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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Modderfontein
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| coordinates = {{coord|26.0845|S|28.1669|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[South Africa]]
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gauteng]]
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_type3 = Municipality
| subdivision_name3 = [[City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality|City of Johannesburg]]
| subdivision_type4 = Main Place
| established_title = Established
| leader_title = Councillor
| area_footnotes = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/798015002 |title = Sub Place Modderfontein |work=Census 2011}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 27.83
| population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" />
| population_total = 131
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" />
| demographics1_title1 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]]
| demographics1_info1 = 83.2%
| demographics1_title2 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]]
| demographics1_info2 =
| demographics1_title3 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]]
| demographics1_info3 =
| demographics1_title4 = [[White South African|White]]
| demographics1_info4 = 16.8%
| demographics1_title5 = Other
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| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" />
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| timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]]
| utc_offset1 = +2
| postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street)
| postal_code = 1609
| postal2_code_type = [[Post-office box|PO box]]
| postal2_code = 1645
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]]
}}
'''Modderfontein''' is a
==Flag==
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The flag of Modderfontein comprised the shield from the municipal arms being placed in the centre of a white field. The shield can be described as a white saltire on a blue background superimposed in the middle of which are crossed hammers in black. Above the crossed hammers is a protea in its natural colours of red and green while below is a schematic representation of water in blue and white.
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The water symbolises pure, clean spring water and alludes to the name given to the town.
==History==
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Carl Friedrich Wolff was born on Christmas Eve 1851 in [[Kempten im Allgäu|Kempten]], the capital of the [[Austro-Bavarian]] district of [[Allgäu]] in southern Germany. After school and an early training in the iron and steel industry, he moved to London and in 1873, embarked on a financial career.
In 1875, his company, Adolph Mosenthal & Co. transferred him to South Africa where he took command of the accounting division in the [[Port Elizabeth]] branch. In 1880 he was transferred to [[Bloemfontein]] where he married Maria Fichardt, granddaughter of Carl Wuras, a noted missionary.
In 1888, Wolff was transferred to [[Pretoria]] to establish a branch office. He became a leading figure among the German community and was elected as chairman of the local German Club. From Pretoria he moved to Johannesburg to open another branch office and became a founder member and the first chairman of the German Club in the city.
Because of his German origin, Carl Friedrich Wolff was a natural choice as a go-between for the Z.A.R. in their transactions with the Nobel Trust, who were building the dynamite factory. The Nobel company had established the Zuid-Afrikaansche Fabrieken voor Ontplofbare Stoffen and had appointed Wolff as local director in South Africa (although he apparently retained his connections with his English employers).
The Nobel Trust exercised complete financial control over the dynamite factory and Wolff's major role appears to have been as negotiator with the Z.A.R. government and local landowners. During the establishment of the dynamite factory and the delicate negotiations which evolved as a result of the private rail link from the factory to Zuurfontein, Wolff played a prominent part.
The exciting events taking place at this time can well be imagined. Gold fever had gripped the [[Witwatersrand]] and the dynamite factory was a vital industrial necessity. Land speculation was rife, community development was beginning to take shape and Carl Wolff, at the peak of his career, was right in the heart of the drama.
Establishing the rail link was of prime importance and successful negotiation with the owners of the farm Zuurfontein, the Buitendags, was crucial. The Buitendags' great complaint was that the existing railway line already divided their property and some 113 morgen on the east side of the farm was completely cut off from the main property. The new railroad to the dynamite factory would further divide their property and disrupt their farming operations.
== Modderfontein New City ==
{{Infobox Urban Development
| urban_development_name = Modderfontein New City
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| location = Modderfontein, [[City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality]]
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| status = Abandoned<ref name="Citz">{{cite web |url=https://citizen.co.za/news/opinion/opinion-columns/2096546/what-a-failed-futuristic-smart-city-in-modderfontein-tells-us-about-african-mega-cities/ | title=What a failed futuristic smart-city in Modderfontein tells us about African mega-cities | date=6 March 2019 }}</ref>
| groundbreaking =
| constructed = 2015<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.myproperty.co.za/news/9025/Construction-of-mega-city-will-start-next-year.aspx | title=Property News, Advice and Opinion South Africa | MyProperty|accessdate=6 August 2023 }}</ref>
| est_completion = 2030/35<ref name=zdsa>{{cite web | url=http://www.heartland.co.za/1_zendai_development_sa.php | website=Heartland.co.za|title=Heartland|accessdate=6 August 2023 }}</ref>
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| developer = Zendai Development South Africa
| owner = Shanghai Zendai Property Ltd.
| cost = US$6.4 Billion+ (R84 Billion) over a 15 year period
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| size = {{convert|1600|ha|sqft|abbr=on}}
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| website = [http://www.heartland.co.za www.heartland.co.za]
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'''Modderfontein New City''', or '''Modderfontein Mega City''', was a {{convert|1600|ha|m2|0|abbr=on|disp=flip}} project approved for construction in Modderfontein. The project was designed by the Shangai Zendai Group and was expected to cost $8 billion, roughly R84 billion at the time, however due to a disagreement between the developers and the [[City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality|City of Johannesburg]], the project was abandoned.<ref name="Citz" />
The land has since been sold to a developer who has begun construction of a much more scaled down project, in the form of a gated-community style housing development.<ref name=Citz/> This has led to the southern suburbs of Modderfontein ([[Greenstone Hill|Greenstone]], Thornhill, [[Lakeside, Johannesburg|Lakeside]], Westlake and Longmeadow) being very developed while the north is relatively untouched, including the Modderfontein Nature Reserve. The original town centre has been preserved.
==References==
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