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Botswana hires Hollywood firm to fight elephant hunting PR

Johannesburg in the news:

  1. Botswana hires Hollywood firm to fight elephant hunting PR: By BRIAN SLODYSKO and MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press. WASHINGTON — A public relations firm with deep Hollywood ties was enlisted … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  2. Rand Water hits three Gauteng metros with water restrictions: City of Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni were hit with a "reduced flow" from Friday morning, said Rand Water spokesperson Justice Mohale. – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  3. South Africa's Eskom CEO resigns for health reasons: JOHANNESBURG, May 24 (Reuters) – The chief executive of South Africa's struggling power utility Eskom, Phakamani Hadebe, said on Friday he was … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  4. CEO of South African Power Utility Eskom to Step Down: Hadebe is leaving due to health reasons, the Johannesburg-based company said in a statement published on Twitter. “It is no secret that this role … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  5. S.African court dismisses sulphur dioxide emissions changes ahead of carbon tax: JOHANNESBURG, May 24 (Reuters) – South Africa's average temperatures are rising more than the global average and the carbon tax law aimed at … – Google Alert – Johannesburg

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Have you tried: Whale and Dolphin Watching in Algoa Bay?

Did you know this about Johannesburg? The enormous Carlton Centre, built at a cost of R88 million, contained a fifty-storey office tower, the thirty-storey luxury Carlton Hotel, a five-storey Garlicks department store, three-and-a-half-acre public plaza with a two-story underground shopping centre beneath it and parking garages with space for 2000 cars. The Carlton Hotel (Johannesburg) opened for business on October 1, 1972.

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The Randlord Mansions: The View

Another Randlord Mansion masterpiece is The View, the oldest surviving house in Parktown, built for Sir Thomas Cullinan (who gave his name to the world’s largest diamond). These mansions were built with imported teak, Italian marble, and stained glass, often featuring “hunting rooms” filled with trophies from African safaris and libraries stocked with leather-bound classics. They were designed to project a sense of permanent, European-style aristocracy in a city that was, in reality, a volatile and temporary mining camp.