Benoni was established as a mining camp after the local discovery of gold in 1887. The local mining chairman, Sir George Farrar, landscaped the valley in the early 1900s, and Benoni was officially declared a town in 1907.
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The Benoni coat of arms, commissioned in 1937 was drawn up by the College of. Heralds in England and registered with South African Bureau of Heraldry in.
May 25, 2023 · The historical origins of Benoni trace back to 1881 when Johan Rissik, the Surveyor-General of the Transvaal Republic at the time, encountered ...
The Farm Benoni was originally uninhabited and deemed “Uitvalgrond”. The Four Farms surrounded this empty piece of land.