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Global consumer goods manufactures Unilever and Colgate Palmolive have factories in Boksburg. Africa's biggest consumer brand company Tiger Brands also have a factory in Boksburg.
Boksburg High School 11 February 1920. Boksburg High and Voortrekker shared premises in Nobby bar and Morris arcade before moving to their current premises
The following industrial companies have head offices in Boksburg:
1 April 1997: Boksburg- Benoni Hospital’s name change to
Although Farrar lived at Bedford Farm he travelled to ERPM daily, first on horseback, then later by car. He regularly attended functions and meetings in Boksburg and had a very paternal relationship with ERPM employees and with other Boksburg residents. Every year Farrar ran a Children’s Day for ERPM employees, thanking all helpers personally. He would allow Boksburg residents to organise picnics at Bedford Farm. When Farrar was killed, businesses in Boksburg closed as a mark of respect and several thousand people attended a memorial service at Boksburg Lake. The ERPM band led the cortege when Farrar was later buried at Bedford
Gordon was Jewish, and was born in Boksburg, Transvaal.
Boksburg High School is a public high school for in Boksburg, a suburb of Ekurhuleni, South Africa. Mr Du Plessis is the current Headmaster of the School. Boksburg High's previous Headmasters were Mr Charter, Mr Orrey, Mr Acheson, Mr Van der Schyff and Mr Taylor.
Dawn Park is a suburb of Boksburg close to Vosloorus.
Boksburg is a city on the East Rand of Gauteng province of South Africa. Gold was discovered in Boksburg in 1887. It was named after the State Secretary of the South African Republic, W. Eduard Bok. The Main Reef Road linked Boksburg to all the other major mining towns on the Witwatersrand and the Angelo Hotel (1887) was used as a staging post.
The first doctor at Boksburg was Dr. F. ZIERVOGEL, later District Surgeon. During 1889 Mr. MABERLY came to Boksburg; he only practised for a few months when he left. Dr. STEENBERG and Dr. CUNNINGHAM practised in opposition for many years.
The Julewe community soon started schools and churches, and the Boksburg Coloured School, now known as Goedehoop Primary, is the oldest school in Boksburg, as it opened in 1905, with Mr G W Van Rooyen as the principal.
Ian was born in Boksburg, South Africa. He matriculated from Boksburg High School in 1971. He obtained a B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Cape Town in 1975 and a M.Sc. degree in Engineering in 1984.
He then pegged out claims and went into partnership with Carl Hanau. Farrar earned the nickname "Foxy Farrar" by reputedly going out on Boksburg Lake in the middle of the night in a rowing boat with long wooden poles, and using the poles to peg claims under the Lake! When the gold reefs to the north of Boksburg Lake near Comet were found to continue southwards under Boksburg Lake, towards the areas now known as Parkdene, Freeway Park and Sunward Park, Farrar became very wealthy in 1893 by selling 1,300 claims to ERPM. Farrar received ERPM shares to the value of £705,000 for his claims in the south of Boksburg, excluding Boksburg Lake. Farrar later received more ERPM shares for his claims over Boksburg Lake, and became effectively the controlling shareholder in ERPM.
He died in Boksburg, Gauteng suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa of stomach cancer in April 1983.
Hoërskool Voortrekker is a public high school in Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
Hoërskool Dr. E.G. Jansen (High School), in Boksburg, is named after him.
Venter, who grew up in Boksburg, is the son of South African businessman Bill Venter.
By 1888, and early railway line from Boksburg to Braamfontein would pass a tin shed at a station spot that would be called Park, named after the Krugers Park just north of the stop. Krugers Park would later be known as Old Wanderers. By 1889/1890 the stop was now called Park Halt on the Boksburg/Braamfontein line. The line was run by the "De Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg Maatschappy" (ZASM) and was known as the Rand Steam Tram which transported coal from the collieries at Boksburg to the yards at Braamfontein. It would later be extended westwards to Krugersdorp and eastwards from Boksburg to Springs.
farewell to their sister, Leah, who was killed in an accident in Boksburg North.
Originally, Boksburg was laid out in 1887 to serve the surrounding gold mines, and named after the State Secretary of the South African Republic, Eduard Bok. The Main Reef Road linked Boksburg to all the other major mining towns on the Witwatersrand and the Angelo Hotel was used as a production post. A railway was built by the Netherlands-South African Railway Company (NZASM) to link Boksburg to Johannesburg in 1890.