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4 unusual facts about Bryanston, Gauteng


Aerolift

Aerolift was a South African airline based in Bryanston, Gauteng, Johannesburg, operating chartered passenger and cargo flights within Africa using Soviet-built aircraft.

Bruce Wilkinson

Believing that Africa should be the next focal point for evangelical efforts, Wilkinson moved to Bryanston, Johannesburg, in 2002, and started an organization called Dream for Africa, which included the launch of the Never Ending Gardens.

Lauren Liebenberg

She attended Brescia House School, an independent Catholic day school for girls situated in Bryanston.

Sonja Herholdt

Herholdt subsequently decided to start a school for hearing and linguistically impaired Afrikaans children, this was housed in the pre-primary section of Bryanston Primary School.


Ancylobothrys capensis

The species is common and occurs in rocky areas, particularly on quartzites throughout KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo Province, North West Province and Botswana.

Andrew Feinstein

A member of the African National Congress, his political life began when he served as an advisor to Gauteng's then-MEC of Finance, Jabu Moleketi, from 1994 to 1996.

Bennett Mnguni

Thabo Bennett Mnguni (born 18 March 1974 in Pretoria, Gauteng) is a South African football (soccer) midfielder for Okktha United FC.

Bernard Parker

Bernard Parker (born 16 March 1986 in Boksburg, Gauteng) is a South African professional association football midfielder/striker playing for Kaizer Chiefs.

Bryanston

Around 1890 the Portman family built a palatial country house designed by Richard Norman Shaw set in 400 acres (1.6 km²).

The Rogers family owned it for a long period of time, and it was later purchased by Sir William Portman, 6th Baronet, who took part in crushing Monmouth's rebellion in 1685.

Bryanston Distributing Company

It is not to be confused with the British Bryanston Films (UK) or Bryanston Pictures the production arm which was liquidated when former director "Anthony Peraino" was prosecuted by the federal government on an obscenity charge stemming from the production and distribution of the film Deep Throat, which is recognized as possibly the most financially successful independent film of all time.

Bryanston, Gauteng

Many large corporations are based in Bryanston, such as Dimension Data (DiData), which runs a large corporate campus (The Campus), GlaxoSmithKline, which is also based at The Campus, Microsoft Corporation, Ogilvy & Mather, Tiger Brands and Synovate.

Clement Mazibuko

Clement Sibusiso Mazibuko (born September 16, 1977 in Benoni, Gauteng) is a South African football midfielder who is currently playing for Batau F.C..

Country house opera

Other venues which put on a regular season include Garsington Opera, Dorset Opera Festival at Bryanston in Dorset, Nevill Holt Opera at Nevill Holt Hall in Leicestershire, Longborough Festival Opera in Gloucestershire, Grange Park Opera in Hampshire, Bampton Classical Opera in Oxfordshire and Opéra de Baugé, established by an English family in the Loire Valley.

Cyril Nzama

Cyril "Skhokho" Nzama (born June 26, 1974 in Soweto, Gauteng) is a retired South African football (soccer) defender who last played for Batau FC.

Daine Klate

At age 15, he moved to Gauteng to play for the Transnet School of Excellence, an institution that has produced a host of Bafana Bafana stars including Steven Pienaar and Dillon Sheppard.

Dorset Opera Festival

Dorset Opera Festival is an annual country house opera festival combining amateur and professional performers, which takes place at Bryanston near Blandford Forum in Dorset, England.

Driefontein, Gauteng

The place is situated in Merafong City local municipality, West Rand district, Gauteng province, South Africa.

Eastgate shopping centre, Johannesburg

The Eastgate Shopping Centre is an shopping center based in Bedfordview, in the near of the Bedford Gardens in the state Gauteng.

Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman

Portman was the son of Edward Portman, of Bryanston and Orchard in Dorset, and his wife Lucy, daughter of Reverend Thomas Whitby.

Edwin Berkeley Portman

Portman was born at Bryanston, Dorset, the son of Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman and his wife Lady Emma Lascelles.

Godfrey Sapula

Godfrey Zolile Sapula (born 17 November 1973 in Soweto, Gauteng) is a South African football (soccer) midfielder for Premier Soccer League club Platinum Stars and South Africa.

Hans Coverdale Road

Hans Coverdale Road is the longest most popular street(s) found in Eersterust, Gauteng, South Africa.

