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
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