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The old Government Building at Boksburg is situated in Church Street near the station and the well-known Boksburg Lake The building was designed in 1889, two years after the establishment of the town of Boksburg by Sytze Wierda, the "Gouvernements Ingenieur en Architect" of the South African Republic, to accommodate the mining commissioner, the ...
Swartkrans or Swartkranz is a fossil-bearing cave designated as a South African National Heritage Site, located about 32 km (20 mi) from Johannesburg. [1] It is located in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site and is notable for being extremely rich in archaeological material, particularly hominin remains. [2]
Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Johannesburg" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Johannesburg is the economic and financial hub of South Africa, producing 16% of South Africa's gross domestic product, and accounts for 40% of Gauteng's economic activity. [ citation needed ] In a 2008 survey conducted by Mastercard , Johannesburg ranked 47 out of 50 top cities in the world as a worldwide centre of commerce (the only city in ...
PWV - Collective term for the three conurbations of Gauteng Province, i.e. Pretoria, Witwatersrand and Vereeniging. Also the original name of Gauteng Province. The Rand - Witwatersrand, [1]: 381 referring to Johannesburg and all its contiguous towns on the Witwatersrand, located along a linear distance of approximately 80 km in central Gauteng.
Melville is a bohemian suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It is the location of many restaurants and taverns, which are mostly frequented by students from the nearby University of Johannesburg, located in Auckland Park, and the University of the Witwatersrand, located in Braamfontein. It is one of the city's most popular tourist ...
Benoni is a town on the East Rand, Gauteng, South Africa, some 26 kilometres (16 mi) east of Johannesburg, within the City of Ekurhuleni municipality. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Benoni was also the setting for the MTV -inspired movie Crazy Monkey: Straight Outta Benoni , released internationally in 2005.
Springs is a former independent city that is now part of the City of Ekurhuleni, based in the east of Johannesburg (), in Gauteng Province, South Africa. It lies 50 km (31 mi) east of Johannesburg and 72 km (45 mi) southeast from Pretoria.