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Exclusive-African governments want climate finance to hit $1.3 trillion by 2030

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. Exclusive-African governments want climate finance to hit .3 trillion by 2030: JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – African nations believe financing to help developing countries deal with climate change should be scaled up more than tenfold to $ 1.3 trillion per year by 2030, a key African … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Employees go hungry as Autopax fails to pay September salaries: On Tuesday, 50 employees protested outside the offices of Prasa in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, demanding they be paid their salaries. This is not the first time Autopax employees have not been paid on … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Court hears recording of ‘cover up’ after death of teen Nathaniel Julies: The high court in Johannesburg heard on Wednesday how Const Caylene Whiteboy allegedly planned what should be told to authorities after the shooting of Eldorado Park teenager Nathaniel Julies. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Prince Albert says Princess Charlene will be back in Monaco ‘very soon’: Speaking to RMC radio, Albert said his wife ‘is still in South Africa, but will be back very soon, we have to talk to the doctors in a few days.’ … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. The cherry on top – at the Sandstone Cherry Steam Train Festival: In celebration of newly relaxed Covid-19 restrictions, narrow-gauge steam trains, restored heritage transport and farming equipment. – “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.