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West Driefontein was a South African gold mining company belonging to the Goldfields Group (now Sibanye Gold).[1]

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  1. 21 relations: Bantu peoples of South Africa, Blyvooruitzicht, Carletonville, Coloureds, East Driefontein, First language, Gauteng, Gold mining, Indian South Africans, Merafong City Local Municipality, Post office box, Postal codes in South Africa, Sotho language, South Africa, South African Standard Time, Telephone numbers in South Africa, Tsonga language, West Rand District Municipality, White South Africans, Xhosa language, Zulu language.

  2. Populated places in the Merafong City Local Municipality

Bantu peoples of South Africa

South African Bantu-speaking peoples represent the majority ethno-racial group of South Africans.

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Blyvooruitzicht

Blyvooruitzicht is a gold mine and gold-mining village in Gauteng, South Africa. West Driefontein and Blyvooruitzicht are Populated places in the Merafong City Local Municipality.

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Carletonville

Carletonville is a town in Gauteng and the seat of the Merafong City Local Municipality in the West Rand District Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, just north of the richest gold-mining area in the world. West Driefontein and Carletonville are Populated places in the Merafong City Local Municipality.

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Coloureds

Coloureds (Kleurlinge) refers to members of multiracial ethnic communities in South Africa who have ancestry from African, European, and Asian people.

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East Driefontein

East Driefontein is a small gold mining town approximately 20 km outside Carletonville next to West Driefontein. West Driefontein and East Driefontein are Gauteng geography stubs and Populated places in the Merafong City Local Municipality.

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First language

A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period.

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Gauteng

Gauteng (Sotho-Tswana for 'place of gold'; eGoli or iGoli) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa.

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Gold mining

Gold mining is the extraction of gold by mining.

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Indian South Africans

Indian South Africans are South Africans who descend from indentured labourers and free migrants who arrived from British India during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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Merafong City Local Municipality

Merafong City Municipality (uMasipala wase Merafong City; Mmasepala wa Merafong City; Masepala wa Merafong City; Merafong City Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality in the West Rand District Municipality, in the Gauteng province of South Africa.

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Post office box

A post office box (commonly abbreviated as P.O. box, or also known as a postal box) is a uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office.

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Postal codes in South Africa

Postal codes were introduced in South Africa on 8 October 1973, with the introduction of automated sorting.

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Sotho language

Sotho Sesotho, also known as Southern Sotho or Sesotho sa Borwa is a Southern Bantu language of the Sotho–Tswana ("S.30") group, spoken in Lesotho, and South Africa where it is an official language.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South African Standard Time

South African Standard Time (SAST) is the time zone used by all of South Africa as well as Eswatini and Lesotho.

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Telephone numbers in South Africa

South Africa switched to a closed numbering system effective 16 January 2007.

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Tsonga language

Tsonga or, natively, Xitsonga, as an endonym, is a Bantu language spoken by the Tsonga people of South Africa.

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West Rand District Municipality

The West Rand District Municipality (Mmasepala wa Sedika wa West Rand; Wesrand-distriksmunisipaliteit; uMasipala weSithili sase West Rand; Masepala wa Setereke wa West Rand) is one of the districts of the Gauteng province of South Africa, that covers the West Rand area, with the exception of Roodepoort.

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White South Africans

White South Africans are South Africans of European descent.

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Xhosa language

Xhosa, formerly spelled Xosa and also known by its local name isiXhosa, is a Nguni language, indigenous to Southern Africa and one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe.

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Zulu language

Zulu, or IsiZulu as an endonym, is a Southern Bantu language of the Nguni branch spoken and indigenous to Southern Africa.

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See also

Populated places in the Merafong City Local Municipality

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Driefontein

Also known as Westdriefontein.