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Roodepoort, meaning “red valley” in Afrikaans, is a sprawling residential area, in parts dominated by light industry and small businesses. ... It dates back to 1884, when Fred Struben discovered the first payable gold in the area at what he called the Confidence Reef, a large rocky outcrop in the centre of Roodepoort.
The first recorded discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand was made by Jan Gerrit Bantjes in June 1884, on the farm Vogelstruisfontein, and was followed soon thereafter, in September, by the Struben brothers who uncovered the Confidence Reef on the farm Wilgespruit, near present-day Roodepoort.Apr 28, 2016
LOCATION: Ruimsig informal settlement is located on the West Rand and is part of the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan area. The settlement is located on the judicial boundaries of City of Joburg and Mogale City, a smaller local government.Jul 18, 2013
DescriptionJohannesburg, South Africa's biggest city and capital of Gauteng province, began as a 19th-century gold-mining settlement. Its sprawling Soweto township was once home to Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. Mandela’s former residence is now the Mandela House museum. Other Soweto museums that recount the struggle to end segregation include the somber Apartheid Museum and Constitution Hill, a former prison complex.
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