The Witwatersrand (UK: /wɪtˈwɔːtərzrænd, -rɑːnd/, US also /ˈwɪtwɔːtərz-/; Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˌvətˌvɑːtəɾsˈɾant]; locally the Rand or, less commonly...

The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (/vətˈvɑːtəsrɑːnt/), commonly known as Wits University or Wits, is a multi-campus public research university...

The Technikon Witwatersrand was a technikon located in Johannesburg, South Africa. On 1 January 2005, it merged with Rand Afrikaans University and the...

multiracial elections on 27 April 1994. It was initially called Pretoria–Witwatersrand–Vereeniging (PWV) and was renamed "Gauteng" on the 28th of June 1995...

The Witwatersrand Gold Rush was a gold rush that began in 1886 and led to the establishment of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was a part of the Mineral...

offices in Johannesburg. The city is located within the mineral-rich Witwatersrand hills, the epicentre of the international-scale mineral and gold trade...

today, with the oldest, the Witwatersrand rocks, forming a semicircle 25 km (16 mi) from the centre. Since the Witwatersrand rocks consist of several layers...

Metrorail Gauteng is a network of commuter rail services in Gauteng province in South Africa, serving the Johannesburg and Pretoria metro areas. It is...

Rifles (formerly the Witwatersrand Rifles) is a reserve mechanised infantry regiment of the South African Army. The Witwatersrand Rifles (often familiarly...

South African Republic (the Transvaal Republic) in 1877, while the Witwatersrand gold fields were visited by a circuit court subordinate to the High...

The campuses of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg contain a number of notable buildings. There are five campuses: East Campus and West...

Mponeng is an ultra-deep tabular gold mine in South Africa in the Witwatersrand Basin of the Gauteng Province. Previously known as Western Deep Levels...

"Morphological and anatomical observations on some precambrian plants from the Witwatersrand, South Africa". Geologische Rundschau. 66 (1): 477–491. doi:10.1007/BF01989590...

Witwatersrand basin in South Africa with the richest gold deposits on earth. However, this scenario is now questioned. The gold-bearing Witwatersrand...

The Witwatersrand University women's football club, also knowns as Wits Ladies F.C. or Wits University Ladies, is the football club representing the University...

Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa. The Witwatersrand Gold Rush caused a large influx of "foreigners" (Uitlanders) to the...

have been merged since 1948), and chancellors of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. The vice-chancellor and principal is the head of the...

in youth movements while he was a student at the University of the Witwatersrand.[citation needed] He joined the South African Students Congress (SASCO)...

The Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, previously known as the Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden, is a 300 hectares (3.0 km2) botanical reserve...

He studied law at the University of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand before working as a lawyer in Johannesburg. There he became involved...

(eds.). Gondwana Alive: Biodiversity and the Evolving Biosphere (PDF). Witwatersrand University Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2008...

1930) Tierra del Fuego gold rush (1883–1906) Cayoosh Gold Rush (1884) Witwatersrand Gold Rush (1886) Encilhamento (1886–1890) Cripple Creek Gold Rush (c...

In Veldman v Director of Public Prosecutions, Witwatersrand Local Division, an important case in South African criminal law, the court held that the principle...

hospitality workers in South Africa. The union was founded in 1926, as the Witwatersrand Liquor and Catering Employees' Union (Wit Liquor). By 1974, it was affiliated...

The Witwatersrand Command was a Command of the South African Army. It was one of the ten regional commands, which, with the Walvis Bay Military Area,...

becoming the economic and cultural hub of the Cape Colony. Until the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the development of Johannesburg, Cape Town was the largest...

Regiment University of Witwatersrand was an artillery regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it had a status roughly equivalent to that...

bite-sized summary". Public Affairs Research Institute, University of the Witwatersrand. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved...

sweep eight constituencies in the mining and industrial centres of the Witwatersrand and five more in Pretoria. Barring the predominantly English-speaking...

migrating to the Witwatersrand in search of gold. The Vaal River would eventually become the main water source for the Witwatersrand. The growing population...