Solar installers in Benoni and Boksburg

Boksburg is the older of the two. Gold was found there in 1887 and the town was laid out that year, named after W. E. Bok, State Secretary of the South African Republic. Coal followed in 1888, though mining stopped in 1895 after underground fires. The Rand Tram linked it to Johannesburg in 1890. Boksburg Lake, built as a dam in the early 1890s, is still a landmark. In 1903 it was the first Witwatersrand mining town to appoint a mayor.

In the 1960s Black residents were moved to Vosloorus and Asian residents to Actonville, and the old mine township Stirtonville became the coloured area of Reiger Park in 1962. Landmarks include the East Rand Mall, Tambo Memorial Hospital, which opened in 1905, and the Angelo Hotel of 1887.

Benoni was established in 1881, about 26 kilometres east of Johannesburg. It had a large Jewish community, which at its peak included more than 400 families and five Jewish mayors. The N12 freeway bypasses the Benoni CBD to the north, with suburbs and semi-rural acreage to the north and industrial areas to the south. Metrorail has not run commuter trains here since 2020.

For your solar or backup power: Where Ekurhuleni supplies the power, solar is registered with the municipality. Where the bill comes from Eskom, registration is with Eskom, and systems under 100 kVA need it even if nothing is exported. Eskom supplies some parts of the wider metro directly, so the bill decides who registers the system.