Rosettenville
Rosettenville is a working class suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Rosettenville is a working class suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It lies to the south of the city centre.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Rosettenville
4 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.
- 01Wemmer Pan
Wemmer Pan is a lake and recreational area in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located to the south of the city centre, in the suburb of La Rochelle.
2.3 km · lake and recreational area in Johannesburg, South Africa · Wikipedia - 02James Hall Transport Museum
James Hall Museum of Transport is a transport museum that aims to preserve and promote the history of hundreds of years of transport in South Africa in particular, and Africa in general. It is the largest transport museum in Africa.
1.9 km · transport museum in Johannesburg, South Africa · Wikipedia - 03Rand Stadium
The Rand Stadium is a stadium in Rosettenville, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was completely rebuilt, to FIFA specifications, and reopened in August 2008, set to be utilized as a training field for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
1.9 km · building in South Africa · Wikipedia - 04Turffontein Racecourse
Turffontein Racecourse is a race track in South Africa for Thoroughbred horse racing founded in 1887 at Turffontein, Gauteng by the Johannesburg Turf Club. The facility has both an inner and outer grass track.
1.7 km · racecourse in South Africa · Wikipedia
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Getting to Rosettenville
- Airports
- O.R. Tambo (JNB), 23 km · Lanseria (HLA), 37 km · Sir Seretse Khama (GBE), 286 km
- Polokwane → Rosettenville297 km · quickest by road, 4h 32m · R290–390
- Mbombela → Rosettenville304 km · quickest by road, 4h 58m · R310–410
- Bloemfontein → Rosettenville368 km · quickest by road, 5h 25m · R355–470
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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 Rosettenville
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 Rosettenville. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in}} The airport is mainly for smaller charter, cargo and classic airline flights; it is in fact busier than Johannesburg International and sees more air traffic.
- Get aroundGenerally, it is a bad idea to make use of minibus taxis unless accompanied by locals.
- Get aroundTraffic can be aggressive, and minibus taxis in particular often defy the rules of the road.
- Get aroundPublic transport in Johannesburg is provided by city buses and informal minibus services.
- Get aroundForeigners are advised to use only normal sedan taxis (metered or fixed-price taxes that transport only you and your travel partners), as minibus taxis have a reputation for being rather unsafe.
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Next door to Rosettenville
Rosettenville is 6 km from Johannesburg, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- GlenandaSuburb of Johannesburg, in the Province of Gauteng, South Africa.2.9 km