Krugersdorp
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Krugersdorp is a mining city in the West Rand, Gauteng Province, South Africa founded in 1887 by Marthinus Pretorius and Abner Cohen. Following the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand, a need arose
Featherbrooke estate in Krugersdorp
Town Hall in Krugersdorp
A view from Coronation Park overlooking the old town with the West Rand Consolidated Mines dump on the horizon
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Krugersdorp
…Krugersdorp (Afrikaans for 'Kruger's Town') is a mining city in the West Rand, Gauteng Province, South Africa founded in 1887 by Marthinus Pretorius and Abner Cohen. Following the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand, a need arose for a major town in the west of the reef. The government bought part of the Paardekraal…
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