Elsburg

Elsburg
Aerial view overhead Elsburg
Elsburg Location within Gauteng Elsburg Location within South Africa
Coordinates: 26.245°S 28.197°E / -26.245; 28.197
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	Ekurhuleni
Main Place	Germiston
Area
• Total	3.05 km2 (1.18 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	6,231
• Density	2,040/km2 (5,290/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	22.3%
• Coloured	3.8%
• Indian/Asian	2.7%
• White	70.7%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	65.0%
• English	16.2%
• Zulu	4.6%
• Sotho	2.2%
• Other	12.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1428
PO box	1407

Elsburg is a town in Ekurhuleni in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is a town some 6 km south-east of Germiston.

A squatter camp on the outskirts of Elsburg.

History

Laid out on the farm Klippoortjie in 1887 and proclaimed a town in 1908. It was named after the owner, Commandant Johannes Marthinus Els. Els returned from the Boer war and divided his farm among his remaining troops who had lost everything. It was administered by a health committee from 1908 and by a village council from 1938. Municipal status was achieved in October 1957. It almost became the capital of the goldfields instead of Johannesburg.