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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 ...
A part of the Gauteng Provincial Government's Blue IQ Project, Gautrain has made provision for a rapid rail link, running north to south, between Johannesburg and Pretoria, and west to east between Sandton and the OR Tambo International Airport. Construction of the Gautrain Rapid Rail started in October 2006 and was completed in June 2012.
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.
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.
MTN Group Limited (formerly M-Cell) [ 2] is a South African multinational corporation and mobile telecommunications provider. Its head office is in Johannesburg. [ 3][ 4] As of December 2022 MTN recorded 289.1 million subscribers. [ 5] MTN is among the largest mobile network operators in the world, and the largest in Africa.
African Congress for Transformation. African Content Movement (ACM) African Covenant (ACO) African Mantungwa Community (AC) African Renaissance Unity (ARU) African Security Congress (ASC) Afrikaner Volksparty [ 4] Agang South Africa. All Things Are Possible.
Sharpeville (also spelled Sharpville) is a township situated between two large industrial cities, Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging, in southern Gauteng, South Africa. Sharpeville is one of the oldest of six townships in the Vaal Triangle. It was named after John Lillie Sharpe who came to South Africa from Glasgow, Scotland, as secretary of ...
Ga-Rankuwa. / 25.62000°S 27.98000°E / -25.62000; 27.98000. Ga-Rankuwa is a large settlement located about 37 km north-west of Pretoria. Provincially it is in Gauteng province, but it used to fall in Bophuthatswana during the apartheid years, and under the North West province until the early 2000s.