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The West Rand District Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa West Rand; Afrikaans: Wesrand-distriksmunisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase West Rand; Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa West Rand) [1] is one of the districts of the Gauteng province of South Africa, that covers the West Rand area, with the exception of Roodepoort.
West Rand District Municipality: DC48 Randfontein: 4,087 838,594 205.2 ... West Rand Krugersdorp: 1,342 383,864 286.0 Merafong City Local Municipality: GT484 West Rand
Medical Task Team Charlie deployed to Group 42 (based at Lenz; in support of the Greater Soweto and West Rand). Tactical Medical Support provided by deployment of Operational Emergency care Practitioners to Civil Emergency and Ambulance Services in the Greater Johannesburg area from 1995 to 1998.
Although the word county is not used in legislation, district municipalities are regularly referred to as such informally. [citation needed] District municipalities are seen as successors to former Regional Services Councils (RSC). [1] The Constitution, section 155.1.a, [2] defines "Category C" municipalities.
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.
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. This area became settled by Europeans after a gold-bearing reef discovered in 1886 and sparked the gold rush that gave rise to the establishment of ...
Westonaria Local Municipality was a local municipality in West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged with the Randfontein Local Municipality into the larger Rand West City Local Municipality.
Merafong City Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Merafong City; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Merafong City; Sotho: Masepala wa Merafong City; Afrikaans: Merafong City Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality in the West Rand District Municipality, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Its boundaries encloses some of the richest gold mines in the world.