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Johannesburg in the news:

  1. EXTRA TIME: Watch former Chelsea star Michael Essien's interviews in South Africa: Chelsea legend Michael Essien was promoting the English Premier League and La Liga in Johannesburg, South Africa on Monday. – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  2. ANC rubbishes Ramaphosa 'leaked emails': JOHANNESBURG – The ANC is rubbishing leaked emails on President Cyril Ramaphosa's campaign as nothing but a calculated maneuver to … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  3. African countries urged to unite to address challenges: JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — The Pan-African Parliament President Roger Nkodo Dang on Tuesday called on African countries to unite and … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  4. Mashaba slams 'utterly ineffectual' NPA, asks Parliament to intervene on Joburg corruption: Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba has written to Parliament to ask for its intervention in the City, saying he has received no assistance from … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  5. City of Joburg commended for financial stability – John Moodey: The Democratic Alliance (DA) commends the financial stability of the City of Johannesburg, the healthiest financial position the municipality has ever … – Google Alert – Johannesburg

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? The Rand Club of Johannesburg is the oldest private members’ club in Johannesburg, South Africa, and founded in October 1887. The plan for the current, third, clubhouse was put on paper in 1902 and its construction was finished in 1904 on the design by architects Leck & Emley in the Edwardian neo-baroque style.

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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.