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large 5 bedroom house for sale in Laudium.This home is a single story that offers five large bedrooms that have fully built in cupboards and two separate bathrooms and toilets. Lovely well maintained front garden. Must see to appreciate. A covered carport for three cars and a single garage.A perfect family home Laudium has roughly equal numbers of Hindu and Muslim residents, with a large number of mosques and temples, the oldest mosque being the ...PMT Jumma Masjid in Jewel Street. Many of the Muslim residents are Memons or Surtis. There are also many recent South Asian (Indian and Pakistani) residents, who immigrated to South Africa after the end of Apartheid.Laudium is a relatively wealthy area (which is unusual for a township), with very large mansions visible from the R55 road (although technically many of these homes are in Claudius, not Laudium).An economically deprived3 area of Laudium (described in an academic paper as a "ghetto"),4 informally called White Blocks (named after their paint colour), with single and multi family government built dwelling units is situated in the western part of Laudium. However, the Indian township of Lotus Gardens was established in the early 1990s, north of Church Street, and many Indian families from White Blocks were relocated there, and some old units were torn downcitation needed (Lotus Gardens developed into a multiracial suburb). White Blocks continues to exist though the units are no longer exclusively painted white. The Laudium Police Station is in White Blocks, in a converted unit.Another public housing development, in Extension 2, consisting of council flats, was later sold to residents, and is now called Himalaya Heights.After the end of Apartheid, many residents of Laudium moved to the neighbouring (formerly whites only) suburbs of Erasmia and Christoburg which lie directly south of Laudium, and, eventually, a link road was constructed, and later tarred, allowing for direct travel between the suburbs (previously, the only way to travel between Laudium and Erasmia was a circuitious route via the R55), and by the time of the 2001 Census, Indians made up almost 66% of the population of Erasmia and Christoburg, having largely displaced their white residents5 in the preceding ten years.Significant numbers of more affluent Indian residents began relocating out of Laudium, to newly established nearby security estates in western Centurion in the late 2000s.The black township of Atteridgeville lies directly north of Laudium, although the two areas are separated by a series of hills, and no direct tarred road link exists between the two.Laudium has 3 extensions which were completed in 1976, 1978 and 1983, respectively.EducationLaudium has a large number of government schools. However, since the end of Apartheid, most Indian children from Laudium have begun attending private religious schools, or schools in formerly white areas. While the government schools continue to be staffed mostly by Indian teachers, most of the pupils in these schools are black and commute daily from black townships.HealthcareThe Laudium Hospital, a state hospital created under apartheid for Indians from Laudium and surrounding areas, closed down, and is now the Laudium Community Health Centre.Laudium has a number of private medical practitioners and pharmacies.TransportRoadsLaudium lies west of the R55 road, which links Laudium to central Pretoria as well as Centurion. A dual carriageway links Laudium with central Pretoria, while the deteriorated single carriageway link to Centurion was being upgraded as of 2011. Direct freeway access is served by the N14, which is accessed via the R55 a few kilometers south. The N14 connects Laudium and surrounding areas to Krugersdorp, Centurion and the Central Business District of Pretoria.Road links to the economically important eastern suburbs of Pretoria are poor, usually requiring drivers to traverse the city centre or rat run across the Thaba Tshwane military base.Public transportPublic transport links are limited, and, although limited municipal bus services were introduced following the end of apartheid, minibus taxis remain the primary mode of public transport. Bus services to Johannesburg were available during the apartheid era (The Laudium Bus Service), but are no longer available. Laudium. Centurion
