[2]: 158  The suburb was named after its real estate developer Robertson Fuller Bertrams.

Indian and coloured people were also relocated in order establish a white working class housing scheme.

Bertrams began to desegregate two decades before the 1991 repeal of apartheid's racial segregation policies.

[5] Bertrams is a clean and friendly neighbourhood, close to Ellis Park Stadium.

Bertrams borders central Johannesburg or "Town" but is suburban enough to maintain its calm and pleasant atmosphere while being close to it and easy to access.