Cleveland is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is now a light industrial suburb. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Doornfontein. It was established in 1903 and was named after Cleveland, Ohio. The suburb was the location for storage of mining equipment by American firms.

In June 2026, twelve people died in a mass shooting in Jumpers, an informal village in Cleveland.

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