In 1949, the first 32 houses in a new area were built at the western side of the Klerksdorp town and more and more continued to be built in 1952, the new settlement came to be known as Jouberton, named after Jan Joubert and his wife Tina Joubert; however, the name was earmarked to be Joubertina to reflect the two, but ...

When was jouberton founded?

Klerksdorp was connected by rail to Krugersdorp on 3 August 1897 and to Kimberley in 1906. in Jouberton – the first black township (1949), municipal offices (1951) and the P.C. Pelser airport (1964) were all established to develop the town into what it is today.

When and who founded Klerksdorp?

In 1837 a group of 12 Voortrekker families settled on the banks of the Skoonspruit at what is today known as Oudorp. They established a town and later started calling it "Clercqsdorp"(later to be changed to "Klerksdorp") after the first magistrate north of the Vaal River, Jacob De Clercq. 6.