![]() ![]() : 177 However, because it was (at the time) a considerable distance from the centre of Johannesburg, this was not a great success. Papenfus, who tried to establish a white residential township there, naming it after his wife, Alexandra. ![]() ![]() History Early history Īlexandra was established in 1912, on land originally owned by a farmer, a Mr H.B. In addition to its original, reasonably well-built houses, it also has a large number (estimated at more than 20,000) of informal dwellings or "shacks" called imikhukhu. Alexandra is situated on the banks of the Jukskei River. Alexandra is one of the poorest urban areas in the country. Alexandra is bounded by Wynberg on the west, Marlboro and Kelvin on the north, Kew, Lombardy West and Lombardy East on the south. ![]() It forms part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and is located next to the wealthy suburb of Sandton. CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable News Network.Alexandra, informally abbreviated to Alex, is a township in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Market holidays and trading hours provided by Copp Clark Limited. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Copyright S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor’s and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account ![]()
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