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Ruimsig Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Roodepoort, South Africa.It is used mostly for football matches and was used as a training field for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup after being renovated in 2009 and brought up to FIFA standards.
Roodepoort (locally / ˈ r ʊər d ə p ʊər t / ROOR-də-poort) [2] is a city in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Formerly an independent municipality , Roodepoort became part of the Johannesburg municipality in the late 1990s, along with Randburg and Sandton .
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.
After 1999, much of the area became part of the newly formed West Rand District Municipality (excluding Roodepoort, which became part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality). [2] Despite being a separate municipal area, like the East Rand, the West Rand is included in the Witwatersrand urban area.
Firmiana [1] is a genus of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, from South, SE to temperate East Asia. [2] It was formerly placed in the now defunct family Sterculiaceae and may sometimes be called the "parasol tree".
Sterculia colorata, the scarlet sterculia (also known as bonfire tree, colored sterculia and Indian almond, in Assamese ওদাল (odal) and in Marathi known as "कौशी" [kaushi]), is a medium-sized tree with spreading branches.
Firmiana simplex – MHNT. Firmiana simplex, commonly known as the Chinese parasol tree, Chinese parasoltree, or wutong (Chinese: 梧桐; pinyin: wútóng), is an ornamental plant of tree size assigned to the family Malvaceae that was formerly in the family Sterculiaceae in the order Malvales, and is native to Asia.
The suburb was laid out in 1889 and then proclaimed the following year on 14 April 1890 and by 1904 became a suburb of Roodepoort. [2] It was either named after Florida, USA or the suburb's originator Hendrik van Hoven whose late niece was called Florrie.