{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"West Rand - Newikis","description":"The West Rand is the urban western part of the Witwatersrand that is functionally merged with the Johannesburg conurbation. This area became settled by Europeans after a gold-bearing reef discovered in 1886 and sparked the gold rush that gave rise to the establishment of Johannesburg.","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400,"thumbnail_url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Map_of_Gauteng_with_West_Rand_highlighted_%282016%29.svg/1280px-Map_of_Gauteng_with_West_Rand_highlighted_%282016%29.svg.png","thumbnail_width":1280,"thumbnail_height":1290}