It lies around 5.5 km northeast of City Hall between
Observatory and
Cyrildene, north of Observatory Hill. It borders
Bezuidenhout Valley on the southwest,
Kensington on the south, and
Bruma on the southeast. In November 2017, the
real estate website property24.com listed 23 homes for sale in Dewetshof, 15 selling for more than R2 million. The most expensive was R3.85 million and the cheapest at R1.39 million.[2]
History
Dewetshof is named for
Chief Justice of South AfricaNicolaas Jacobus de Wet. Johannesburg City Council laid it out as plot No. 24 of
Doornfontein Farm, and it was officially founded on December 1, 1954. The streets are named for famous people and ships from the early history of South Africa, including Dias, Tulbagh, De Mist, Da Gama, Woltemade en Adam Tas.
It lies around 5.5 km northeast of City Hall between
Observatory and
Cyrildene, north of Observatory Hill. It borders
Bezuidenhout Valley on the southwest,
Kensington on the south, and
Bruma on the southeast. In November 2017, the
real estate website property24.com listed 23 homes for sale in Dewetshof, 15 selling for more than R2 million. The most expensive was R3.85 million and the cheapest at R1.39 million.[2]
History
Dewetshof is named for
Chief Justice of South AfricaNicolaas Jacobus de Wet. Johannesburg City Council laid it out as plot No. 24 of
Doornfontein Farm, and it was officially founded on December 1, 1954. The streets are named for famous people and ships from the early history of South Africa, including Dias, Tulbagh, De Mist, Da Gama, Woltemade en Adam Tas.