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  • Floral mapping of the nominated area recognizes 5 broad communities including the dolomite grasslands, andesite mountain bushveld, witwatersrand mountain bushveld, VD granite grassland and the riverine bushland.

    Vredefort Dome, South Africa 2009

  • To the witwatersrand area To Pretoria area (west) To Pretoria area (east)

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • Rand (South Africa) is the now common name for the witwatersrand, the site of the great gold fields found in the late 19th century and the original source of its wealth.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4 1989

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