Spes Bona | |
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  Spes Bona  Spes Bona | |
| Coordinates:26°12′29″S28°04′19″E / 26.208°S 28.072°E /-26.208; 28.072 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Established | 1896 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2094 |
Spes Bona is asuburb ofJohannesburg,South Africa. It is located in Region F of theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Prior to the discovery of gold on theWitwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms calledDoornfontein.[1] The suburbs name isLatin forgood hope and was established in 1896, named after the nearby Spes Bona Goldmine.[1]
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