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Midrand is in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was established as a Local Municipality in 1981, but was incorporated into Region 2 of the City of Johannesburg during the late 1990′s and as of 2006, when the number of regions where reduced to seven, it forms part of Region A. Midrand officially ceased to exist in 1998 when Act 15 of 1981 Town Council of Midrand Act was repealed by Act 10 of 1998 Rationalisation of Local Government Affairs Act.

Though there is no longer an official Midrand, the name is still on common use to denote the suburbs around the N1 highway north of the Jukskei River up to the border with Tshwane. (This portion of the N1 highway is also known as the Ben Schoeman Highway.) Suburbs that are generally assumed to be in Midrand include among others: Carlswald, Crowthorne, Glen Austin, Halfway House, Halfway Gardens, Kyalami, Vorna Valley and Randjesfontein.

Education

The Midrand Graduate Institute and UNISA’s Graduate School of Business Leadership is located in Midrand.

The city is relatively modern, having experienced much growth in the last decade. Many businesses have relocated there due to its proximity to good highway links and its location in the economic centre of Gauteng Province. Midrand’s development has meant there is little break between the outskirts of Johannesburg and those of Pretoria, and the Gauteng Provincial Government envisages that, according to current growth trends, much of the province will be city by 2015.

Midrand is also the location of the African Union’s Pan-African Parliament.

Trivia on Midrand

* Kyalami, an international renowned racetrack is in Midrand and is the venue for many of South Africa’s premier motor racing events.

* The South Africa Lipizzaners are situated in the smallholdings of Kyalami.

* Midrand has the largest[citation needed] conference centre in South Africa which is known as Gallagher Estate which was built on the former site of Laerskool/Primary School Halfway House, which subsequently moved to new grounds near the firestation.

* Midrand is home to the “World Trade Centre” where all the UN delegates meet once a year.

Source: wikipedia