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Eight combined Cardinals, Bulldogs make All-SVC softball first team

Johannesburg in the news:

  1. Eight combined Cardinals, Bulldogs make All-SVC softball first team: Other players making the All-Ski Valley first team included Grace Boden (Johannesburg-Lewiston), Mackenzie Hoogerhyde (Bellaire), Summer … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  2. #AlexTotalShutdown leaders open criminal case against Joburg mayor: Businesses were closed after the Total Shutdown march from Alexandra to Sandton, Johannesburg, 19 June 2019. Picture: Nigel Sibanda … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  3. Alex Shutdown Movement lays case of contempt of court against Mashaba: The conveners of the Alexandra Total Shutdown movement have opened a case of contempt of court against City of Johannesburg Mayor Herman … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  4. LOOK: We need Mashaba to listen to us, say #AlexShutdown protesters: Johannesburg – The much anticipated "Alex Shut Down" began early Wednesday morning with hundreds of protesters marching to the City of … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  5. Animal protection organisations furious as zoo ignores pleas to free Lammie: Lammie the elephant made headlines back in January when it was reported that she had been in captivity at the Johannesburg Zoo for more than … – Google Alert – Johannesburg

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? In 1971 the South African Broadcasting Corporation was eventually allowed to introduce a television service. When television was finally introduced, there was only one channel with airtime divided evenly between English and Afrikaans, alternating between the two languages. Test transmissions in Johannesburg began on 5 May 1975, followed in July by ones in Cape Town and Durban. Nationwide services finally commenced on 5 January 1976.

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Museum Africa: Challenges

As of 2026, Museum Africa also stands as a symbol of the challenges facing urban heritage in a developing megacity. For years, the museum has battled with funding shortages and the physical toll of maintaining a century-old industrial building. Heritage activists and the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation have frequently stepped in to advocate for the protection of its “at-risk” archives, which include invaluable architectural drawings of the city’s early skyline. Despite these struggles, the museum remains a vital “cultural bedrock.” It sits adjacent to the Market Theatre, where the “protest theatre” of the 1970s challenged the regime, and overlooks Mary Fitzgerald Square, the historic site of labor strikes and political rallies. Museum Africa is not a polished, sterile “white cube” gallery; it is a gritty, honest, and deeply layered institution that mirrors the resilience of the Newtown district itself.