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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.
The church was inaugurated in 1890. At a meeting held in the basement hall on 24 July 1903, it was decided to establish a "Volkskool". As a result of this, the present "Hoër Volkskool" and the Heidelberg Training College came into being. 9/2/226/0005 Boer Houses and Farmyard, Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, Diepkloof, Heidelberg District
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.
A map of Gauteng, showing the West Rand District Municipality. 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 ...
Gauteng province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, ... Krugersdorp: 1,342 383,864 286.0 Merafong City Local Municipality: GT484 West Rand
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 ...
The R28 is a provincial route in Gauteng, South Africa that connects Krugersdorp with Vereeniging via Randfontein. [1] The R28 used to connect with Pretoria , but that section of the road is now part of the N14 .
Muldersdrift, in the Gauteng Province of South Africa, is a picturesque rural area situated 27 km north-west of Johannesburg, between Johannesburg and the Magaliesberg mountain range. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The area falls under the West Rand District Municipality , and is part of the Mogale City Local Municipality .