| Vorna Valley | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -25.9983°N 28.1072°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gauteng |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | City of Johannesburg |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Subdivision Name4: | Midrand |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Leader Name: | Annette Deppe |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.44 |
| Population Total: | 12446 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 53.4% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 4.2% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 25.0% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 16.3% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 1.1% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | English |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 54.8% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 9.3% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 5.4% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Tswana |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 5.0% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 25.5% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 1686 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 1686 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Vorna Valley is a suburb of Midrand, South Africa. It is located in Region A of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Vorna Valley derives its name from the Galaun family's home village of Varniai (Vornia), Lithuania. Jacob and Michle, father and mother of brothers Joseph, Israel, Louis, Harry, Abe, and sisters Leah, Malka and Tzira, lived in Lithuania. Jacob owned a butchery and leased a piece of land on which they kept cattle. Michle came from a cheese-making family. The Galaun family sold cheese as well as milk to supplement their income from their butchery.
Many Jewish youths from Lithuania emigrated due to the military conscription, poverty and anti-semitism. Harry Galaun moved to South Africa where he established himself as an established property developer and owned a bottle store and land known as Halfway House. Harry eventually established the township of Vorna Valley in the 1970s.
The main arterial road was named after Harry Galaun while other streets in the suburb were named after mainly South African artists, poets, writers, performers and influential people in the world of arts at that time.[2]