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10 unusual facts about Roodepoort


Adriaan Botha

His personal best time is 45.14 seconds, achieved in March 2001 in Roodepoort.

Arnaud Malherbe

His personal best time is 44.59 seconds, achieved in March 1999 in Roodepoort.

Christoffel Golden Jr.

Though he had served previously as a stake president, in 1995, the Roodepoort South Africa Stake was created, with Golden serving as the first president.

Lanseria International Airport

The land was originally bought by Krugersdorp and Roodepoort Municipality together with the Transvaal Peri-Urban Board and contracted to Lanseria Management Company on a 99 year lease since 1972.

Pan Africanist Student Movement of Azania

It was founded in 1989 as the "Pan Africanist Student Organisation of Azania" (PASO) in Roodepoort, Johannesburg.

René Kalmer

René Kalmer (born 3 November 1980 in Roodepoort, Gauteng) is a female South African runner who has competed over distances ranging from 800 metres to the marathon.

Roodepoort

Although Roodepoort has traditionally been regarded as being part of the West Rand, it was not made part of the West Rand District Municipality, instead being integrated into the City of Johannesburg Metropolitam Municipality, following the post-apartheid reorganisation of local government in the late 1990s.

Roodepoort has a growing student population due to the presence of Monash University South Africa and has seen large population growth due to Johannesburg urban sprawl.

Simoné du Toit

In the discus throw she has 53.07 metres, achieved in February 2006 in Roodepoort.

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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NZASM 10 Tonner 0-4-0T

The extensions of the "Randtram" line towards the east to Springs and towards the west via Roodepoort to Krugersdorp were still in progress.

The concession was extended the following year to continue the line eastward to Springs, where coal was known to exist, and westward via Roodepoort to Krugersdorp.

NZASM 14 Tonner 0-4-0T

The concession was extended the following year to continue the line east to Springs, where coal was known to exist, and west via Roodepoort to Krugersdorp.

West Rand

After 1999, much of the area (excluding Roodepoort, which became part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality) became part of the newly formed West Rand District Municipality.