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The building, 80 Albert Street, was built in 1954 as the head office of Johannesburg's Non-European Affairs Department, serving as a Pass Office for enforcing pass laws controlling the movement of black people into Johannesburg under the apartheid system. [5] From 1994, the building housed a women's shelter later called the Usindiso Women's ...
The Consolidated Building, or ‘Johnnies’ as it became affectionately known, is an office building situated in the Marshalltown district of Johannesburg, on stands 149, 150 and 152 at 84/86 Fox Street and 29/31 Harrison Street. In 1895, before the Consolidated Building was built, these stands were home to the Jewish Social Club and in 1897 ...
The Rand Club is a private members' club in Johannesburg, South Africa, founded in October 1887.The current (third) clubhouse was designed by architects Leck & Emley in 1902 and its construction completed in 1904.
The Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment (GDARDE) is a department of the Gauteng provincial government in South Africa. It is responsible for agricultural affairs, environmental protection and nature conservation within Gauteng.
The city grew around the mining camp in the Ferreirasdorp area, [6] and Johannesburg’s Main Street developed from a rough track where the present Albert Street led off towards Ferreira’s Camp. [7] The area, together with Marshalltown was previously home to a large concentration of Eastern European Jewish immigrants.
The suburbs of Johannesburg are officially [citation needed] demarcated areas within the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. As in other Commonwealth countries, the term suburb refers to a "neighbourhood", although in South Africa most (but not all) "suburbs" have legally recognised borders (see legal definition of ...
The M9 is a major metropolitan route in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa.Passing through the heart of the Witwatersrand, it connects the southern suburbs of Johannesburg via the centre of Johannesburg, with the northern suburbs and business centres of Rosebank and Sandton before ending in the outer northern suburbs.
M11 is a major metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa.Historically it was part of the main road between Johannesburg and Pretoria; it now runs through the central and north-eastern parts of the city from Bassonia, passing through Rosettenville, Johannesburg CBD and Hillbrow, passing through numerous older suburbs (including Houghton, Orange Grove and the Alexandra Township ...