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Bosmont

Field	Value
name	Bosmont
pushpin_map	South Africa Gauteng#South Africa
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	South Africa
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Gauteng
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_type3	Municipality
subdivision_name3	City of Johannesburg
subdivision_type4	Main Place
subdivision_name4	Johannesburg
established_title	Established
established_date	1954
leader_title	Councillor
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	6.13
population_footnotes
population_total	6301
population_as_of	2011
population_density_km2	auto
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->	demographics_type1	Racial makeup (2011)
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1	Black African
demographics1_info1	18.5%
demographics1_title2	Coloured
demographics1_info2	70.8%
demographics1_title3	Indian/Asian
demographics1_info3	5.5%
demographics1_title4	White
demographics1_info4	0.7%
demographics1_title5	Other
demographics1_info5	4.5%
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->	demographics_type2	First languages (2011)
demographics2_footnotes
demographics2_title1	English
demographics2_info1	69.3%
demographics2_title2	Afrikaans
demographics2_info2	19.9%
demographics2_title3	Tswana
demographics2_info3	2.2%
demographics2_title4	Zulu
demographics2_info4	2.2%
demographics2_title5	Other
demographics2_info5	6.5%
<!-- Other information -->	timezone1	SAST
utc_offset1	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code (street)
postal_code	2093
postal2_code_type	PO box
area_code_type	Area code

Bosmont is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Bosmont is located in the West Rand of Johannesburg and 70% of its residents are Coloured as of 2011.

History

It was during the sixties that people of colour were forced to move from areas such as Albertsville, Vrededorp (Fietas) and other areas in and around the inner city to be settled in new designated areas such as Bosmont and Eldorado Park.

The name of this suburb - BOSMONT is derived from the fact that the street names are named after South African trees of bushes (Bos in Afrikaans, one of the local languages) and Mont (short for Mountain). This has been contracted into Bosmont. Streets running in one direction are named after trees Eg Olywenhout Street. Streets running perpendicular to them are named after mountains Eg. Soutpansburg Str.

As a result of the Group Areas Act, the Coloured people were forcibly relocated from 1962 to 1974 since Vrededorp was declared a European township in 1936.

The land for the suburb was proclaimed in June 1954. Bosmont was incorporated into the Johannesburg municipal area and developed by the Department of Community Development for Coloured People.

By June 1962, residents started occupying homes in Bosmont. Bosmont used to enjoy and is still enjoying considerable prestige as an elite suburb in the eyes of the Coloured community and houses there are sought after by those who can afford them.

A significant difference between Bosmont and other predominantly Coloured areas is its large concentration of Cape Malay Coloureds (the largest Cape Malay culture in Johannesburg). Due to this, Islam has become a prominent feature in Bosmont and it also exists in complete peace and harmony with other faiths such as Christianity and Hinduism, however Christianity still remains as the largest religion in Bosmont.

Religion

Churches in Bosmont include:

Bosmont Congregational Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Evangelical Bible Church Bosmont
New Apostolic Church
St Joseph the Worker Catholic Church
St Luke's Anglican Church
IAG Bethel Assembly
AFM Eagles Wings
New Life Baptist Church

The majority of Muslims in Bosmont follow the Shafi Madhab. This too is unique in that the majority of Muslims in the Gauteng province of (who are mostly Indian) follow the Hanafi Madhab. Leaders in churches and mosques play a big role in uniting the community to fight crime, drugs, etc.

Education

Bosmont is home to four government schools (C.J. Botha High, R.W. Fick High, G.R. Harris Primary and Bosmont Primary) and two private schools (Bosmont Muslim School and St Barnabas High School). Recreational activities are the Bosmont library, various sports grounds (soccer, cricket, basketball and tennis) and the BFA Soccer Stadium.

Sport and recreation

Bosmont has a number of soccer teams, including Aston Villa, Rangers, Universals and Dazzlers. Dazzlers Football Club is the most well-known and popular soccer team from Bosmont. Dazzlers was founded in the South African winter of 1949 in Albertville, Johannesburg, South Africa by Wilfred, ‘Willie’, Mooi and his cousin, Clifford Jousten.

Dazzlers Football Club originated with a comic book. Frank Stuart Pepper wrote a comic strip called ‘Danny of the Dazzlers’ which started appearing in ‘The Champion’ in 1948 and continued until the magazine's demise in 1955. Dazzlers FC played under the TIFA (Transvaal Independent Football Association) which represented Coloured, Indian and African football clubs.

Other activities can be found at the Bosmont Recreation Centre (Ward 82). Activities include Bosmont Clinic, Bosmont Alcoholics Anonymous, Cancer support, Children's afternoon free play, Church groups, Crime forum, Hall hire, Holiday programme, Karate, Modern dance, Senior citizens group, Table tennis, Youth Club Bosmont also has Chinese, Christian, Hindu, Muslim and Tamil sections in the Bosmont Cemetery.

Other

Distances to other towns close to Bosmont include:

Maraisburg (8.8 km)
Newlands (8.8 km)
Triomf (8.8 km)
Florida (13.5 km)
Westdene (13.5 km)
Roosevelt Park (17.6 km)
Brixton (17.7 km)
Northcliff (19.6 km)
Blackheath (20.4 km)
Diepkloof (20.5 km)
Linden (22.8 km)
Melville (23.5 km)
Emmarentia (24.4 km)
Meadowlands (24.4 km)
Weltevredenpark (26.7 km)
Windsor (26.7 km)
Orlando (28.7 km)
Jabavu (28.7 km)
Westcliffe (30.1 km)
Parkview (30.1 km)
Parktown (30.1 km)

Notable people

Ursula Chikane, television and radio presenter

References

"Sub Place Bosmont". Census 2011.
(2014). "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names". Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Wikipedia Source

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