In the article below, Jaco Mattheyse explores the history behind a well-known Krugersdorp landmark: the old Police Station on Commissioner Street. He begins by unpacking the social and political landscape of the town in the 1890s.
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I presented this story at the Valentine's Day Johannesburg Heritage Foundation celebration on the lawns of Northwards and thought Heritage Portal readers would also enjoy this South African story of love, endurance and resilience against the backdrop of the Second World War. It was one of seven presented at this event.
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When Johannesburg was proclaimed in 1886 on the triangular site Randjeslaagte, the area of the town was two and half square km. Randjeslaagte was a piece of ‘uitvalgrond’ – land left over from the farms surveyed around it. This beacon marks the apex of the triangle with its base running along Commissioner Street, from End Street in the East to Diagonal Street in the West.