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Jeppestown in 1888 Commissioner Street, circa. 1899 Johannesburg CBD in 2005. Johannesburg is a large city in Gauteng Province of South Africa.It was established as a small village controlled by a Health Committee in 1886 with the discovery of an outcrop of a gold reef on the farm Langlaagte.
The Ellis Park Stadium disaster was a crowd crush that occurred on 11 April 2001, claiming the lives of 43 people, surpassing the Oppenheimer Stadium disaster as one of the most severe sporting accidents in South African history. [1]
Centre for Policy Studies headquartered in Johannesburg. [27] [29] 1994 28 March: Shooting at Shell House. [30] City becomes seat of the new Gauteng province. South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance established. 1995 Gallagher Convention Centre opens. Centre for Development and Enterprise headquartered in Johannesburg ...
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.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - More than 70 people were killed overnight when fire raged through a five-storey Johannesburg apartment block that may have been rented out illegally, known as a "hijacked ...
A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown five-story building in Johannesburg that was occupied by homeless people and squatters, killing at least 73 people early Thursday, emergency services in ...
Ahmed Timol (3 November 1941 – 27 October 1971) was an anti-apartheid activist in the underground South African Communist Party.He died at the age of 29 from injuries sustained when he fell from the top floor of John Vorster Square police station in Johannesburg. [1]
The Mayibuye Uprising was a sequence of protests and demonstrations, led by the ANC, South African Indian Congress and the African People's Organisation that took place around No.2 Location Galeshewe, in Kimberley, on 7–8 November 1952. Sharpeville massacre: 1960-03-21 Sharpeville: 69 South African police shot down black protesters. 180 ...