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Ex-world champion Xolisani Ndongeni rejoins trainer Mzamo Njekanye’s stable | MyJHB.co.za

Johannesburg in the news:

  1. Ex-world champion Xolisani Ndongeni rejoins trainer Mzamo Njekanye’s stable: The Johannesburg-based Njekanye helped Ndongeni to win the WBF belt. The Eastern Cape boxer joined Smith after parting ways with Colin Nathan‚ who guided him to the IBO belt in 2017. “I had good times … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. New strain of COVID-19 is driving South Africa’s resurgence: JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has announced that a new variant of the COVID-19 virus is driving the country’s current resurgence of the disease, which is seeing higher numbers of confirmed cases … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Get acquainted with the latest adventure vehicles in DRIVE360’s digimag: JOHANNESBURG – It’s that time of year when adventure calls, and that’s exactly what the latest edition of the Drive360 digital magazine is all about. The fourth edition of the digimag has hit the … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. LIVESTREAM: Mkhwebane releases investigative reports: Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is expected to release a number of reports in her office. The Office of the Public Protector has achieved a clean audit for the first time in twenty-five years. The … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Launch of the first parametric tropical cyclone risk insurance product in Africa: Johannesburg, December 21, 2020 – The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group is proposing a new insurance mechanism to African countries in the South West Indian Ocean (SWIO) region to cope with the … – “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.