Gauteng Gold

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Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. The name Gauteng is derived from the Sotho-Tswana name, gauta meaning “gold”. It was initially named Pretoria–Witwatersrand–Vereeniging (PWV) and was renamed “Gauteng” in December 1994.

Although Gauteng accounts for only 1.5% of the country’s land area, it is home to more than a quarter of its population (26%). Highly urbanised, the province contains the country’s largest city, Johannesburg. There was a thriving gold industry in the province following the 1886 discovery of gold in Johannesburg, and the region became the single largest gold producer in the world. Gauteng is the wealthiest province in South Africa and is considered as the financial hub of the entire African continent.

Gauteng is said to offer one of the world’s best climates: summer days are warm and wind free and winter days are crisp and clear. This province is also home to, some of the oldest fossils of hominids have been discovered at the Sterkfontein caves. The Cullinan Diamond which is the largest diamond ever mined was mined near Pretoria in a nearby town called Cullinan in the year 1905, and was gifted to the British Royals. The city of Pretoria was founded in 1855 as capital of the South African Republic (ZAR – Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek).