Danville, Gauteng Province, South Africa

🇿🇦 Danville is a predominantly White suburb, to the west of central Pretoria, in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.

History After the suburb's first name of Westlands was rejected, a naming competition was held. The suburb was name Danville after the WW2 commander of the Voortrekkerhoogte base, General Daniël Hermanus Pienaar, with the suburb proclaimed in February 1951.

Ever since the end of Apartheid, Danville itself has had a white majority, albeit with an ever-increasing black middle-class.

Geography: Location Danville is found in the Pretoria West area, it lies 5 Kilometers from the Church Square, the heart of the Pretoria CBD. Danville lies West-North direction from the Voortrekker Monument.

Danville houses the famous Daspoort Tunnel that connects the suburb of Danville and Claremont and it is the only tunnel found in the Gauteng province and it took 40 months to be constructed, it was open on the 10th of August 1972.

Business Danville houses a number of commercial businesses that cater to the needs of the people of the community. The main retail activity in Danville takes place in the displaced retail centre of KwikSpar, which is located on 106 Knight Street Danville.

Other business centres include Danmed Pharmarcy on the corner of Dan street and Hepburn street. Sasol Garage which is on Morkel Street and KFC is also on Morkel Street.

Transport The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality bus service does operate in the Danville area as it is used by the community members to get to and from town for work or school purposes. The other mode of transport that is mostly used by the community is public taxis, they are mostly used because they are available all the time to transport passengers back and from the Pretoria CBD.