Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region of northeast South Africa between the Vaal River and Johannesburg. It has been one of the richest gold-mining areas in the world since the discovery of gold there in 1886.
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- noun a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
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The Witwatersrand was the hardest hit with a backlog of 1,8 million mail items, while all delays had been cleared in the
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A similar politically motivated campaign to spread intimidation and terror to the Witwatersrand was the real motive behind last Monday's Inkatha foray into the centre of Johannesburg.
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The Witwatersrand was the most strike-prone region, followed by
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They've made a big strike at a place called Witwatersrand just outside Pretoria.
When the Lion Feeds Smith, Wilbur 1964
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Of course, in saying this, I except always the mining districts, and especially the Witwatersrand, which is to the full as restless and as active as San Francisco or Melbourne.
Impressions of South Africa James Bryce Bryce 1880
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The replicas are a gift from the government of the Republic of South Africa and the University of the Witwatersrand, which is leading the investigation into the fossils.
BBC News - Home 2011
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In its day, the Witwatersrand was the biggest known gold field in the world.
unknown title 2009
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Mr. Mundel holds a medical degree from University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and a PhD in mathematics from the University of Chicago.
Gates Foundation Taps Novartis Executive Robert A. Guth 2011
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"There are a lot of legitimate complaints about the way in which the media report," says Anthony Butler , a professor in politics at the University of the Witwatersrand, including the fact that they are urban focused and tend to be quite "poorly informed about what the government does and why."
South Africa's Rulers Face Off Against Newspapers Jackie Bischof 2011
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Francis Thackery, director of the Institute for Human Evolution at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, is the leading academic on theories of Shakespeare's drug use.
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