Witwatersrand
Americannoun
noun
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Previous waves of xenophobia were localized and universally condemned by politicians, said Loren Landau, a senior researcher with the African Centre for Migration & Society at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
According to Professor Andrew Forbes, corresponding author from the University of the Witwatersrand, at Johannesburg, the field has evolved dramatically over the past 20 years.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 2026
In South Africa, according to the University of Witwatersrand, the top 0.1 percent owned over a quarter of wealth.
From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025
About a year after Ezra’s find, the mining town of Randsburg sprang up around a big gold find — the town and the mine named optimistically for the immense Witwatersrand gold fields in South Africa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025
The campaign spread throughout the Witwatersrand, to Durban, to Port Elizabeth, East London, and Cape Town, and smaller towns in the eastern and western Cape.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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