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Johannesburg was established in 1886, [18] following the discovery of gold, on what had been a farm. Due to the extremely large gold deposits found along the Witwatersrand, [19] within ten years, the population had grown to over 100,000 inhabitants.
History of Johannesburg. Johannesburg is a large city in Gauteng Province of South Africa. It was established as a small village controlled by a Health Committee in 1886 with the discovery of an outcrop of a gold reef on the farm Langlaagte. The population of the city grew rapidly, becoming a municipality in 1898.
The name Gauteng is derived from Sotho-Tswana gauta, meaning 'gold'. [10] There was a thriving gold industry in the province following the 1886 discovery of gold in Johannesburg. [11] In Sesotho, Setswana and Sepedi the name Gauteng was used for Johannesburg and surrounding areas long before it was adopted in 1994 as the official name of the ...
1920 – Parktown Boys' High School was founded. 1921 – Helpmekaar Kollege was founded. 1922. University of the Witwatersrand incorporated. January–March: Miner's strike. [10] 1923 – Parktown High School for Girls was founded. 1925 – Technikon Witwatersrand established. 1927 – Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra founded.
Easiest route. From Gauteng or Pretoria. The Witwatersrand ( UK: / wɪtˈwɔːtərzrænd, - rɑːnd /, US also / ˈwɪtwɔːtərz -/; [ 1] Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˌvətˌvɑːtəɾsˈɾant]; locally the Rand or, less commonly, the Reef) is a 56-kilometre-long (35 mi), north-facing scarp in South Africa. It consists of a hard, erosion ...
2090. PO box. 2014. Alexandra, informally abbreviated to Alex, [2] is a township in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It forms part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and is located next to the wealthy suburb of Sandton. Alexandra is bounded by Wynberg on the west, Marlboro and Kelvin on the north, Kew, Lombardy West and ...
Nigel, Gauteng. / 26.42028°S 28.46833°E / -26.42028; 28.46833. Nigel is a small gold mining town in Gauteng Province, South Africa, south-east of Johannesburg. The town is at the south-eastern edge of the area known as the East Rand .
Meadowlands. / 26.22083°S 27.89944°E / -26.22083; 27.89944. Meadowlands is a suburb of Soweto, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It was founded in the early 1950s during the apartheid era for black residents from Sophiatown .