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The Johannesburg suburb of Claremont was laid out by H. de V. Steytler in 1896 as part of the 106-ha plot No. 211 of the 1,200-ha Waterval Estate.In 1906, the area was purchased by the African Land and Investment Company, and in 1944 it was annexed by the Johannesburg City Council.
Claremont was a constituency in the Cape Province of South Africa, which existed from 1933 to 1953 and again from 1981 to 1994. It covered parts of Cape Town’s southern suburbs, centred on its namesake suburb of Claremont. Throughout its existence it elected one member to the House of Assembly and one to the Cape Provincial Council.
M28 (Claremont) – M57 – M4 – M152 – M3 (Claremont) Claremont: Keurboom Rd, Camp Ground Rd, Protea Rd, Paradise Rd M34: East / West: M17 (Athlone) – M5 (interchange) – M28 (Rondebosch) Athlone, Rondebosch East, Rondebosch: Kromboom Rd M35: East / West: M17 (Lotus River) – M5 (Grassy Park) Lotus River, Grassy Park: 5th Ave M36 ...
In the late 1800s Claremont urbanised and became a municipality. In 1882, a village management board was formed, and in 1886 it was replaced by the Municipality of Claremont, which managed neighbouring Newlands too. The privately owned Claremont Hall was taken over as a town hall. The first telephone system was installed in the early 1880s.
Fairmount is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a small suburb tucked between Glenhazel and Sydenham . It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality .
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The Johannesburg Central Business District, commonly called Johannesburg CBD, is one of the main business centres of Johannesburg, South Africa.It is the densest collection of skyscrapers in Africa, however, due to white flight and urban blight, many of the buildings are unoccupied as tenants have left for more secure locations in the Northern Suburbs, in particular Sandton and Rosebank.
The FBI has warned lawmakers in classified briefings that the Chinese Communist Party is crafting fake stories to portray them in a negative light because of their support for Taiwan.