Johannesburg Johannesburg were destroyed and their people driven away during the wars emanating from Zululand during the late 18th and early 19th centuries (the mfecane or difaqane wars), and as a result, an offshoot of the Zulu kingdom, the Ndebele (often referred to as the Matabele, the name given them by the local Sotho–Tswana), set up a kingdom to the northwest of Johannesburg around modern-day Rustenburg. The main Witwatersrand gold reef was discovered in June 1884 on the farm Vogelstruisfontein by Jan Gerritse Bantjes that triggered the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the founding of Johannesburg in 1886. The discovery of gold
The Real Housewives of Johannesburg The Real Housewives of Johannesburg The Real Housewives of Johannesburg (abbreviated RHOJ) is a South African reality television series that premiered on 3 August 2018, on M-Net's rebranded channel, 1Magic. The show is developed as an international instalment of the American "The Real Housewives" franchise and the first instalment of the franchise set in Africa. "The Real Housewives of Johannesburg" focuses on the personal and professional lives of several women living in Johannesburg, South Africa. "The Real Housewives of Johannesburg" was first rumoured in 2014 to be produced by local company Tigere Media, however the production company had failed to