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Roodepoort is a town in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Formerly an independent municipality, Roodepoort became part of the Johannesburg municipality in the late 1990s, along with Randburg and Sandton. Johannesburg's most famous botanical garden, Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens (now renamed Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden ...
Johannesburg (/ dʒ oʊ ˈ h æ n ɪ s b ɜːr ɡ / joh-HAN-iss-burg, US also /-ˈ h ɑː n-/- HAHN-, Afrikaans: [jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ]; Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli [ɛˈɡɔːli]) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, and is classified as a megacity; it is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world.
This well-preserved locomotive was manufactured in 1879 by the firm Kitson & Co. of Leeds, England, and was brought to South Africa shortly afterwards for service in the Natal Government Railways. It is the oldest working steam locomotive in South Africa Type of site: Locomotive: 9/2/233/0017 Gladysvale, Uitkomst 499 JQ, Gauteng Current use ...
Hyde Park Corner is a shopping centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Hyde Park at the major intersection of Jan Smuts Avenue and William Nicol Drive. It was completed in November 1969 and built by Murray & Roberts Construction, now renamed Concor. It was one of the first fully enclosed decentralised shopping centres in South ...
Birkin Cars. Birkin Cars, Ltd. is a South African -based car manufacturer. The company's specialty and only currently-produced vehicle is the S3 Roadster, a kit-car copy of the Lotus Super 7. The founder and owner of the company is John Watson, a descendant of pioneering race car driver Tim Birkin . Birkin Cars was formed in 1982.
List of South African provinces by gross domestic product. This article lists the provinces of South Africa by their gross regional domestic product (GDP). South African provinces by GDP. Rank. Province. GDP (2022; billion ZAR) [1] GDP (2022; billion US$) [1] 1. Gauteng.
The suburbs of Johannesburg are officially [citation needed] demarcated areas within the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. As in other Commonwealth countries, the term suburb refers to a "neighbourhood", although in South Africa most (but not all) "suburbs" have legally recognised borders (see legal definition of ...
12.3%. Time zone. UTC+2 ( SAST) Postal code (street) 2193. PO box. 2034. Greenside, is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Greenside borders on the suburbs Emmarentia, Parkview, Parkhurst and Victory Park.