The foundation stone of the council chambers in Market Street was laid in 1907 by Lord Selbourne (1859-1942), the then High Commissioner to the Transvaal Republic and Orange River colonies.
The Mogale City council building has been declared a national monument - meaning no alterations, including additions and demolitions - can be made to the structure without the consent of the national government.
Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu was the first person with strong connections to Mogale City to be awarded the Nobel Prize for peace.
Tutu taught in Munsieville with Nomalizo Leah Shenxana, who later became his wife.
The Sterkfontein Caves, one of the world's most important palaeo-anthropological sites, was declared a World Heritage Site in 1999. It was at Sterkfontein that two major finds were made that changed modern palaeontology: Mrs Ples, an Australopithecus africanus, dating back 2.5-million years; and Little Foot, an almost complete ape-man skeleton 3.3-million years old.
Patrick 'Ace' Ntsoelengoe is the only citizen of Mogale City (and South Africa) to have been inducted into the US Soccer Hall of Fame.
Mogale City executive mayor, Advocate Lentswe Mokgatle, was educated in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Former President FW de Klerk is the second person with close ties to Mogale City to have received the Nobel Prize for peace.
Both Tutu and De Klerk are patrons of the Mogale Foundation.
World-famous astronomer and author, Professor David Block, who teaches applied mathematics at Wits University, was born and raised in Mogale City. He now lives in Roodepoort.
