Laudium and Its Lurid Facts

A vivid description of Laudium, an Indian township in South Africa with
information about where to find all details like schools, restaurants,
businesses etc in Laudium.

Laudium is a residential area in Centurion, South Africa, which was
proclaimed an Indian township in 1961. Most Indians were forced out of
their homes in Pretoria into this new place where some of them built
beautiful new homes. As for its former inhabitants, older photographs
show remains of circular type dwellings of its former inhabitants, to
the west of Laudium. Laudium has 3 extensions which were completed in
1976, 1978 and 1983, respectively. Laudium was initially part of
Pretoria but it was incorporated into Centurion in 2000.

The original name for Laudium was Claudius, named after a Claudius
Marais de Vries who was the mayor of Pretoria at the time. Laudium has
both Hindu and Muslim residents, with a large number of mosques and
temples. There are also many recent South Asian Indian and Pakistanis,
who moved into South Africa.

Although unusual for a township yet, Laudium is a relatively wealthy
area with very large houses and people using luxury cars. It also prides
in having successful businessmen, media leaders etc. Laudium is prone to
sinkholes that sometimes cause property damage owing to dolomite in the area

There are a variety of restaurants, including Mohideen's, Muchachos,
Debonairs, Nandos and Wimpy, as well as some very good shopping centres
available here. One hotel is situated across the road from one of the
shopping centres.

Due to the fact that the majority of the residents of Laudium are
Muslims, all food stores sell halal food, prepared according to Islamic
Law. Muslims, Hindus and Christians live in Laudium.

Laudium has a quite a number of government schools. These government
schools mostly consist of Indian teachers, most of the pupils in these
schools are black and travel daily from black townships. The black
township lies directly north of Laudium, and the two areas are separated
by a large hill called Kwaggakop.

Laudium Sun newspaper is a free, bi-monthly that serves Laudium. It also
has a Muslim-oriented community radio station.

Laudiuminfo gives you a deeper insight into all these facts, history and
development of Laudium etc. The website provides extensive information
on various aspects about Laudium, which includes News and Events,
Religion and Culture, Education and Employment etc. You can learn about
the History, Development and Facts about Laudium here.

Apart from this you can also participate in Discussion Boards and Forums
with free registration that allows you to discuss on various topics like
religion, culture, associations, communities, welfares, groups etc.
related to Laudium. At the same time you can also be a part of the
Laudium community.

The website contains a Business Directory wherein you can find all
information related to the various categories as well as you can list
your business for free or advertise your specials with nominal price for
a large number of viewer access.

Although community isolation and crime are a major hindrance in the
prospect of Laudium's progress, yet the community is making every effort
and working towards the development of the township. Active
participation and working together would certainly help Laudium improve
and make it a better place to live in.