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On 1 March 1922, the University College, Johannesburg, was finally granted full university status after being incorporated as the University of the Witwatersrand. The Johannesburg municipality donated a site in Milner Park, north-west of Braamfontein, to the new institution as its campus and construction began the same year, on 4 October.
History of Johannesburg; Timeline of Johannesburg; 0–9. 1946 African Mine Workers' Union strike; 1956 Treason Trial; 2016 Johannesburg flood; A. Hendrik Alberts;
Johannesburg Statistics begins publication. [4] Alexandra developed near Johannesburg. [9] 1906 Electric trams begin operating. [4] Sunday Times newspaper begins publication. Meeting of the Municipal Associations of South Africa held in Johannesburg. 1907 – Redhill School was founded. 1908 – Population: 180,687. [4]
In 2015, the City of Johannesburg budgeted R1,000,000 to restore the memorial which included cleaning the sculpture and adding a protective coating. [10] Other work carried out to restore the memorial was the introduction of storm drainage, as the stone blocks had moved out of alignment due to years of excessive moisture in the ground. [11]: 66
At least 74 people have been killed and dozens more injured after a fire ripped through a building in Johannesburg – one of the deadliest blazes in South Africa’s history.
The death toll from Thursday's predawn blaze rose to 76 after two people died in a hospital overnight, Health Minister Joe Phaahla told reporters. At least 12 of the victims were children ...
Argus monopolized the black press through its 10 weekly papers. [4] The World merged with Ilanga lase Natal (Natal Sun) in 1935, under Selope-Thema's editorship. Ilanga lase Natal was a Zulu-language newspaper founded in 1903 by John Langalibalele Dube in Durban. The staff of the combined newspaper included Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo (1903 ...
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