History of Kempton Park Gauteng

Year Event

1859–1865 Land deeds granted for Zuurfontein and Rietfontein farms

1890s Railway built through the area, connecting to Johannesburg goldfields

1903 Town established by Karl F. Wolff; named Kempten (later Kempton Park)

1952–1953 Jan Smuts Airport established; becomes O.R. Tambo International Airport

1992 Officially declared a city

1993 World Trade Centre stormed during CODESA apartheid negotiations

2000 Incorporated into Ekurhuleni Municipality