Nelson Mandela's ex-wife describes the final moments of his life as he passed away last week at his home in Johannesburg.
Winnie on Nelson Mandela’s Final Moments|The Telegraph|December 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I spent today in the Johannesburg Stadium, among 70,000 people who attended despite the torrential rain.
Rowdy Crowds At Mandela’s Memorial|Mark Gevisser|December 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Mandela and I met regularly, secretly at night, on a dark street in Johannesburg, so that he could brief me about his plans.
Mandela, My Source: One Journalist’s Memory of Clandestine Meetings|Benjamin Pogrund|December 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
About seven o'clock we passed through Fordsburg, a suburb of Johannesburg.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War|Ben Viljoen.
Mrs. George Farrar had come from Johannesburg, and together we went to see our husbands.
A Woman's Part in a Revolution|Natalie Harris Hammond
After taking leave of my friend Cronje at Johannesburg Station, my first duty was to visit my various field cornets.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War|Ben Viljoen.
I have sent De Wet with ultimatum this morning to Johannesburg, and believe arms will be laid down unconditionally.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6)|Louis Creswicke
French, after his unhappy cross-veld march to Heidelberg, was placed in charge of the Johannesburg district.
A Handbook of the Boer War|Gale and Polden, Limited
British Dictionary definitions for Johannesburg
Johannesburg
/ (dʒəʊˈhænɪsˌbɜːɡ) /
noun
a city in N South Africa; the capital of Gauteng province: South Africa's largest city and chief industrial centre; grew with the establishment in 1886 of the gold-mining industry; University of Witwatersrand (1922). Pop: 1 009 036 (2001)