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Johannesburg, colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "the City of Gold", is the capital city of the province of Gauteng and the largest city in South Africa. In 2022, the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality had a population of 4,803,262, and had a wider metropolitan area of 15,099,422, making it one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world.

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In the news

• Shimza announces Kunye Johannesburg for March 2027 amid boardroom battle
  citizen.co.za · 20 h ago
• 'What I said was true': Zille refuses to apologise to Malema
  businessday.co.za · 10 h ago · 2 outlets
• Bhūmi 2 explores our connection to the Earth and each other
  dailymaverick.co.za · 1 h ago
• DA opens coalition talks with EFF/MK Party despite years of hostility
  timeslive.co.za · 3 h ago
• Qantas launches direct Sydney to Cape Town South Africa flights | The Advertiser - Cessnock
  cessnockadvertiser.com.au · 4 h ago
• Municipalities to develop turn around strategies
  sanews.gov.za · 4 h ago
• Banyana coach Dr Ellis drops by to visit Bafana - South African Football Association
  safa.net · 6 h ago
• The invisible winner: SA counted the votes — who's counting the absent?
  dailymaverick.co.za · 7 h ago

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This week

Things to do in Johannesburg this weekend

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Weather this week

• Thu31° / 20°Partly cloudy
• Fri32° / 17°Fair
• Sat28° / 17°Rain
• Sun25° / 16°Showers
• Mon28° / 16°Rain

Forecast by MET Norway, CC BY 4.0, updated 29 min ago.

Nearby

• Germiston 12 km
• Randburg 13 km
• Roodepoort 18 km
• Soweto 20 km
• Boksburg 22 km
• Benoni 28 km

Learn here

• University of Johannesburg 49,910 students
• Technikon Witwatersrand 12,000 students
• Darul Uloom Zakariyya 800 students
• Rand Afrikaans University
• Bunting Road Campus Auckland Park
• Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
• University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Humanities
• School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

Universities and colleges within 25 km, from Wikidata, CC0.

What's here

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