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Johannesburg in the news:

  1. CSA’s Interim board gets a two month extension: Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa has granted Cricket South Africa’s interim board a two-month extension to complete its mandate. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Come back: Lesufi appeals to 3,000 pupils who haven’t returned to school: Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has expressed concern saying he had sent out officials to investigate why the pupils were not at school. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Many 100-year-olds are surviving Covid-19: As the pandemic’s death toll climbs, driven largely by victims in their 80s and above, there is some evidence to suggest that Covid-19 is not a death sentence for the elderly. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Eskom from South Africa will be a spin-off transmission company – CEO by the end of 2021: Eskom from South Africa will be a spin-off transmission company – CEO by the end of 2021 Andre de Ruyter, CEO of state-owned Eskom, … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Steinhoff’s former auditor Deloitte to pay million to settle certain claims: Steinhoff said on Monday former auditor Deloitte has agreed to pay $ 85 million to certain claimants as part of the retailer’s proposed $ 1 billion global lawsuit settlement plan, and that a company … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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The Carlton Centre: A Monument of Concrete and Contradiction

Rising 223 meters into the Highveld sky, the Carlton Centre was for nearly half a century the undisputed “king” of the African skyline. Completed in 1973, it held the title of the tallest building in Africa for 46 years—a reign that only ended in 2019 with the completion of The Leonardo in Sandton. It was designed by the prestigious American firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (the same minds behind the Burj Khalifa and Chicago’s Willis Tower), and its brutalist, reinforced concrete design was intended to be a “city within a city,” a symbol of South Africa’s then-booming industrial and mining economy.