The East Rand Peoples Party and Daveyton Students Congress were affiliates of the United Democratic Front.

The University of South Africa operates a regional campus in Daveyton offering all courses within all Unisa departments .

Including the likes of Lerato "Lira" Molapo, Lebo Mathosa, Victor Ndlazilwane (Jazz Ministers),Rhoo Hlatshwayo, Percy Mtwa, Jst Sako, Music producer and artist Thembinkosi "Kyllex" Faku, Young Stunna and Gauteng Music Academy.

With the approval of the Provincial Government in the 1970s, Daveyton began using vintage Chevrolet Kommando and Constantia vehicles as modes of public transportation.

It is also recognized as the home of KOTA, South Africa’s distinctive genre of street sandwiches in which a hollowed-out loaf serves as a portable, edible container for everything and anything polony, slaptjips, Russian sausages, archaar and fried eggs .