Solar installers in West Rand and Krugersdorp

Krugersdorp was founded in 1887 when the Executive Council bought part of the Paardekraal farm and named the town after President Paul Kruger. In 1880 more than 6,000 men had gathered at Paardekraal and vowed to fight for Transvaal independence, which is why the Paardekraal Monument appears in the town's coat of arms. The town was proclaimed a separate goldfield in 1888, merged with Distriksdorp in 1895 and became a municipality in 1903.

The West Rand Consolidated Mine became the first in the world to extract uranium as a by-product of gold refining in 1952. During the Second Boer War the British built concentration camps in what is now the Centenary Dam valley.

Mogale City is the municipality that now covers Krugersdorp, Kagiso, Munsieville, Rietvallei, Azaadville, Muldersdrift, Hekpoort and Magaliesburg. The area is part town, part township and part rural smallholding. Krugersdorp Game Reserve covers about 1,400 hectares, and Maropeng, the Sterkfontein Caves and Cradle of Humankind are nearby. Coronation Park hosts the Gauteng Beach Party each year.

For your solar or backup power: In Eskom-supplied areas such as Kagiso and Muldersdrift, solar has to be registered with Eskom, and systems under 100 kVA need it even if nothing is exported. In Krugersdorp's municipal areas, registration is with Mogale City.