Timeline of Johannesburg

The following is a of the history of the city of Johannesburg, in the Gauteng province in South Africa.

19th century

• 1886 – Johannesburg township established by Boer government after discovery of gold in vicinity.
• 1887
• The Star newspaper in publication.
• St. Mary's Church built.
• Johannesburg Stock Exchange founded.
• Theatre Royal opens.
• 1888 – St Mary's School was founded.
• 1890
• Library opens.
• Jeppe High School for Boys was founded.
• 1891
• Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
• Standard Theatre opens.
• 1892 – Prison built.
• 1895 – Railway in operation.
• 1896
• January: Uprising against Boer government.
• 19 February: Braamfontein Explosion.
• 1897
• Johannesburg Park station opens.
• Johan Zulch de Villiers becomes the first mayor.
• 1898 – St John's College was founded.
• 1899 – Fort built.
• 1900 – 31 May: Town captured by British forces during the Second Boer War.

20th century

1900s–1950s

• 1902
• King Edward VII School was founded.
• St. Andrew's School for Girls was founded.
• 1903
• Johannesburg Stock Exchange building constructed.
• Observatory built near town.
• Sophiatown developed.
• Roedean School for Girls was founded.
• 1904
• Johannesburg Zoo and Transvaal Technical Institute established.
• April: Brickfields burned.
• Drill Hall built.http://www.jda.org.za/index.php/milestones/drill-hall
• Population: 99,022.
• 1905
• Town administrative wards created.
• Johannesburg Statistics begins publication.
• Alexandra developed near Johannesburg.
• 1906
• Electric trams begin operating.
• Sunday Times newspaper begins publication.
• Meeting of the Municipal Associations of South Africa held in Johannesburg.
• 1907 – Redhill School was founded.
• 1908 – Population: 180,687.
• 1919 – Jeppe High School for Girls was founded.
• 1920 – Parktown Boys' High School was founded.
• 1921 – Helpmekaar Kollege was founded.
• 1922
• University of the Witwatersrand incorporated.
• January–March: Miner's strike.
• 1923 – Parktown High School for Girls was founded.
• 1925 – Technikon Witwatersrand established.
• 1927 – Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra founded.
• 1928
• Johannesburg gains city status.
• Ellis Park Stadium was opened.
• 1929 – South African Institute of Race Relations headquartered in city.
• 1931 – Airport opens in Germiston.
• 1933 – Kingsmead College was founded.
• 1935 – Johannesburg City Library building opens.
• 1936 – 15 September: The Empire Exhibition, South Africa World's Fair opens
• 1937 – 15 January: The Empire Exhibition, South Africa closes.
• 1941 – St David's Marist, Inanda was founded.
• 1942 – Springbok Legion's Fighting Talk begins publication.
• 1944 – Hoërskool Florida was founded.
• 1946 – Population: 603,470 city; 762,910 urban agglomeration.
• 1948 – Polly Street Centre founded.
• 1950 – Springbok Radio begins broadcasting.
• 1951
• Drum magazine begins publication.
• Population: 631,911 city; 884,007 urban agglomeration.
• Waverley High School for Girls was founded.
• 1952 – Jan Smuts Airport established in Kempton Park.
• 1953 – St Stithians College was founded.
• 1956
• December: Treason Trial begins.
• Purple Renoster literary magazine begins publication.
• 1957 – 1957 Alexandra bus boycott.
• 1958 – St Benedict's College was founded.

