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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.
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.
Azaadville was established as Township around 1965. The Apartheid laws forced the Indian community, who lived in Krugersdorp town and Krugersdorp west, to move out to this new Township intended for people of Indian heritage only. The community opposed this forced removal, but had little choice against the Town Council's plans.
Oatlands, Krugersdorp West, Burgershoop, Krugersdorp CBD, Wentworth Park, Factoria Krugersdorp Rustenburg Rd, Commissioner St, Coronation St, Main Reef Rd (R24), Barratt Rd
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.
Randfontein is a gold mining town in the West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa, 40 km (25 mi) west of Johannesburg.With the Witwatersrand gold rush in full swing, mining financier JB Robinson bought the farm Randfontein and, in 1889, floated the Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company.
The angst over pace of play in golf has been around for ages. One overlooked example is a memo from Joe Dey, the USGA executive director who in 1950 issued a notice to players when they registered ...
At an intersection at Cradlestone Mall in Krugersdorp, it meets the R28 that heads south-west to the town centre and the M47 Hendrik Potgieter Road that heads south-east to Roodepoort. The N14 turns north-east at this junction, becoming a dual carriageway freeway with 2 lanes in each direction, crossing the Crocodile River , passing through ...