Danville is a predominantly White suburb, to the west of central Pretoria, in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. After the suburb's first name of Westlands was rejected, a naming competition was held. The suburb was named Danville after the WW2 commander of the Voortrekkerhoogte base, General Daniël Hermanus Pienaar, with th…Danville is a predominantly White suburb, to the west of central Pretoria, in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. After the suburb's first name of Westlands was rejected, a naming competition was held. The suburb was named Danville after the WW2 commander of the Voortrekkerhoogte base, General Daniël Hermanus Pienaar, with the suburb proclaimed in February 1951.