An Introduction to Sophiatown
… pleasant white suburb that could be developed on a site to the West of Johannesburg. It was some way out of town, on … and attractive. He bought 237 acres of land, laid out the streets, and named them after his children and family - Edith, Gerty, Bertha, Toby, Sol - and called the suburb-to-be Sophiatown after his wife, Sophia. Stands …