1960s–1990s

• 1960
• 21 March: Sharpeville massacre.
• Johannesburg Planetarium opens.
• 1961
• City becomes part of the Republic of South Africa.
• Greenside High School was founded.
• 1962 – Sentech Tower built.
• 1963
• 11 July: The arrest of Umkhonto we Sizwe high commanders known as Rivonia Trialist.
• 11 August: Four of the defendants who had been arrested on July 11, at the Liliesleaf Farm near Johannesburg, were able to escape their South African jail after a bribe was promised to their guard by the ANC.
• Classic magazine begins publication.
• 1964
• July: The arrest of Umkhonto we Sizwe high commanders known as Little Rivonia Trialist.
• Johannesburg Botanical Garden established.
• 1966 – Rand Afrikaans University founded.
• 1968 – Bryanston High School was founded.
• 1969
• Hyde Park Corner (shopping centre) in business.
• Northcliff High School was founded.
• 1970
• Tollman Towers and Trust Bank Building constructed.
• Population: 654,682 city; 1,432,643 urban agglomeration.
• 1971 – Hillbrow Tower built.
• 1973 – Marble Towers, Carlton Centre, and Sandton City shopping centre built.
• 1974 – Beeld newspaper begins publication.
• 1975 – Ponte City Apartments built.
• 1976
• 16 June: Soweto uprising.
• Market Theatre opens.
• 1978 – Staffrider literary magazine begins publication.
• 1980
• Municipal workers' strike.
• Federated Union of Black Artists Academy established.
• 1981 – The Sowetan newspaper begins publication.
• 1982
• City Press newspaper begins publication.
• Afrapix active.
• 1984
• 3 September: Sharpeville Six
• 11 Diagonal Street built.
• 1985
• Weekly Mail newspaper begins publication.
• Mormon Temple dedicated.
• Population: 632,369 city; 1,609,408 urban agglomeration.
• 1987 – Water Institute of Southern Africa headquartered in city.
• 1988 – 31 August: Bombing of Khotso House.
• 1989
• Soccer City stadium opens.
• Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation established.
• 1991 – Population: 712,507 city; 1,916,061 metro.
• 1992
• Johannesburg Stadium opens.
• Centre for Policy Studies headquartered in Johannesburg.
• 1994
• 28 March: Shooting at Shell House.
• City becomes seat of the new Gauteng province.
• South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance established.
• 1995
• Gallagher Convention Centre opens.
• Centre for Development and Enterprise headquartered in Johannesburg.
• Johannesburg Biennale art exhibit begins.
• 1996
• 3 February: 1996 Africa Cup of Nations Final football contest played in Johannesburg.
• Population: 752,349 city.
• 1997
• MTN Sundrome opens.
• Flag of Johannesburg revised design adopted.
• 1998 – Website Joburg.org.za launched.
• 1998 – St Peter's College was founded.
• 1999 – September: 1999 All-Africa Games held in city.
• 2000
• City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Johannesburg City Parks created.
• Stoned Cherrie in business.
• Population: 2,732,000 (urban agglomeration).

21st century

2000s

• 2001
• Amos Masondo becomes mayor.
• Monash University, South Africa campus established.
• Population: 3,226,055.
• 2002
• Soweto becomes part of city.
• City hosts Earth Summit 2002.
• 2003 – Nelson Mandela Bridge built.
• 2004
• Constitutional Court of South Africa building opens in Constitution Hill.
• Drill Hall rebuilt.
• Creative Commons South Africa headquartered at University of the Witwatersrand.http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2009/06/new-leadership-creative-commons-south-africa
• 2005
• University of Johannesburg established.
• 2 July: Live 8 concert.
• Population: 3,272,000 (urban agglomeration).
• 2008
• Joburg Art Fair begins.
• Google office in business.
• Species Australopithecus sediba discovered near Johannesburg.
• 2009 - 28 June: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final football contest played in Johannesburg.

2010s

• 2010 – 11 July: 2010 FIFA World Cup Final held.
• 2011
• Parks Tau becomes mayor.
• Air pollution in Johannesburg reaches annual mean of 41 PM2.5 and 85 PM10, more than recommended.
• Population: 4,434,827.
• 2013
• 10 February: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Final football contest played in Johannesburg.
• 5 December: Nelson Mandela dies in Johannesburg.
• 2015 – October: #FeesMustFall protest.
• 2016
• 22 August: Herman Mashaba becomes mayor
• Mduduzi Edmund Tshabalala died in Johannesburg
• October: #FeesMustFall protest revival.
• 2018
• Winnie Madikizela-Mandela died in Johannesburg.
• International 10th BRICS summit held at Sandton Convention Centre.
• 24 October: Jabulani Tsambo died in Johannesburg

2020s

• 2021
• 9 July 2021: Geoff Makhubo dies.
• 10 August 2021: Jolidee Matongo becomes mayor.
• 18 September 2021: Jolidee Matongo dies from a car accident
• 2023: 19 July - Gas explosion destroys road in downtown.

See also

• History of Johannesburg
• Mayor of Johannesburg
• City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
• of other cities in South Africa: Cape Town, Durban, Gqeberha, Pietermaritzburg, Pretoria

References

Bibliography

Published in 20th century

• Musiker, 2000. A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg, Francolin Pubs., Cape Town, South Africa.

Published in 21st century

2000s

• + website
• (about Cape Town, Johannesburg, Libreville, Lomé)

2010s

External links

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