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Orange Farm ("Farma") is a township located approximately 45 km (28 mi) from Johannesburg in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. It is the southernmost township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Its name, a misnomer given that oranges are grown in orchards instead of farms, has Dutch origins. It is one of the youngest ...
Development of agricultural output of South Africa in 2015 US$ since 1961 A windpump on a farm in South Africa.. Agriculture in South Africa contributes around 5% of formal employment, relatively low compared to other parts of Africa and the number is still decreasing, [1] as well as providing work for casual laborers and contributing around 2.6 percent of GDP for the nation. [2]
Farmall is a rural settlement in Gauteng, South Africa. It is located in Region A of the City of Johannesburg. Farmall is mainly an agricultural suburb of Randburg made up of small holdings. Farmall is also known as Chartwell West. [2]
Ermelo (/ ə m ə l oʊ /) is the educational, industrial and commercial town of the 7,750 km 2 Gert Sibande District Municipality in Mpumalanga province, Republic of South Africa. It is both a mixed agriculture and mining region.
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Greenside lies on land that once made up the Braamfontein Farm, one of many large farms that makes what is Johannesburg and its suburbs. [2] The farm land was bought in 1886 by Lourens Geldenhuys for its mining rights as it was hoped that the Confidence Reef would extend into his farm but it did not. [2] Land remained as a farm and by 1891 it ...
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.
Standerton is a large commercial and agricultural town lying on the banks of the Vaal River in Mpumalanga, South Africa, which specialises in cattle, dairy, maize and poultry farming. The town was established in 1876 and named after Boer leader Commandant A. H. Stander.