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name = Greater Johannesburg Name used in the default map caption; image = Greater Johannesburg OpenStreetMap small.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = -25.9 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = -26.4 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = 27.65 Longitude at left edge of map, in ...
Johannesburg also has one of several film schools in the country, one of which has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Student Film in 2006. [97] The South African School of Motion Picture and Live Performance, or AFDA for short, is situated in Auckland Park. Johannesburg also has three teacher-training colleges and a technical college.
Johannesburg grew rapidly and increased building developments led to many fire outbreaks and the Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company led by Barney Barnato donated stands to build the fire station. The Berea fire station in 1936 [2] The foundation stone was laid on 15 October 1910 by Mrs D.W.Sims, mayoress of Johannesburg. She was the ...
Following the 1993 "Local Government Transition Act", the Greater Johannesburg Negotiating Forum was created, and this forum in September 1994 reached an agreement which entailed regrouping the suburbs into new municipal structures, the metropolitan local councils (MLCs), and the overarching Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council, [5] also ...
Ferreirasdorp (or Ferreirastown) [2] is an inner-city suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.. First known as Ferreira's Camp (Afrikaans: Ferreiraskamp) and later Ferreira's Township, it is the oldest part of Johannesburg.
Jan Smuts Avenue is a major street in Johannesburg, South Africa.It begins in Randburg, and passes through important business areas like Rosebank.It passes the Johannesburg Zoo, Zoo Lake and Wits University before becoming Bertha Street, and the Nelson Mandela Bridge near the Johannesburg CBD.
Jeppestown, 1888. Jeppestown was established in or after 1886 by C.E.G. Julius Jeppe [], who formed the Ford and Jeppe Estate Company with his son, who was also called Julius Jeppe [], and L.P. Ford. [2] In 1893, the Masonic temple was completed. [3]
The fledgling town of Johannesburg was laid out on a triangular wedge of "uitvalgrond" (area excluded when the farms were surveyed) named Randjeslaagte, situated between the farms Doornfontein to the east, Braamfontein to the west and Turffontein to the south. [5] The property belonged to the government.