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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 ...
History of Johannesburg. ... Jeppestown in 1888 Commissioner Street, circa. 1899 Johannesburg CBD in 2005. Johannesburg is a large city in Gauteng Province of South ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Johannesburg, in the Gauteng province in South Africa This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. [17] Many major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg. The city is located within the mineral-rich Witwatersrand hills, the epicentre of the international-scale mineral and gold trade.
The St Andrew's Presbyterian Congregation was established in 1890 and its early history is closely interwoven with that of Germiston itself. The corner-stone of the present well preserved church building, which was designed in the neo-Gothic style, was la Type of site: Church Germiston: Germiston Provincial Heritage Site
Soweto (/ s ə ˈ w ɛ t oʊ,-ˈ w eɪ t-,-ˈ w iː t-/) [3] [4] is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south.
The town of Springs, east of Johannesburg, is on the East Rand, or what is now known as the Metropolitan area of Ekurhuleni, in the Gauteng Province. It was founded as a coal and gold mining town in 1904, but its history can be traced back to the second half of the 19th century.
The following is a timeline of the history of Pretoria, in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng province, South Africa This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.