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Carletonville is a town in the West Rand District Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, just north of the richest gold-mining area in the world. At 3,749 m, Western Deep Levels holds the record for the world's deepest gold mine.
Fochville is a farming and mining town located in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is part of the Merafong City Local Municipality, which also includes Kokosi, Carletonville and Khutsong. The area surrounding Fochville contains Sotho or Tswana ruins. Tlokwe Ruins are the remains of Sotho-Tswana settlements on the hills surrounding Fochville that were inhabited until the 1820s. Boer War hero Danie Theron was killed 5 km north of the town. The town itself was established as an agricultural centre in 1920 and was named after the World War I commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in France, Marshal of France Ferdinand Foch.
West Rand is the name of the urban western part of the Witwatersrand that is functionally merged with the Johannesburg conurbation. This area became settled by Europeans after a gold-bearing reef discovered in 1886 and sparked the gold rush that gave rise to the establishment of Johannesburg.
Khutsong is a township on the West Rand of South Africa, and scene of widespread unrest starting in February 2006. It is situated close to the town of Carletonville, in the Merafong City Local Municipality of the Gauteng province. With a terrible history of violence and gangsterism the main factors causing crime rates to spike up from 2011 until late 2019 are mainly high poverty rates, municipality mismanagement and corruption and the lack of employment/job creating opportunities. In 2017/18 thousands of mine workers lost their jobs due to mines shutting down.
West Driefontein was a mining company belonging to the Goldfields Group, approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) outside Carletonville next to Blyvooruitsig and East Driefontein. It used to be the richest gold mine in the world.
East Driefontein is a small gold mining town approximately 20km outside Carletonville next to West Driefontein.
Merafong City Local Municipality is a local municipality in West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. Its boundaries encloses some of the richest gold mines in the world. It is situated about 65 km from Johannesburg and is serviced by a number of major roads, including the N12 from Johannesburg to Beaufort West and the N14.
Blyvooruitzicht is a gold mine and gold-mining village in Gauteng, South Africa. It is situated about 5 km south of the centre of Carletonville and 80 km westwards from Johannesburg.
The Rand Mutual Assurance Limited (RMA) was founded in South Africa in 1894 to administer Workman's Compensation Insurance benefits to injured miners.
Riaan Viljoen is a professional South African rugby union rugby player, currently playing with Japanese Super Rugby side the Sunwolves and Top League West side NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes. He was born in Carletonville, South Africa and his first tour with the Springboks was to France, Italy, Ireland and England in late 2009 where he played in two touring matches. He signed with the Sharks for the 2012 and the 2013 Super Rugby tournaments.
The South African Railways Class 5E, Series 2 of 1957 was an electric locomotive.
The South African Railways Class 5E, Series 3 of 1958 was an electric locomotive.
Oberholzer is a town in West Rand District Municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Town 85 km south-west of Johannesburg, just north-west of Carletonville.
Carletonville is a ghost town in Chippewa County, Michigan. It was founded in 1853 by Guy H. Carleton around a sawmill but never took off and did not last long.
The R500 is a Regional Route in South Africa. It begins just west of Magaliesburg and runs roughly north-south. Although it starts in North West it soon enters Gauteng province. First it crosses the N14, before it meets the western end of the R41. From there, it runs through Carletonville, where it intersects with the R501. Continuing south, it crosses the N12 and runs through Fochville. The road then intersects the R54 passing back into the North West province before crossing the Vaal river and reaches its southern terminus at the R59 and R53 in the town of Parys in the Free State.
The R501 is a Regional Route in South Africa. It begins just west of the R28 in Gauteng province and initially runs east-west. The first town it comes to is Carletonville where it intersects with the R500. After exiting the town, it crosses into the North West, and gradually turns into a more southernly direction, to reach Potchefstroom to the south-west. In Potchefstroom, it is briefly co-signed with the R53 and crosses the N12. It leaves the city in a south-south-westerly direction, crossing the Vaal River into the Free State. It ends at an intersection with the R59 near Viljoenskroon.
Carletonville is an unincorporated community in Meigs County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Welverdiend is a small town in West Rand District Municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Town 85 km south-west of Johannesburg, just west of Carletonville.