North Riding is a suburb of Randburg, in Region C - formerly Johannesburg Region 5, South Africa.The suburb was named after one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire. 'North' was favoured at the time due to North Riding's location north of the CBD of Johannesburg.The Suburb formerly fell under the jurisdiction of the Randburg Town Council before it was incorporated into the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan area.Of the original 3 farms that were joined to form Randburg, North riding was located on the Olievenhout farm. Miriam Makeba lived in the suburb at the time of her death.