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Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika

Tree: Nederlandse voorouders

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Johannesburg, also known as eGoli (place of gold), is the largest and most populous city in South Africa. The city is affectionately known as "Jo'burg", "Jozi" and "JHB" by South Africans. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, and which has the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa. The city is one of the 40 largest metropolitan areas in the world, and Africa's only officially designated global city (classified as a gamma world city). While often assumed to be South Africa's capital, Johannesburg does not form one of South Africa's three capital cities. Johannesburg does, however, house the South African Constitutional Court - South Africa's highest court.



Johannesburg is the source of a large-scale gold and diamond trade, due to its location on the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills. Johannesburg is also served by O.R. Tambo International Airport, the largest and busiest airport in Africa and a gateway for international air travel to and from the rest of southern Africa.



According to the 2001 Census, the population of the city is more than three million. Johannesburg's land area of 1,644 km² is very large when compared to other cities, resulting in a population density of only 1,962/km². The population of the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area is almost eight million. Johannesburg also encompasses Soweto to the south west, a township that the apartheid government established to accommodate the large number of migrant workers.



History



The region surrounding Johannesburg has been inhabited by man for millions of years. The Sterkfontein Caves, to the north west, have produced the most complete skeleton of a 3.3 million-year old hominid, as well as close to 700 specimens of a closely related species, Australopithecus africanus, among them Mrs Ples, which is between 2.3 and 2.8 million years old.



It is theorised that the Johannesburg region was inhabited by the nomadic Bushmen people, around 100,000 years ago. The Bushmen are said to have lived in the area until the Bantu-speaking people migrated into the area in about 1060 AD. The Bantu people were Iron Age people who domesticated animals, farmed crops, worked metal, made pottery, and lived in organised villages.



The region remained inhabited by both the Bushmen and the Bantu people. When Europeans arrived in the area, small numbers of Boers started farms, but there was no major European settlement until the 1880s, when gold was discovered in the region, triggering a gold rush.



Gold was initially discovered slightly to the east of present-day Johannesburg, in Barberton. Gold prospectors soon discovered that there were even richer gold reefs in the Witwatersrand.



The town was initially much the same as any small prospecting settlement, but, as word spread, people flocked to the area from all other regions of the country, as well as from North America, the United Kingdom, and the rest of Europe. As the value of control of the land increased, tensions developed between the Boers, who founded the town and in whose country (the ZAR) Johannesburg was located during the nineteenth century, and the British, culminating in the Second Anglo-Boer War. The Boers lost the war and control of the area was ceded to the British.



The 1910 declaration of the Union of South Africa paved the way for a more organised mining structure. Later, the South African government instituted a harsh racial system whereby blacks and Indians were heavily taxed, barred from holding skilled jobs, and consequently forced to work as migrant labour on Johannesburg's growing crop of gold mines.



The South African government then instituted a system of forced removals, moving the population of non-European descent into specified areas. It is this system that created the sprawling shantytown of Soweto (South Western Townships), one of the areas where blacks were forced to live during the apartheid era. Nelson Mandela spent many years living in Soweto and his Soweto home in Orlando is currently a major tourist attraction.



Large-scale violence broke out in 1976 when the Soweto Students' Representative Council organised protests against the use of Afrikaans, considered to be the language of the oppressors, as the primary language of instruction in black schools. Police shot into a student march. 1000 people died protesting the apartheid system, in the following 12 months. One of the most famous victims of the massacre, Hector Pieterson, is commemorated with a large Museum dedicated to his memory, in Soweto.



The regulations of apartheid were abandoned in February 1990, and, since the 1994 elections, Johannesburg has been free of discriminatory laws. The black townships have been integrated into the municipal government system, and, to some extent, the suburbs have become multiracial. However, there has been a large-scale migration of businesses and commerce away from the Central Business District and the southern suburbs, in favour of the more affluent northern suburbs. This was fueled by a rise in the crime rate, serious traffic congestion, inadequate public transport, and a more favourable tax environment for landlords in the northern suburbs prior to the integration of the city. Currently the Johannesburg Metropolitan Council is implementing a large scale Inner City Revival project, leading to many business moving back to the inner city.

Birth

Matches 1 to 19 of 19

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth		Person ID	Tree
1	Barron, Antony Livingston	Sat 03 Apr 1915	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I474414	Nederlandse voorouders
2	Belinfante, Augusta Emelie Anna	Fri 21 Apr 1905	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I119289	Nederlandse voorouders
3	Belinfante, Valentine Rowland	Thu 24 Aug 1922	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I119290	Nederlandse voorouders
4	Belinfante, Valentine Sebastian Rowland	Mon 18 Apr 1949	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I119312	Nederlandse voorouders
5	Bloom, Solomon Harris	Wed 01 Jan 1913	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I673470	Nederlandse voorouders
6	Halberstadt, Johan Philip	Tue 06 Oct 1914	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I474524	Nederlandse voorouders
7	Halberstadt, Theodora Gerharda Geertruida	Sat 23 Dec 1911	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I474611	Nederlandse voorouders
8	Hartley, Ernest William	Sun 08 May 1910	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I474634	Nederlandse voorouders
9	Holleman, Marie Louise	Fri 23 Nov 1894	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I821059	Nederlandse voorouders
10	Hopkins, Shona	Yes, date unknown	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I474670	Nederlandse voorouders
11	Klugkist, Meinard Jacob	Wed 07 Nov 1906	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I204605	Nederlandse voorouders
12	Klugkist, Nanno	Thu 07 May 1914	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I204607	Nederlandse voorouders
13	Krenger, Christian	Thu 21 Dec 1826	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I606041	Nederlandse voorouders
14	Krenger, Rudolf	Sun 28 Jan 1821	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I606039	Nederlandse voorouders
15	Naudé, Muriel Magdalena	Thu 10 Nov 1887	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I562234	Nederlandse voorouders
16	Pretorius, Barend Johannes	Tue 10 Jul 1888	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I562329	Nederlandse voorouders
17	Pretorius, Henning Petrus Cornelis	Mon 02 Jan 1893	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I562339	Nederlandse voorouders
18	de Ruig, Jacoba Christina	Wed 12 Apr 1916	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I810050	Nederlandse voorouders
19	de Ruig, Jeanne Marie	Thu 27 Jun 1912	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I810049	Nederlandse voorouders

