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Template:Infobox South African town 2011 Mondeor is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 9. Mondeor is the location of Southgate Shopping Centre.

Mondeor was known as the Jewel of the South. It is set amongst rolling hills, away from the sight and sound of the city, yet only 15 minutes drive from the Johannesburg city centre.[1] Parts of the Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve are in Mondeor.[2] Mondeor is interesting from a geological point of view; the hills lying on the northern side of Mondeor are of sandstone and those on the south are igneous[3][4]

Schools

Mondeor has four schools; Mondeor Primary, Dalmondeor, Mondeor High School[5] & Hartford College.

Parts of the novel Happiness is a Four-letter Word by Cynthia Jele is set in Mondeor[6]

Note and references

  1. ^ Stark 1958, p. 90-94.
  2. ^ Bloch 2012, pp. 10-.
  3. ^ Anon 1980, p. 110.
  4. ^ Anon 1997, pp. 215–216.
  5. ^ Kalantzis & Cope 2001, p. 130.
  6. ^ Jele 2011, p. 279.
  • Stark, Felix (1958). Seventy golden years. Stark : distributed by Central News Agency. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Jele, Cynthia (2011). Happiness is a Four-letter Word. Kwela. ISBN 978-0-7957-0354-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Anon (1980). Handbook. Survey, Government Printer. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Anon (1997). South African Journal of Geology: Being the Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa. Bureau for Scientific Publications at the Foundation for Education, Science and Technology. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Kalantzis, Mary; Cope, Bill (2001). Transformations in Language and Learning: Perspectives on Multiliteracies. Common Ground. ISBN 978-1-86335-063-1. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Bloch, Jayni (2012). The Riddle in the Mirror: A Journey in Search of Healing. Balboa Press. ISBN 978-1-4525-5940-7. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Hart, G. H. T. (1968). "An Introduction to the Anatomy of Johannesburg's Southern Suburbs". South African Geographical Journal. 50 (1): 65–72. doi:10.1080/03736245.1968.10559433. ISSN 0373-6245.
  • Davie, Lucille (August 2002). "Outside the city walls : Jo'burg Summit City". Rhodes Journalism Review (21). Grahamstown: 30–31. hdl:10520/EJC146339. Retrieved 2014-10-20.


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