It is named after
Jan van Riebeeck and was established as an upper-class suburb, void of mine shafts, for people working in Welkom or on the
Free State goldfields. The suburb is the largest in the city of Welkom and has a significant
white population.
Afrikaans is most spoken language in the suburb followed by
Sesotho and
English. The suburb is located few kilometres from the Central University of Technology in Welkom. ==References==