Germiston

American

[jur-muh-stuhn] / ˈdʒɜr mə stən /

noun

a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.

Germiston British

/ ˈdʒɜːmɪstən /

noun

a city in South Africa, southeast of Johannesburg: industrial centre, with the world's largest gold refinery, serving the Witwatersrand mines. Pop: 139 721 (2001)

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Maarohanye, who was at one time one of South Africa's most popular musicians, will appear in Germiston Magistrate's Court on Wednesday for an initial hearing, police say.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

An ambulance rushed him to the Bertha Gxowa Hospital in nearby Germiston.

From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2023

Brenner was born in 1927 in Germiston, South Africa to poor immigrant parents.

From Nature ● Apr. 10, 2019

Brenner, born in Germiston, South Africa, in 1927, spent much of his early career in the United Kingdom, earning his PhD from the University of Oxford.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 8, 2019

In Germiston, a township southeast of the city, Joshua Makue, chairman of our local branch, ran a school for eight hundred boy-cotting children that lasted for three years.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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