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#CannesLions2019: Entertainment Lions shortlist

Johannesburg in the news:

  1. #CannesLions2019: Entertainment Lions shortlist: Grey Africa Johannesburg's Noziziwe, with production by 7Films Cape Town for Gillette brand made it onto the shortlist for the 'Non-fiction Film: Up to … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  2. Township basketball teams celebrate Youth Day at the CTICC: A few teams also came from further afield – Johannesburg, Kimberly and the Vikapu Elite based in Nairobi, Kenya. The event was organised by former … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  3. #CannesLions2019: Digital Craft shortlist: King James Group Cape Town's 'Siemens Fabric' brand work, with additional production by First Pencil Johannesburg, Sinister Studion … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  4. 24 killed in crash outside Tzaneen: JOHANNESBURG – Twenty-four people have been killed in a crash in Modjadjis-kloof outside Tzaneen on Sunday night. It's believed that a bus and a … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  5. Dobsonville residents march against violence: JOHANNESBURG – The community of Dobsonville, Soweto, is outraged after another body was discovered along an open veld in the area. Residents … – Google Alert – Johannesburg

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Museum Africa: The Memory of the Market

Long before it was a sanctuary for artifacts, this building was the Johannesburg Municipal Fruit and Vegetable Market, completed in 1913. At the time, it was an architectural marvel of the industrial age, featuring a massive, vaulted roof supported by reinforced concrete and steel—a design intended to keep the produce cool in the biting Highveld sun. The site was chosen for its proximity to the railway lines, allowing fresh goods from across Southern Africa to be funneled directly into the heart of the city. For decades, it was a place of frantic, multi-racial commerce where the air was thick with the smell of citrus and the shouts of auctioneers. In 1994—the same year South Africa held its first democratic elections—the market was transformed into Museum Africa, symbolically turning a site of physical sustenance into one of intellectual and historical nourishment.