Johannesburg
Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa. It is the capital of the Gauteng Province. It was founded on October 4, 1886 and has the JSE Securities Exchange, which is the largest stock exchange in Africa.
Johannesburg houses the tallest office block in Africa, the Carlton Centre (50 stories) and the tallest tower, the Hillbrow Tower (270 metres, or 90 stories). The city is nicknamed Egoli or Jozi, which means "place of gold", for the large gold deposit at Witwatersrand.
The Johannesburg Zoo was established in 1904, and historically, it has been owned and run by the city of Johannesburg. It houses the only two polar bears in Africa. Johannesburg is not seen as a tourist centre in South Africa, but rather as a commercial centre.
Johannesburg has a subtropical highland climate (Cwb in the Köppen climate classification). Snow is a very rare event. It only snows in Johannesburg once or twice in a century.
Nelson Mandela died there on 5 December 2013, aged 95. He was also given the "Freedom of the City" award. [1] In 2023, a fire started in the town.[2] The fire killed more than 70 people and became one of the deadliest fires in the history of South Africa.[3]
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The Langlaagte farm near Paarlshoop, on the Witwatersrand – site of the first discovery of gold in 1886.
Ferreirasdorp gold mine in 1886, the oldest part of Johannesburg and where the first gold diggers initially settled.
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Commissioner Street in 1895
Pritchard St, Johannesburg, South Africa, c1910. Photograph of original real photo bw postcard c1910.
Stuttafords department stores in Johannesburg in 1957
Street scene in Johannesburg in 1970
Fans of South Africa national soccer team watching the 2010 FIFA World Cup with vuvuzelas in the township of Soweto, a suburb of Johannesburg.
Satellite image of Johannesburg
January 2008 Johannesburg aerial view looking towards the south-east
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References
- ↑ "Nelson Mandela receives Freedom of the City of Tshwane – Nelson Mandela Foundation". www.nelsonmandela.org. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ↑ Cocks, Tim; Plessis, Carien du (2023-09-01). "Sniffer dogs search for clues in ashes of deadly South African fire" (in en). Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sniffer-dogs-search-clues-ashes-deadly-south-african-fire-2023-09-01/. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
- ↑ Imray, Gerald; Magome, Mogomotsi (31 August 2023) (in en). At least 74 are dead, many of them homeless, as fire rips through a rundown building in South Africa. Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/fire-johannesburg-south-africa-dead-a365fc66541584e61ec5cd3e7b375e67. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
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