JOHANNESBURG

JOHANNESBURG, the largest town in South Africa or the Transvaal, 30 m. S. of Pretoria, and 800 m. NE. of Cape Town. It is the centre of Witwatersrand gold-mining fields. It is the world's largest city not situated on a river, lake, or coastline.

It has progressed rapidly in the 20th century, especially since 1892 when railways connected it with Delagoa Bay, Durban,
Port Elizabeth, and Cape Town. Magnificent buildings and residential suburbs are springing up. Dust-storms are frequent, otherwise the climate is very healthy.

Johannesburg was the seat of the dissatisfaction among the Uitlanders in 1895, which led to Dr. Jameson's raid.