2-471: Bekkersdal is a township situated 7 km east of Westonaria and 14 km south of Randfontein in the Gauteng province. It was established in 1945 , to house Africans who worked in town and at the surrounding gold mines. In 1983 the township was granted municipal status. The township was the site of violent protests ahead of the general elections on 7 May 2014 . This Gauteng location article
4-627: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Westonaria Westonaria is a town in the west of Gauteng province of South Africa . It is situated in the Rand West City Local Municipality , part of the West Rand District Municipality . During the apartheid era, Africans lived outside town in Bekkersdal . The town is some 45 km west of Johannesburg and 18 km south of Randfontein . It
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