Krugersdorp
Krugersdorp is a mining city in the West Rand, Gauteng Province, South Africa founded in 1887 by Marthinus Pretorius and Abner Cohen.
Krugersdorp is a mining city in the West Rand, Gauteng Province, South Africa founded in 1887 by Marthinus Pretorius and Abner Cohen. Following the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand, a need arose for a major town in the west of the reef. The government bought part of the Paardekraal farm and named the new town after the Transvaal president, Paul Kruger. Krugersdorp no longer has a separate municipal government after it was integrated into Mogale City Local Municipality along with surrounding towns. It is now the seat of government for Mogale City.
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Worth seeing in and around Krugersdorp
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Sterkfontein
Sterkfontein is a set of limestone caves of special interest in paleoanthropology located in Gauteng province, about 40 kilometres northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, in the Muldersdrift area close to the town of Krugersdorp. The archaeological sites of Swartkrans and Kromdraai are in the same area.
9.9 km · archaeological site in South Africa · Wikipedia - 02Little Foot
"Little Foot" is the nickname given to a nearly complete Australopithecus fossil skeleton found in 1994 in the cave system of Sterkfontein, South Africa. The skeleton was originally nicknamed "Little Foot" in 1995 when four ankle bones in a museum collection were sufficient to ascertain that the individual had been able to walk upright.
9.9 km · nearly complete Australopithecus fossil skeleton found in 1994–1998 in the cave system of Sterkfontein, South Africa · Wikipedia - 03Coopers Cave
Cooper's Cave is a series of fossil-bearing breccia filled cavities. The cave is located almost exactly between the well known South African hominid-bearing sites of Sterkfontein and Kromdraai and about 40 kilometres northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa and has been declared a South African National Heritage Site.
9.9 km · cave in South Africa · Wikipedia - 04Bolt's Farm
Bolt's Farm is a palaeontological site in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, Gauteng province, South Africa. With more than 30 fossil deposits dating back 4.5 Ma, it is one of the oldest sites currently discovered in the Cradle of Humankind.
9.2 km · paleontological site in South Africa · Wikipedia - 05Paardekraal Monument
The Paardekraal Monument is situated in Krugersdorp, South Africa. The monument commemorates the original site of vow made by Transvaal Boers on 13 December 1880, prior to the armed rebellion known as First Boer War, when they vowed to regain their independence from the British Empire.
1.4 km · Paardekraal Monument · Wikipedia - 06Moederkerk Krugersdorp
The Moederkerk in Krugersdorp was one of the eldest Afrikaans church communities on the Witwatersrand and these building used to be a place of worship for the Dutch Reformed Community. Today, these historic church buildings serve a new church community with a homeless shelter and the NG church community has moved to Luipaardsvlei.
900 m · church in Krugersdorp , South Africa · Wikipedia - 07Amakhosi Stadium
Amakhosi Stadium was the planned future home venue of South African football club Kaizer Chiefs. The stadium, was to be part of a greater sports precinct being developed in Krugersdorp, roughly 40 km West from the central part of Johannesburg.
1.2 km · building in South Africa · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gardens
- 02Paardekraal Monument
- 03Fort Harlech
25 Sarel Potgieter St.
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Things to do
- 01Krugersdorp Game Reserve
- 02Silverstar Casino
Offering indoor and outdoor dining, a cinema, a lounge, family entertainment options such as laser tag and of course gambling, along with entertainment and conferences.
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Where to eat
- 01Ana-Paula's Coffee Shop
14 Sarel Oosthuizen St, Monument (right across the street from Fort Harlech, the Anglo-Boer War blockhouse),.
- 02Die Boomhuisie
56 Buiten Street (take Viljoen street west from Key West Shopping Centre), danie@dieboomhuisie.co.za.
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Getting to Krugersdorp
- Airports
- Lanseria (HLA), 24 km · O.R. Tambo (JNB), 48 km · Sir Seretse Khama (GBE), 253 km
- Johannesburg → Krugersdorp30 km · quickest by road, 54 min · R30–40
- Polokwane → Krugersdorp297 km · quickest by road, 4h 27m · R295–390
- Mbombela → Krugersdorp327 km · quickest by road, 5h 20m · R340–455
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Krugersdorp
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Krugersdorp. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Krugersdorp
Krugersdorp is 13 km from Roodepoort, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kagisotownship in Gauteng, South Africa4.1 km