Germiston, Gauteng
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This article is about Germiston in Gauteng, South Africa. For the Germiston in Scotland, see Germiston, Glasgow.
Germiston in the East Rand of Gauteng is South Africa's sixth largest city with 70% of the western world's gold passing through its gold refinery. It has South Africa's biggest railway junction and the busiest civil airport, Rand Airport.
It was established in the early days of the gold rush when two prospectors, John Jack from the farm of Germiston near Glasgow and August Simmer from Vacha in Germany, struck paydirt on the farm of Elandsfontein. Both men made fortunes and the town sprung up next to the mine. In 1921 the world's largest gold refinery, the Rand Refinery, was established at Germiston.
Germiston is now part of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality which includes much of the East Rand, also the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area.
The city is also home to the WesBank Raceway motorsports facility.
Notable people to come from Germiston include: Andre Watson (Rugby Referee), Pierre Isse (Bafana Bafana Defender).
Apparently the house wherein Daisy_Louisa_De_Melker lived (and murdered her husbands) is also located in Germiston.
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