Public Relations Office, City Hall, Johannesburg2014-02-042014-02-041967Public Relations Officer, City Hall, Johannesburg. 1967. City of Johannesburg. Brief History of the Development of its system of Government.http://hdl.handle.net10539/13647On 8th September, 1886, Paul Kruger, president of the Transvaal Republic, signed a proclamation declaring several farms, including Randjieslaagte, on the Witwatersrand ("Ridge of White Waters") public gold diggings. The biggest gold rush in history began to what was until then a piece of bare veld and rocky outcrop.enJohannesburg Local Government History; Johannesburg City Coucil HistoryArticle