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Johannesburg in the news:

  1. Clicks Group reports rise in annual earnings despite Covid-19: JOHANNESBURG – Clicks Group reported a 13.7 percent increase in annual earnings on Thursday, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, as the company continued to operate during the lockdown because it was … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Diko, Masuku to face ANC disciplinary panel: JOHANNESBURG – The ANC has asked Bandile Masuku and Khusela Diko to step aside from party activities. Loyiso Masuku has been cleared of wrongdoing by the SIU and can return to work. READ: Masuku … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Whistleblower Agrizzi Has Heart Attack in Hospital: The Bosasa whistleblower Angelo Agrizzi, who was denied bail only last week (for reasons that will be covered in an upcoming Carte Blanche segment), has suffered a heart attack while in a private … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Capital & Counties Regulatory News: Capco owns a 26.3 per cent shareholding in Shaftesbury PLC. The Company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. www.capitalandcounties.com About Shaftesbury PLC … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. People in lead-poisoned Zambian town sue miner: A group of Zambian women and children filed a suit against Anglo American in South Africa, alleging that the company caused widespread lead poisoning from a mine it operated until 1974 in the northern … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Have you tried: Visiting Port Elizabeth?

Did you know this about Johannesburg? While Johannesburg has a reputation as one of the most dangerous cities in the world, it takes an average of only 60 seconds for police to respond to a crime scene in the central business district (CBD). There is a CCTV system that covers every street corner and scanning vehicle licence plates.

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The Randlord Mansions: History

The history of these mansions is also a story of urban warfare and preservation. In the 1960s and 70s, as Johannesburg expanded, many of the original Parktown estates were ruthlessly demolished to make way for the M1 Highway and the massive concrete campus of the Wits University Medical School. The “Parktown War” saw heritage activists fighting the bulldozers to save what remained of the city’s architectural soul. Today, several of the surviving mansions serve as corporate headquarters, schools, or museums, stripped of their private domesticity but preserved as monuments to a gilded age.

Interestingly, these mansions also played a secret role in the city’s political evolution. It was in the drawing rooms of Parktown that the “progressive” mining elite would meet to discuss the future of the country, often finding themselves at odds with the more conservative Boer government. Lady Florence Phillips, in particular, used her influence to found the Johannesburg Art Gallery, insisting that a world-class city needed world-class culture, not just gold bars. Today, walking the “Heritage Trail” through Parktown offers a haunting contrast; you stand in the quiet, manicured gardens of the victors, looking down at the pulsing, crowded city that their gold mines created. It is the ultimate “view from the top,” a reminder that the extreme wealth of Sandton today has its DNA rooted in the stone-and-timber palaces of the 1900s.