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Boksburg
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Boksburg
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SOUTH AFRICA
GUIDES
AFRICA
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 In 1887, a small town was set out to serve some of the Rand's gold mines. Eduard Bok, State Secretary of the South African Republic, provided its name and Mining Commissioner Montague White built a large dam which, empty for years, was dubbed White's Folly until a flashflood in 1889 silenced detractors. White had meanwhile planted a large amount of trees around the dam. The 15ha dam is now the attractive Boksburg Lake.
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