Spes Bona is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Spes Bona | |
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Coordinates: 26°12′29″S 28°04′19″E / 26.208°S 28.072°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Established | 1896 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2094 |
History
editPrior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Doornfontein.[1] The suburbs name is Latin for good hope and was established in 1896, named after the nearby Spes Bona Goldmine.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.