Roodepoort
Roodepoort is a city in the Gauteng province of South Africa.
Roodepoort is a city in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Formerly an independent municipality, Roodepoort became part of the Johannesburg municipality in the late 1990s, along with Randburg and Sandton. Johannesburg's most famous botanical garden, Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens, is located in Roodepoort.
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Worth seeing in and around Roodepoort
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Orlando Stadium
Orlando Stadium, officially known as Orlando Amstel Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Soweto, a township in Johannesburg, in Gauteng province in South Africa. It is the home venue for Orlando Pirates Football Club, a professional soccer team that plays in the Premiership, and is owned by the City of Johannesburg.
9.2 km · stadium in Soweto, South Africa (1st incarnation) · Wikipedia - 02Mandela House
The Nelson Mandela National Museum, commonly referred to as Mandela House, is the house on Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa where Nelson Mandela lived from 1946 to 1962. It is located at number 8115, around the corner of Vilakazi and Ngakane Streets and a short distance up the road from Tutu House, the home of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
9.2 km · The Nelson Mandela National Museum, commonly referred to as Mandela House, is a house in South Africa. · Wikipedia - 03Hector Pieterson Museum
The Hector Pieterson Museum is a museum located in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa. Located two blocks away from where student protester Hector Pieterson was shot and killed on 16 June 1976, the museum is named in his honour and covers the events of the anti-Apartheid Soweto Uprising and Massacre, where more than 170 protesting school children were killed.
8.8 km · history museum · Wikipedia - 04Dobsonville Stadium
The Dobsonville Stadium, formerly Volkswagen Dobsonville Stadium and also referred to as Dobsie Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Soweto, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. The venue is managed by Stadium Management SA.
7.2 km · building in Africa · Wikipedia - 05IIE MSA
The IIE MSA, formerly known as Monash South Africa, is a university located in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
8.8 km · University in South Africa · Wikipedia - 06Cecil Payne Stadium
Cecil Payne Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Roodepoort, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is used mostly for football matches and was utilized as a training field for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup after being brought up to FIFA standards.
6.2 km · building in Africa · Wikipedia - 07Orlando East Public Library
Orlando East Public Library is the oldest library in Soweto in South Africa.
9.5 km · Public library in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa · Wikipedia - 08Weltevreden Park Library
The Weltevreden Park Public Library is located in Weltevredenpark, Johannesburg, South Africa. This is a 40 year old public library, that was established in 1985 and now serves a diverse suburban community.
7.2 km · Library in Weltevreden Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Wikipedia
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Getting to Roodepoort
- Airports
- Lanseria (HLA), 25 km · O.R. Tambo (JNB), 37 km · Sir Seretse Khama (GBE), 266 km
- Polokwane → Roodepoort298 km · quickest by road, 4h 34m · R295–395
- Mbombela → Roodepoort319 km · quickest by road, 5h 16m · R325–430
- Bloemfontein → Roodepoort367 km · quickest by road, 5h 31m · R355–475
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Roodepoort
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Roodepoort. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundSeveral tour operators are available: Imbizo Tours.
- Get aroundProfessional tour guides using luxury minivans.
- Get aroundSoweto-based tour operator offering fully guided day and night tours of this chaotic but otherwise energetic and vibrant place.
- Get aroundTours use private cars and minibuses and include visits to many cultural, heritage and historical places including buffet lunch/ dinner/ supper.
From Wikivoyage: Johannesburg/Soweto, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Roodepoort is 12 km from Soweto, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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