The final part of Newtown’s history covers the period from the mid-1970s with the start of the Market Theatre complex and subsequent developments up to 2020.
The area known as Newtown was originally a marshy piece of land outside of the triangle known as Raandjeslaagte which was laid out as Johannesburg. It stood 0.9 kms northwest…
Johannesburg 1912 - suburb by suburb research 