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Krugersdorp (Afrikaans for Kruger's Town) is a mining city in the West Rand, Gauteng Province, South Africa founded in 1887 [2] by Marthinus Pretorius and Abner Cohen. [3] Following the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand , a need arose for a major town in the west of the reef.
West Rand District Municipality: Khutsong: Merafong City Local Municipality: West Rand District Municipality: Kagiso: Mogale City Local Municipality: West Rand District Municipality: Kromdraai: Mogale City Local Municipality: West Rand District Municipality: Krugersdorp: Mogale City Local Municipality: West Rand District Municipality: Magaliesburg
The West Rand District Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa West Rand; Afrikaans: Wesrand-distriksmunisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase West Rand; Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa West Rand) [1] is one of the districts of the Gauteng province of South Africa, that covers the West Rand area, with the exception of Roodepoort.
The West Rand [1] is the urban western part of the Witwatersrand that is functionally merged with the Johannesburg conurbation. This area became settled by Europeans after a gold-bearing reef discovered in 1886 and sparked the gold rush that gave rise to the establishment of Johannesburg. The West Rand extends from Randfontein in the west to ...
Kagiso was established in 1920 by ex-miners and squatters from nearby Luipaardsvlei. [4] By 1950, there were about 3 436 people in the Luipaardsvlei Township, an area of only 47 morgen, until another new township - Lewisham - was laid out to the south-east of Krugersdorp.
Metropolitan Routes in Johannesburg, also called Metro Roads or Metro Routes are designated with the letter M, and are usually major routes around Johannesburg and some areas declared part of Greater Johannesburg (including the town of Krugersdorp and the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality).
West Rand Krugersdorp: 1,342 383,864 286.0 Merafong City Local Municipality: GT484 West Rand Carletonville: 1,631 188,843 115.8 Rand West City Local Municipality: GT485
The R24 begins at Johannesburg International Airport (OR Tambo International Airport) in the East Rand (), Gauteng.It heads west as a freeway, beginning with an interchange with the R21 (Pretoria-Boksburg highway), then heads west-south-west through the southern edge of Kempton Park (where it has a junction at Lazarus Mawela Road, formerly Barbara Road – M59) and Edenvale (where it has a ...