Christening

Matches 1 to 4 of 4

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Christening		Person ID	Tree
1	Krenger, Christian	Sun 31 Dec 1826	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I606041	Nederlandse voorouders
2	Krenger, Rudolf	Sun 04 Feb 1821	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I606039	Nederlandse voorouders
3	Pretorius, Barend Johannes	Sun 02 Dec 1888	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I562329	Nederlandse voorouders
4	Pretorius, Henning Petrus Cornelis	Mon 06 Feb 1893	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I562339	Nederlandse voorouders

Death

Matches 1 to 27 of 27

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Death		Person ID	Tree
1	Bakkum, Alida Maria	Wed 18 Jun 1986	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I10826	Nederlandse voorouders
2	Belinfante, August Aron	Sun 16 Dec 1928	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I119284	Nederlandse voorouders
3	Belinfante, Augusta Emelie Anna	Sat 12 Oct 1940	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I119289	Nederlandse voorouders
4	Belinfante, Elisabeth Emelie Catharine	Thu 06 Oct 1904	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I119287	Nederlandse voorouders
5	Belinfante, Jacques Maurice Francis	1977	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I119288	Nederlandse voorouders
6	Belinfante, Valentine Rowland	Fri 16 Dec 1988	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I119290	Nederlandse voorouders
7	Belinfante, Valentine Sebastian Rowland	Wed 20 Jul 1949	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I119312	Nederlandse voorouders
8	van Bruggen, Anna	Sun 17 Nov 2013	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I13246	Nederlandse voorouders
9	Caithness, Edith Constance	Sat 30 Oct 1982	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I474878	Nederlandse voorouders
10	Fontein, Rijkje	Sat 14 Feb 1981	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I474931	Nederlandse voorouders
11	Halberstadt, Hendrik Johan Elize Willem	Sun 26 Jan 1969	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I474495	Nederlandse voorouders
12	Halberstadt, Johan Philip	Tue 06 Sep 1955	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I474522	Nederlandse voorouders
13	Klugkist, Nanno	Tue 02 Jun 1959	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I204607	Nederlandse voorouders
14	Lich, Jan Marius Bruins	1928	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I280401	Nederlandse voorouders
15	Oppenheimer, Ernest	Mon 25 Nov 1957	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I740045	Nederlandse voorouders
16	Pahlavi, Shah Reza	Wed 26 Jul 1944	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I667270	Nederlandse voorouders
17	Pretorius, Andrew Godfrey	Mon 09 Jan 1939	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I562336	Nederlandse voorouders
18	Pretorius, Jacomiena Jacoba	Tue 17 Jan 1978	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I119291	Nederlandse voorouders
19	van Raam, Wilhelmina Catharina	Sun 29 Jun 1986	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I274215	Nederlandse voorouders
20	van Rooyen, Maria Sussanah	Tue 26 Dec 1961	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I119309	Nederlandse voorouders
21	de Ruig, Jacoba Christina	Tue 28 Jan 2003	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I810050	Nederlandse voorouders
22	Savenije, Gerardus Bernardus	Thu 23 Sep 1971	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I10815	Nederlandse voorouders
23	Savenije, Henricus Johannes Dominicus Theodorus	Fri 16 Aug 2013	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I13235	Nederlandse voorouders
24	Seebregts, Adrianus Cornelius Petrus	Wed 14 Sep 1960	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I655899	Nederlandse voorouders
25	Seebregts, Robert Martin	1988	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I660732	Nederlandse voorouders
26	Stulemeijer, Alphonsus Jacobus Maria Theresia	Sun 16 Nov 2003	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I740247	Nederlandse voorouders
27	Zylstra, Grietje	Mon 19 Aug 1929	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	I204604	Nederlandse voorouders

Marriage

Matches 1 to 11 of 11

	Family	Marriage		Family ID	Tree
1	Barron / Halberstadt	Sat 07 Jul 1945	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	F184167	Nederlandse voorouders
2	Belinfante / Pretorius	Sat 26 Apr 1947	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	F48821	Nederlandse voorouders
3	Belinfante / Rooyen	Sat 02 Feb 1946	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	F48819	Nederlandse voorouders
4	Halberstadt / Caithness	Sat 10 Feb 1945	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	F184194	Nederlandse voorouders
5	Halberstadt / Scholtz	Thu 24 Mar 1921	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	F184215	Nederlandse voorouders
6	Hartley / Halberstadt	Sat 21 Dec 1946	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	F184277	Nederlandse voorouders
7	Kloppenburg / Bijvoet	Wed 15 Aug 1951	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	F218519	Nederlandse voorouders
8	Ruig / Bosch	Mon 25 Sep 1905	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	F302367	Nederlandse voorouders
9	Savenije / Bruggen	Sat 19 Feb 1966	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	F5158	Nederlandse voorouders
10	Solomon / Belinfante		Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	F48820	Nederlandse voorouders
11	Stiekema / Rattey	Sat 09 May 1992	Johannesburg, Gauteng, Suid-Afrika	F291960	Nederlandse voorouders