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M35 (Johannesburg)
The M35 is a short metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. The entire route is in the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. Route The M35 begins at a junction with the R103 east of Vosloorus in the far southern part of Boksburg. It begins by going north-east as Heidelberg Road and turns north to fly over the M43 road (Barry Marais Road). It bypasses the suburbs of Dawn Park and Rondebult and reaches a junction with the R554 road (Van Dyk Road; North Boundary Road). It continues northwards, separating the eastern suburbs of Germiston from the western suburbs of Boksburg. From the R554 junction, the M35 goes northwards as Heidelberg Road, passing through the Elspark suburb, to fly over the N17 highway and reach a T-junction with Brug Street just east of the Elsburg suburb of Germiston. Via a right turn, the M35 continues northwards, separating the Reiger Park suburb of Boksburg Boksburg is a city on the East Rand of Gauteng province o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauteng Department Of Roads And Transport
The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport is a government department, department of the Government of Gauteng. It is responsible for the development of the transport system in the Gauteng province of South Africa, and for constructing and maintaining buildings and other Nonbuilding structure, structures for the other departments of the provincial government. One of their key functions is to develop and maintain all Regional routes (South Africa), Regional routes and Provincial routes (South Africa), Provincial routes (& some National routes (South Africa), National routes) within the Gauteng province as well as most Metropolitan Routes in Johannesburg, metropolitan routes in Johannesburg and Metropolitan Routes in Pretoria, metropolitan routes in Pretoria. They are also responsible for passing any transport authority bill or road traffic amendment bill in the province. The Department's strategic goals are a to maintain an integrated public transport system that provides custo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Park
Dawn Park is a suburb of Boksburg close to Vosloorus Vosloorus is a large Township (South Africa), township situated south of Boksburg and just east of Katlehong in City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Ekurhuleni, just 30 kilometres south-east of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It was .... References Populated places in Ekurhuleni {{Gauteng-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M46 (Johannesburg)
The M46 is a short metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. It connects Tulisa Park in Johannesburg South with Springs via Germiston, Boksburg and Brakpan. Route The M46 begins at a junction with the M31 road (Heidelberg Road) in the suburb of Tulisa Park in Johannesburg South. West of this junction, it is the M38 road. The M46 begins by going eastwards as Rand Airport Road, flying over the N17 highway and meeting the N3/ N12 highway ( Johannesburg Eastern Bypass) (northbound only), to enter the city of Germiston and meet the M48 road in the suburb of Gosforth Park. The M48 joins the M46 and they are one road eastwards before the M48 becomes its own road eastwards just north of Rand Airport. The M46 continues east-north-east into the southern part of the Germiston City Centre as Power Street, meeting the M93 road (Refinery Road), the M37 road (Joubert Street), the M49 road (Webber Road) and the M53 road (Meyer Street; Victoria Street). The M46 beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiger Park
Reiger Park is a township situated in Boksburg in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established as Stirtonville after the Second World War when people influxed from rural areas seeking work on the gold mines. In 1963, due to the apartheid government's policy of separate development, the Black people were moved to Vosloorus, the Indians to Actonville and the coloured people were left to stay in Stirtonville, then renamed Reiger Park. The locals have given their own unofficial names to the different areas of Reiger Park, such as Jerusalem (due to the many churches in that area), Excuse Me (due to the houses being close together that neighbors say "bless you" when one sneezes), and Popcorn Valley (a new area developed in the 1990s with homes popping up so fast that they were likened to popcorn). In 1997, the ''Popcorn Valley'' area experienced violent rent boycotts. In 2008, it was one of the sites of violence during the anti-immigrant riots, be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsburg
Elsburg is a town in Ekurhuleni in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is a town some 6 km south-east of Germiston. History Laid out on the farm Klippoortjie in 1887 and proclaimed a town in 1908. It was named after the owner, Commandant Johannes Marthinus Els. Els returned from the Boer war and divided his farm among his remaining troops who had lost everything. It was administered by a health committee from 1908 and by a village council from 1938. Municipal status was achieved in October 1957. It almost became the capital of the goldfields instead of Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon .... References Germiston Populated places in Ekurhuleni {{Gauteng-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N17 (South Africa)
