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Krugersdorp (Afrikaans for Kruger's Town) is a mining city in the West Rand, Gauteng Province, South Africa founded in 1887 [2] by Marthinus Pretorius and Abner Cohen. [3] Following the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand , a need arose for a major town in the west of the reef.
Pages in category "People from Krugersdorp" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. John Berks; C.
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A map of Gauteng, showing the West Rand District Municipality. The West Rand [1] is the urban western part of the Witwatersrand that is functionally merged with the Johannesburg conurbation.
The Paardekraal Monument is situated in Krugersdorp, South Africa.The monument commemorates the original site of vow made by Transvaal Boers on 13 December 1880, prior to the armed rebellion known as First Boer War, when they vowed to regain their independence from the British Empire.
F.J. Potgieter, portrait from A.E., Onze Krijgs-officieren, Pretoria 1904. Commander Sarel Francois Alberts (1872 - 1954). Frederik Jacobus Potgieter (Haartebeesfontein, Rustenburg, South African Republic, 22 April 1858 – Krugersdorp, West Rand, Gauteng, 7 June 1924) was a Boer commander in the Second Boer War (1899 – 1902).
Munsieville is a township situated in the Krugersdorp area in Gauteng Province, South Africa. It grew out of the informal settlements inhabited by mine laborers on the outskirts of the original mining town of Krugersdorp. The township was established by ordinance 58 of 1903 of the Krugersdorp municipality and called "the native location".