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  2. History of Johannesburg - Wikipedia

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    On 1 March 1922, the University College, Johannesburg, was finally granted full university status after being incorporated as the University of the Witwatersrand. The Johannesburg municipality donated a site in Milner Park, north-west of Braamfontein, to the new institution as its campus and construction began the same year, on 4 October.

  3. Reconstruction and Development Programme - Wikipedia

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    Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) was a South African socio-economic policy framework implemented by the African National Congress (ANC) government of Nelson Mandela in 1994 after months of discussions, consultations and negotiations between the ANC, its Alliance partners the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party, and "mass organisations in ...

  4. Johannesburg - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. Largest city in South Africa This article is about the city in South Africa. For other uses, see Johannesburg (disambiguation). "eGoli" redirects here. For other uses, see Goli (disambiguation) and Egoli (disambiguation). City in Gauteng, South Africa Johannesburg Zulu: eGoli Khoekhoe ...

  5. Johannesburg Declaration - Wikipedia

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    The Johannesburg Declaration builds on earlier declarations made at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment [3] at Stockholm in 1972, and the Earth Summit [4] in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. While committing the nations of the world to sustainable development, it also includes substantial mention of multilateralism as the path forward.

  6. Mazibuko v City of Johannesburg - Wikipedia

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    The applicants were five indigent residents of the township of Phiri in Soweto, which is governed by the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.Until 2004, households in Soweto had access to an unlimited supply of water, for which they were charged at a flat rate on the basis of a deemed consumption of 20 kilolitres of water per household per month.

  7. City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality - Wikipedia

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    The present day City of Johannesburg was created from eleven existing local authorities, seven of which were white and four black or coloured. The white authorities were 90% self-sufficient from property tax and other local taxes, and produced and spent R 600 (US$93) per person in municipal services, while the black authorities were only 10% ...

  8. Gangs in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Many South African gangs began, and still exist, in urban areas. This includes cities like Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg. Cape Town has between 90 and 130 gangs [1] with the South African Police Service stating a total estimated membership of 100,000. [2]

  9. Economy of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    At any poverty line, blacks are very much poorer than coloureds, who are very much poorer than Indians, who are poorer than whites. [160] [162] In 2002, according to one estimate, 62% of Black Africans, 29% of Coloureds, 11% of Asians, and 4% of Whites lived in poverty. [163] [164]