The N17 is a national route in South Africa which runs from Johannesburg to Oshoek ( Ngwenya) on the border with Eswatini. It passes through Springs, Bethal and Ermelo. Background The section of the N17 from Johannesburg to Springs is a dual carriageway and is a national toll route. It was the first urban toll road in Gauteng. It runs from the M11 Wemmer Pan Road in Johannesburg to Tonk Meter Road in Springs. The first part of the N17 used to be the old R77 which ran from the M46 Rand Airport Road to the R23. As part of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Scheme, two slip roads have been made linking the N17 to the N12. It is now possible to travel from the N17 West to the N12 West and from the N12 East to the N17 East, both at the Elands Interchange (previously only possible via the N3). From Tonk Meter Road the N17 is a single carriageway freeway. The section from Springs to Leandra, ending at the interchange with the R50, was constructed by the then Transvaal Provincia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germiston
Germiston, also known as kwaDukathole, is a city in the East Rand region of Gauteng, South Africa, administratively forming part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since the latter's establishment in 2000. It functions as the municipal seat of Ekurhuleni, hosting the municipal council and administration. Originally a mining town established in 1886 at the start of the Witwatersrand Gold Rush, Germiston has since developed into one of the largest manufacturing, trucking and railway hubs in Africa, and is a major centre of the South African steel industry. History Germiston was established in the early days of the gold rush when two prospectors, John Jack from the farm of Germiston, Glasgow, Germiston near Glasgow and August Simmer from Vacha, Germany, Vacha in Germany, struck paydirt on the farm of ''Elandsfontein''. In August 1886, the pair were on their way to the Eastern Transvaal when they ''outspanned'' (rested their pack animals) on the farm ''Elandsfon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R554 (South Africa)
The R554 is a Regional Route in Gauteng, South Africa. The road connects the southern suburbs of Soweto with Springs on the East Rand via Lenasia, Alberton and Brakpan. Route Its western terminus is an interchange with the M68 and the N12 Moroka Bypass, just south of Soweto (south of Protea Glen), as Abu Baker Asvat Drive. The route runs south to Lenasia and then turns east in the town centre. It intersects with the R553 and passes over the N1 adjacent to the Olifantsvlei Nature Reserve east of Lenasia. At a four-way intersection in Johannesburg South (north of Walkerville), the eastbound road becomes the R550. The R554 is then cosigned with the intersecting R82 for 800 metres northwards, crossing the Klip River, before the R554 becomes its own road eastwards. The R554 heads east-north-east as Swartkoppies Road through Kibler Park, Mayfield Park and Patlynn to enter Alberton. In Alberton, it passes over the R59 Sybrand van Niekerk Freeway and reaches a junctio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M43 (Johannesburg)
The M43 is a Metropolitan Routes in Johannesburg, metropolitan route, South Africa that connects Vosloorus with the Birchleigh suburb of Kempton Park, Gauteng, Kempton Park via Boksburg. It is an alternative route to the R21 (South Africa), R21 route for travel between Kempton Park and Vosloorus. Route The M43 begins in Vosloorus, at a junction with the M53 (Johannesburg), M53 (Brickfield Road). It begins by going eastwards as Bierman Road to reach an interchange with the N3 (South Africa), N3 freeway and enter the southern part of Boksburg. It continues by going north-east through Vredebos as Barry Marais Road to reach a junction with the R103 (South Africa), R103. It continues north-east and flies over the M35 (Johannesburg), M35 (Heidelberg Road) before passing through the suburb of Villa Liza and meeting the southern terminus of the R21 (South Africa), R21 (Rondebult Road) in the suburb of Dawn Park. It continues north-east as Barry Marais Road before turning north and flyi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boksburg
Boksburg is a city on the East Rand of Gauteng province of South Africa. Gold was discovered in Boksburg in 1887. Boksburg was named after the State Secretary of the South African Republic, Willem Eduard Bok, W. Eduard Bok. The R29 (South Africa), Main Reef Road linked Boksburg to all the other major mining towns on the Witwatersrand and the Angelo Hotel (1887) was used as a staging post. Boksburg has been part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since 5 December 2000, which forms the local government of most of the East Rand. The Mining Commissioner Montague White built a large dam which, empty for years, was dubbed White's Folly until a flash flood in 1889 silenced detractors. The 150,000-square-metre dam is now the Boksburg Lake, and is surrounded by lawns, trees, and terraces. History Prior to 1860, the present municipal area of Boksburg and its immediate environs comprised mainly the highveld farms called Leeuwpoort, Klippoortje, Klipfontein and Drie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vosloorus
Vosloorus is a large Township (South Africa), township situated south of Boksburg and just east of Katlehong in City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Ekurhuleni, just 30 kilometres south-east of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1963 in South Africa, 1963 when Black Africans were removed from Stirtonville because it was considered by the government too close to a white town. Stirtonville, renamed Reiger Park, has since become home to Boksburg's coloured community. A local authority was established in 1983 in South Africa, 1983 when Vosloorus was given full municipal status. Notable residents * Sol Phenduka - radio personality, music DJ and podcaster. * Boohle - Amapiano singer-songwriter * De Mthuda - record producer and DJ * DJ Cleo - house music producer, DJ and recording artist. * Moses Sithole - serial killer & rapist * David Tlale - fashion designer * Fortune Makaringe - soccer player * Alfred Ntombela - actor * DJ Clock - DJ and producer * Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
