noun
- a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
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)
Largest city in South Africa, located in the northeastern part of the country.