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 population of the city grew rapidly, becoming a municipality in 1898. In 1928 it became a city making Johannesburg the largest city in South Africa. In 2002 it joined ten other municipalities to form the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Today, it is a centre for learning and entertainment for all of South Africa. It is also the capital city of Gauteng.
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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...
Johannesburg (/dʒoʊˈhænɪsbɜːrɡ/ joh-HAN-iss-burg, US also /-ˈhɑːn-/ -HAHN-, Afrikaans: [jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ]; Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli [ɛˈɡɔːli]) (colloquially...
The City ofJohannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseGoli) is a metropolitan municipality that manages the local governance...
following is a timeline of the historyof the city ofJohannesburg, in the Gauteng province in South Africa. 1886 – Johannesburg township established by...
Johannesburg Park Station is the central railway station in the city ofJohannesburg, South Africa, and the largest railway station in Africa. It is located...
2016 Johannesburg flood was a natural disaster in South Africa that took place on 9 November 2016. The flooding, which occurred in the area east of Johannesburg...
The University ofJohannesburg (UJ) is a public university located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The University ofJohannesburg came into existence on...
The suburbs ofJohannesburg are officially[citation needed] demarcated areas within the City ofJohannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. As...
The Johannesburg Zoo or Joburg Zoo is a 55-hectare (140-acre) zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa. The zoo is dedicated to the accommodation, enrichment...
Lucille (12 June 2006). "The homecoming that wasn't". City ofJohannesburg. Johannesburg News Agency. Archived from the original on 14 June 2006. Retrieved...
Retrieved 30 September 2019. Mungwani, Uwive (13 September 2018). "A HISTORYOFJOHANNESBURG IN 10 DISHES". Roads & Kingdoms. Retrieved 30 September 2019. Mosia...
Soweto (/səˈwɛtoʊ, -ˈweɪt-, -ˈwiːt-/) is a township of the City ofJohannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's...
Mayor ofJohannesburg is the highest elected position in the city ofJohannesburg, South Africa. Since 2000, they are the chief executive of the City of Johannesburg...
Johannesburg Stadium is a stadium, in the Doornfontein suburb ofJohannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. The stadium has a sweeping roof and can...
The Johannesburg Central Business District, commonly called Johannesburg CBD, is one of the main business centres ofJohannesburg, South Africa. It is...
led to the establishment ofJohannesburg, South Africa. It was a part of the Mineral Revolution. In the modern-day province of Mpumalanga, gold miners...
vehicle and fired multiple shots after she had parked in front of her house in Johannesburg South, Gauteng Province, South Africa resulting in her death...
The Johannesburg trolleybus system was part of the public transport network in Johannesburg, South Africa, for nearly 50 years in the mid-twentieth century...
The Reform Committee was an organisation of prominent Johannesburg citizens that existed late 1895 and early 1896. The Transvaal gold rush had brought...
counter accusation that it was ANC governance in Johannesburg two years before was the root cause of poor service delivery in Alexandra. The protests...
it moved from downtown Johannesburg in 2000. In 2003 the JSE had an estimated 473 listed companies and a market capitalisation of US$182.6 billion (€158...
The Johannesburg tramway network formed part of the public transport system in Johannesburg, South Africa, for just over 70 years until the start of the...
Place Vereeniging". Census 2011. Leyds, Gerald Anton (1964). A HistoryofJohannesburg: The Early Years. Nasional Boekhandel. p. 318. Ndaba, Baldwin (16...