The Battle of Elands River took place near the Elands River Poort mountain pass on 17 September 1901 during the Second Boer War. During the battle a Boer raiding force under Jan Smuts destroyed a British cavalry squadron led by Captain Sandeman, a cousin of Winston Churchill, on the Modderfontein farm.
Population: 3,000
Latitude: -26° 05' 20.72" S
Longitude: 28° 09' 55.22" E
Liliesleaf Farm in northern Johannesburg, South Africa, was the farm used secretly by African National Congress activists in the 1960s and was the location where many prominent African National Congress leaders were arrested, leading to the Rivonia …
Cahora-Bassa (previously spelled Cabora Bassa) is the name for an HVDC power transmission system between the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Generation Station at the Cahora Bassa Dam in Mozambique, and Johannesburg, South Africa.
The Johannesburg Zoo is an 55-hectare (140-acre) zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa. Established in 1904, it has traditionally been owned and operated by the City of Johannesburg.
This list of museums in South Africa is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific,…
The Marble Towers is a skyscraper in the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built in 1973 and is 32 storeys tall. The building has an eight-storey parking garage attached to it. It has the biggest electronic sign in the …
The IBM Building is a skyscraper in the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built in 1976 to a height of 91 metres.
Sunninghill is a commercial and residential suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region A. The N1 freeway, which at this area is eight lanes across, forms its southern boundary with access at Rivonia offramp. A new road, the K60, h…
The Rietvlei Nature Reserve is located in Pretoria and is about 3,800 hectares (38 km2) in size.
Lion Park is a 2 km² (500 acre) lion wildlife conservation enclosure in Gauteng province in South Africa.
Kensington is a hilly suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was established in 1897 by Max Langermann (after whom the thoroughfare Langermann Drive is named).
Johannesburg Stadium is a stadium, in the Doornfontein suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa.
Florida, Gauteng is a location in Gauteng province, South Africa. It is located about 10 miles west of Johannesburg. The area which is referred to as Florida was originally established as the farm Vogelstruisfontein. Vogelstruisfontein and the farms…
The Eastgate Shopping Centre is a shopping center based in Bedfordview, in the near of the Bedford Gardens in Gauteng province.
Auckland Park is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It lies on a gentle slope.
The Hector Pieterson Museum is a large museum located in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa, two blocks away from where Hector Pieterson was shot and killed. The museum is named in his honour.
Amakhosi Stadium is the planned future home venue of South African football (soccer) club Kaizer Chiefs.
Yeoville is a suburb of Johannesburg, in the province of Gauteng, South Africa.
Parkhurst is a small, but dense northern Johannesburg suburb, Gauteng Province, South Africa of about 2000 households and 4000 residents.