Northcliff is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Johannesburg ( Pronounced /jō-hān'ĭs-bûrg'/ is the largest city in South Africa. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa It is a mostly upper-income residential area, located on Northcliff Ridge which overlooks the Central Business District on one side, and the northern suburbs on the other. Within a urban area there is a tendency for land uses to Aggregate. The Central Business District, commonly called Johannesburg CBD, is one of the main business centres of Johannesburg, South Africa. Here it borders next to Fairlands, Gauteng. Fairland is a residential suburb in Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa. It is located next to Northcliff, Johannesburg. Northcliff hill (also known as Aasvoëls Kop) is believed to have been inhabited by humans for over 250,000 years. Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus At 1807 metres, the ridge is one metre lower than Observatory Ridge, the highest point in Johannesburg. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Observatory Ridge is the highest point in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Ridge has three vegetation zones, and is inhabited by many different animals.

Cresta Shopping Centre, one of the largest malls in Johannesburg, is located on the border of Northcliff and Cresta. Cresta Shopping Centre is a Shopping centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. A shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings that contain Retail units with interconnecting Walkways enabling visitors

Marang House, a home for seriously ill children, is based in Northcliff. Marang House was founded by the late Dr Pieter Ernst in 1998 to provide medical care in a non-institutional environment to seriously ill South African children