s as a coal-mining town, but the deposits were unstable (they tended to catch fire) and in any event much richer reserves were found around Witbank farther to the east. It took a new lease on life, however, after the discovery of gold - an extension of the giant Witwatersrand reef - in the area. In fact, at one time it ranked as the world's biggest gold-producing area, and contemporaries confidently predicted that Springs would replace Johannesburg as the hub of the northern industrial region. Among its more prominent social assets are its fine civic centre, its parks and gardens, and its rugby stadium.

Highlights

Art Gallery The gallery is designed to serve as a platform for up-and-coming artists (as well as established professionals); its exhibits are thematically rather mixed - and interesting for that reason.

Civic Centre Notable for its three theatres, which offer some of the few live performing arts productions (drama, ballet, classical and modern music) to be enjoyed outside the Johannesburg metropolitan area.

Parks Springs is blessed by a surprising number of these, most based on water in one form or another. Pioneer Park, focused on an old ivy-covered mineshaft, embraces a working windmill, fountains, waterfalls, tree-fringed lake, open grassland and aloe gardens. Presidents's Park and Springs Bird Sanctuary are for nature-lovers; Murray Park offers a resort and leisure facilities.

Nearest towns

Johannesburg and Pretoria lie to the north-west; nearby East Rand centres include Brakpan, Boksburg, Benoni, Nigel and Heidelberg.

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