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Richmond is a small, centrally located suburb in Johannesburg whose Edwardian, Art Deco and Mid Century Modern houses are being both gentrified and torn down. This small, well-established region overlooks the leafy suburbs of Westcliff and Parktown North. The area is bordered by Empire Road, Melville and the Auckland Park Johannesburg Country Club. The suburb of Richmond was established in 1893 or 1896. Located approximately 3,5 km northwest of the city hall, the total of 227 stands that made up this middle class settlement were established on a portion of the Braamfontein Farm that Louw Geldenhuys sold for £300 000. Richmond, as a location, was also one of the first sites for Black Entrepreneurs in early Johannesburg. Zulu men from KwaZulu-Natal, members of the AmaWasha (or Zulu Washerment) formed a guild. Laundry work, among Zulu men, was a prestigious occupation and pay was handsome. The AmaWasha had its history in a precolonial artisanal associations which practiced hide dressing In their laundering work, the AmaWasha recalled the specialist craft of hide-dressing. This powerful group of approximately 1200 African washermen, would clean the mining town's dirty laundry. Things began to change with a drought in 1895 In 1902 an American entrepreneur and laundryman, Frank Oscar Nelson established Steam Laundry and competed with two other foreign owned laundry businesses, the Crystal Steam Laundry and the Auckland Park Steam Laundry. However, by 1914, their the amamwasha's efforts had been eclipsed and Rand Steam Laundries, would do the washing, ironing, dying and dry-cleaning of dirty clothes up until 1962. Today, the social history of these early entrepreneurs are recognized in Rand Steam Shopping Centre. While most of the original buildings were illegally demolished in 2008, the remaining structures were declared heritage sites by the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation and amaWasha bricks are inserted into the walls. Richmond residents have a wide variety of amenities in walking distance including 44 Stanley, Love Books, Randsteam and Bamboo Centre and Boxpark inspired 27 Boxes. Soccer sports fields and Melville Koppies maintain an impression of a small highveld town.

7th Street is a street located in the Johannesburg suburb of Melville. It is lined with many restaurants and bars, which are mostly frequented by students from the nearby University of Johannesburg. It is featured in the South African soap opera 7de Laan.

The Milpark Hospital is a private hospital in western Parktown, Johannesburg, in the area known as Milpark, and owned by Netcare Limited. It has a level 1 accredited trauma unit, and cardiology and cardio-thoracic services. It has 346 beds, of which 95 are used for high care and intensive care. The hospital also houses the only Gamma Knife unit in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was treated at the hospital for an acute respiratory infection in January 2011 and underwent a laparoscopy there in February 2012. In In February 2009, South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius was treated at the hospital after a serious boating accident.On 2 April 2018, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela died at the hospital. In 2021 Shona Ferguson died at the hospital due to COVID-19 complications. He is survived by his wife, actress Connie Ferguson and two daughters .

5FM is a South African FM radio station that follows a Top 40 music format and is owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), South Africa's public broadcaster. The current business manager of PCS combo(5fm and good hope fm) is JD Mostert

Soundcity Radio Network is a Nigerian FM radio and nationwide digital radio station that follows a Top 40 music format and is owned by Alphavision Multimedia, a subsidiary of the Consolidated Media Associates (CMA). Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, Soundcity Radio Network broadcasts nationally to a youth audience. Soundcity Radio Network music quota leans more to Nigerian music with over 70% of music played from local artists and 30% split between other African and Foreign music.

Radiopark (also known as South African Broadcasting Corporation Building, simply SABC Building) is a skyscraper in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa. It is thirty stories tall and is the headquarters of the South African Broadcasting Corporation.

Melville is a bohemian suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It is the location of many restaurants and taverns, which are mostly frequented by students from the nearby University of Johannesburg, located in Auckland Park, and the University of the Witwatersrand, located in Braamfontein. It is one of the city's most popular tourist destinations. The suburb is to the west of the Johannesburg CBD. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

Lindfield House is a Victorian Museum in Auckland Park, near Johannesburg, South Africa, built circa 1909–1910. The original plans have been lost. The first owners of the house were a Dr and Mrs Stanwell, who lived there until 1924. The house is named after a village in England.Herbert Baker is said to be the designer of the house. The second owner was Henry O'Kelly Webber, a past president of the Chamber of Mines. He greatly enlarged the house, getting A.J. Marshall to design the plans. Marshall worked with Baker and afterwards had his own practice. An extra room was added in 1933 which was designed by Nelly Edwards, the first woman architect in Johannesburg.The third owner was Donald Relton Austin, an engineer, who bought the house in 1944. Then in the 1950s the house was owned by Peter Laband, a stockbroker.

Love Books is an independent bookshop located in Melville, Johannesburg. It was founded in 2009 by Jaci Jenkins and Kate Rogan. The business offers works by local authors, and hosts book launches as well as sponsored literary discussions. It also often works in collaboration with neighbouring coffee shops to spotlight new authors and their works. Love Books was founded with the aim of countering elitism in the literary sphere by establishing an accessible and egalitarian environment. It was awarded 'Best Independent Bookseller' at the Sefika Publishers Awards in 2019.

The Deutsche Internationale Schule Johannesburg (DSJ) is a German international school in Parktown, Johannesburg.Founded in 1891, the DSJ is one of the oldest schools in the city and one of the largest German schools on the African continent. At present approximately 1050 learners of 27 different nationalities are taught at the DSJ. The Deutsche Internationale Schule Johannesburg is an integrated school with a bilingual educational programme: it offers both Matric, the South African exit exam, and the German Abitur.

Oswald Austin Reid VC (2 November 1893––27 October 1920) was a South African recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

The IMM Graduate School is a privately owned educational institution and is part of the UXi Education group. The IMM Graduate School offers degrees, diplomas and certificates in marketing, marketing management and supply chain management.The school provides most of its teaching through distance learning, but students can supplement their distanced learning by receiving academic support at one of their Student Support Centres throughout Southern Africa. The IMM Graduate School has students from more than 20 different countries around the world, including Botswana, Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Burundi, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Bosnia, China, France, India, Ireland, Serbia, Thailand and the United Kingdom.The current Executive Academic Head is Angela Bruwer.