It is the most popular and most driven route in the township of Eersterust, Gauteng.

Jeff Cooper

In 1995, Cooper, commenting on the naming of the newly formed Gauteng province in South Africa, said someone suggested they should be referred to as ""Orang-gautengs".

Joel Díaz

On October 19, 1996, Joel lost a twelve round decision to undefeated IBF Lightweight champion Philip Holiday in Wembley Indoor Arena, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

John Jeffreys

J. G. Jeffreys (born 1893), Australian schoolteacher who moved to England and founded Bryanston School in Dorset

Karoo Thrush

It occurs in South Africa (Little Namaqualand, Karoo and Northern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and part of the North West Province).

Labour brokering

COSATU called for a national one day general strike against labour brokering and the proposed Gauteng e-toll system for 7 March 2012.

Lebohang Mokoena

Lebohang Mokoena (born 29 September 1986 in Soweto, Gauteng) is a South African football (soccer) player for South African Premier Soccer League side Mamelodi Sundowns and South Africa.

Limpopo Division

Until 1994, the area that is now Limpopo was part of the Transvaal Province and was within the jurisdiction of the Transvaal Provincial Division (now the Gauteng Division).

New Covenant Ministries International

Around this time Coastlands International Christian Centre (Adelaide) functioned as an unofficial headquarters and regional base for Australasia, with Southlands Church International (Los Angeles) and New Covenant Church (Bryanston) as regional bases for North America and southern Africa respectively.

SA Waste Holdings

On 12 May 2005, Gauteng environment minister Khabisi Mosunkutu paid a surprise visit to their recycling plant in Marlboro, near Alexandra (North of Johannesburg).

Sacred Heart College, Johannesburg

Sacred Heart College is a private Catholic school in Observatory, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

SAFA Second Division

Currently it features 144 teams in total, divided into 9 divisions, borderly decided by the 9 geo-political provinces of South Africa: Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu Natal, Northern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West.

Sonja Herholdt

Herholdt was born in the small Gauteng mining village of Nigel, Gauteng and at the age of three made her first singing performance at the local community recreation hall, singing the Afrikaans lullaby Slaap, my Kindjie.

South African Archaeological Society

Branches of the Society were established and currently exist in Gauteng, Cape Town, Durban/Pietermaritzburg and Bloemfontein/Kimberley.

South African municipal election, 2006

In the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, the ANC retained its majority in the metropolitan government, with former Gauteng Health MEC Gwen Ramokgope elected to succeed Smangaliso Mkhatshwa as mayor of Tshwane; Ramokgope also became the first female mayor of the municipality.

South African National Blood Service

The head office is in Weltevredenpark, Gauteng, near Johannesburg, but there are blood collection operations in eight of the nine provinces.

Stanton Fredericks

Stanton "Stiga" Fredericks (born 13 June 1978 in Johannesburg, Gauteng) is a South African football (soccer) player who plays as midfielder for Bidvest Wits in the Premier Soccer League and has previously represented South Africa.

Tete veld aethomys

However, the current best estimate suggests that Tete veld rats are found in Swaziland and northeastern South Africa, where they are found in the North West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, and the northern part of Free State province.

Thulani Hlatshwayo

Thulani Hlatswayo (born 18 December 1989 in Soweto, Gauteng) is a South African professional footballer, who currently plays as a defender for Ajax Cape Town.

Trans-Kalahari Corridor

The Trans-Kalahari Corridor is a paved highway corridor that provides a direct route from Walvis Bay and Windhoek in central Namibia, through Botswana, to Johannesburg and Pretoria in Gauteng province in South Africa.

Tsitana tsita

It is found from Winterberg and Amatolas in the eastern Cape along the Drakensberg into Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal down to sea level from Durban across the midlands to the Tugela, the Orange Free State, the eastern part of the North West Province and Gauteng into the Limpopo Province.

Van der Westhuizen

The well known van der Westhuizen street in the Cape is named after the van der Westhuizen family (Other significant streetnames also exist in the Northern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng ('Transvaal'), Chatham in the United Kingdom and in Alberta Canada).

West Rand District Municipality

The West Rand District Municipality is one of the districts of Gauteng province of South Africa, that covers the West Rand area, with the exception of Roodepoort.


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