Roodepoort

British

/ ˈruːdəˌpʊət /

noun

an industrial city in NE South Africa, in the Witwatersrand. Pop: 172 601 (2001)

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Ms Pule went missing on 4 June and four days later a member of the public found her body in the Johannesburg suburb of Roodepoort.

From BBC

"We condemn this barbaric attack and we will ensure we leave no stone unturned in making the people of Matholeville and Roodepoort to feel safe," said Gauteng Provincial Commissioner Lt Gen Elias Mawela in a statement.

From BBC

ROODEPOORT, South Africa — Just off the highway and behind a yellow auto repair shop, Andile Jeremiah slipped into a hole in the ground, descending into an abandoned 100-year-old mine that had helped make South Africa rich.

From Washington Post

A body of another illegal miner was recovered on Sunday in Roodepoort, near where the five bodies were found on Tuesday night.

From BBC

By the evening of the 28th he reached Roodepoort, 25 miles east of Ventershoek as the crow flies and considerably more by road.

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