The precise location of the original Witwatersrand Agricultural Society show grounds has long been obscured by the later history of Milner Park and the Rand Easter Show. Yet a close reading of early maps, ridge topography and contemporary descriptions suggests that the first permanent show grounds occupied a broader and rather different landscape from
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It is appropriate to begin with a declaration of interest: I contributed a chapter on Prynnsberg and supported the publication of this book. That proximity, however, also allows for a fuller appreciation of both its achievements and its limitations. Jackie Kalley, publishing under her Otterley Press
Blue Plaques
On 2 June 1900, two days after taking over Johannesburg, the British, who had been welcomed by local African people as liberators, re-imposed the pass laws of the Z.A.R., effectively threatening any unemployed or self-employed black man with expulsion. This racial legislation secured the workforce needed by the army and the mines.
