Editing Randfontein (section)

===Formation===
Randfontein was established formally on 3 March 1890 and proclaimed a municipality in 1929.<ref name="On01">{{cite book | title=On Route in South Africa: Explore South Africa region by region | publisher=Jonathan Ball Publishers | author=Erasmus, B.P.J. | year=2014 | pages=401 | isbn=9781920289805}}</ref>{{rp|336}}

Some important dates in Randfontein's history:

*1857: Bootha and Jonker families arrive in the area. (They owned the farm ''Groot Elandsvlei'' where the suburbs of Randgate, Loumarina, and Wilbotsdal are today.)
*1874: Gold discovered in Blaauwbank stream near Magaliesburg by Henry Lewis an Australian prospector.
*1886: Discovery of gold on the Rand by Harrison and Walker; start of the Reef gold rush.
*1886: JB Robinson arrives on the Reef; starts prospecting in the Randfontein area.
*1889: Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company (REGM) registered.
*1890: JB Robinson buys properties and farms in the Randfontein district.
*1894: The first shop, Fedlers, opens.
*1901: The first car, owned by Hector Mackay, arrives in town.
*1904: Chinese miners arrive in Randfontein.
*1929: Randfontein Municipality established; independent from Krugersdorp which managed the town from 1903.<ref name="Enc01">{{Cite book|last=Joyce|first=Peter|url=https://archive.org/details/southafricanfami0000joyc|title=The South African family encyclopaedia|date=1989|publisher=Cape Town : Struik Publishers|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-86977-887-6}}</ref>{{rp|292}}
*1979: Randfontein celebrates 50 years as an independent municipality.