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Eastern Cape remembers Mzi Mnguni: province to request state funeral for legendary boxing icon | MyJHB.co.za

Johannesburg in the news:

  1. Eastern Cape remembers Mzi Mnguni: province to request state funeral for legendary boxing icon: The boxing world was plunged into mourning on Saturday morning after the death of boxing icon Mzimasi Mnguni in an East London hospital. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. FS health shocked as images of wounded Dimakatso Ratselane make the rounds: The Free State health department has said it was shocked by what it called the unethical conduct of people who took pictures of Ratselane and shared them. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Cricket Australia ready to pay out-of-pocket expenses to CSA after tour postponement: Cricket Australia, in a letter addressed to Cricket South Africa, have stated that the tour became untenable after advice from leading medical experts and added that they are ready to pay … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. LIVESTREAM: Minister Motshekga briefs SA: Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will brief the country on the state of readiness for the opening of schools. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. South Africa to reopen 20 land border crossing points next week: South Africa will reopen 20 land border crossings to allow normal travel, lifting restrictions implemented last month to control rising coronavirus infections, the Home Affairs Ministry said on … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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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.