(Central East) CW (Central West) SE (South East) SW (South West) Vanderbijlpark CBD on Wikimapia The different suburbs are then named as follows: CE1 CE2 CE3 CE4 CW1 CW2 CW3 CW4 CW5 CW6 SE1 SE2 SE3 SE4 SE6 SE7 SE8 SW1 SW2 SW5 The other suburbs of Vanderbijlpark are: Boipatong Bophelong Bonnane Flora Gardens There are also a number of small holdings in Vanderbijlpark: Theoville Lamont Park Economy About 60% of the town's workforce are employed in factories. The rest work for the Government, private businesses, shops or in the service sector. Rossini Boulevard used to be a residential area, but in recent years most of the homes have been turned into informal businesses. Since 2015 the town has had a gradual negative economic growth, to such a degree that the local council was declared bankrupt in November 2019. This happened when billions of property tax proceeds to the municipality were stolen by local government officials. The 2019 bankruptcy of the local government was due to billions of unpaid accounts to Rand Water and Eskom. Investigations of late 2019 led to findings that R800 million was stolen by the mayor of the town within a short period of 8 months. This has caused a significant collapse in industries and in turn; building development in the town. Post-2020 pandemic Vanderbijlpark has proven to serve as a slow but optimistic "reset button" on the Vaal's local economy. The post-2015 buyers market was capitalized on by many wealthy developers and local businesses that remain patriotic Vaaltonians, and still, continue to fight for the restoration of the town's former glory. Challenges for investors buying up commercial properties still remain as they are faced with some of the highest land taxes in the country, yet with the lowest value for the expense to local government. Making Vanderbijlpark investments a bit of a rich man's game, considering how much these property owners also spend on initiatives to take maintenance of infrastructure into their own hands. Architecture Most of the town's houses were built by ISCOR during the 1947–1964 period, and these homes are all built in exactly the same format. About 60% of the town's population lives in these homes. Some modern suburbs were established by the wealthy on the banks of the Vaal River. Large, modern buildings and apartment blocks were erected in open areas around the CBD. The suburb called SW5 houses some of