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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: What is it and what does it do?

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: What is it and what does it do?: News that billionaires Bill and Melinda Gates are to separate after 27 years of marriage has sparked speculation over what will happen to their charitable foundation. The Microsoft co-founder is a … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. SANParks welcomes report on wildlife management: The South African National Parks (SANParks) has welcomed the report of a High Level Panel into the management, breeding, hunting, trade and handling of elephant, lion, leopard and rhinoceros. The … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Refusal to grant interim relief on AYO has ramifications to employees: I was dismayed, disappointed, and gravely disturbed after hearing that Judge Gregory Wright had declined to grant interim relief to AYO in preventing FNB from terminating AYO’s transactional banking … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Joburg: Makhubo talks of post-Covid city but dream lacks detail: In his State of the City Address on Tuesday, Johannesburg Mayor Geoff Makhubo invited residents to imagine a post-pandemic reality where life is better than before. Just months before the municipal … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Two dead in fire in South Africa Covid ward: Two patients died on Tuesday after a fire broke out in the coronavirus ward of a hospital in northern South Africa, the local health department said. The incident occurred at a hospital in Modimolle, … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? Johannesburg is more than 130 years old: The city was founded on the 4th of October 1886. It’s one of the youngest world cities though.

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Constitution Hill: From Injustice to Justice

Constitution Hill is a living museum located on the ridge between Braamfontein and Hillbrow. It is a site of extreme contrasts, housing both the notorious Old Fort prison complex—where some of the most horrific human rights abuses of the 19th and 20th centuries occurred—and the modern South African Constitutional Court, the highest guardian of the country’s democracy. This site is often referred to as the “Robben Island of Johannesburg” because it incarcerated nearly every major figure in the liberation struggle, including Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Joe Slovo, Albertina Sisulu, and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. However, its history is far older than the anti-Apartheid struggle; it was originally built in 1893 as a prison by the Boer Republic and later converted into a military fort to defend the city against the British during the South African War.