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Johannesburg in the news:

  1. Four cash-in-transit suspects killed in Johannesburg: Johannesburg police says four alleged cash-in-transit robbery suspects have been killed during a shootout with police at a safe house in Katlegong on the Gauteng East Rand. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. UPDATE 1-Another big storm, growing stronger, set to hit central Mozambique: JOHANNESBURG, Jan 22 (Reuters) – A powerful storm nearing Mozambique is expected to intensify into a tropical cyclone on Friday, according to forecasts, dumping rain onto already swollen rivers in an … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. World-leading scholar to join book launch event: One of the academic world’s leading postcolonial scholars will be among guests at a book launch hosted by a research group at King’s College London. Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Columbia … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Cheap Flights from Johannesburg O.R. Tambo to Oaxaca (JNB – OAX): Are there any travel restrictions from Johannesburg O.R. Tambo to Oaxaca right now? Oaxaca is currently open to travellers from Johannesburg O.R. Tambo. Check our live COVID-19 map for Mexico travel … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. WATCH | Are you doing it wrong? Here’s ‘how to say things like a proper Joburger’: New to Johannesburg and need a quick 411 on how to speak like a “true Joburger”? TikTok star Troy Sheperds has the perfect hack. In a short video, Sheperds spilled the tea on Jozi lingo for talking to … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Have you tried: Whale and Dolphin Watching in Algoa Bay?

Did you know this about Johannesburg? The Soweto Uprising was a series of protests led by high school students in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976. Students from numerous Sowetan schools began to protest in the streets of Soweto in response to the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in local schools. It is estimated that 20,000 students took part in the protests. The number of protesters killed by police was officially given as 176, but estimates of up to 700 have been made. In remembrance of these events, the 16th of June is now a public holiday in South Africa. A thirteen year old Black boy, Hector Pieterson, is the iconic first victim of police brutality, but Dr Melville Edelstein, who had devoted his life to social welfare among blacks, was soon forgotten. He was stoned to death by the mob and left with a sign around his neck proclaiming “Beware Afrikaners”.

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The Rand Club: The Inner Sanctum of the Randlords

Founded in 1887, just months after the discovery of gold, the Rand Club is the oldest private members’ club in Johannesburg. The current building, completed in 1904, is the third iteration of the club on the same site, designed by the iconic architectural firm Leck & Emley in a Neo-Baroque style that was intended to rival the gentlemen’s clubs of London’s Pall Mall. For over a century, this was the “room where it happened.” It was here that Cecil John Rhodes, Barney Barnato, and Ernest Oppenheimer sipped whiskey and drafted the plans for the mining conglomerates that still dominate the global economy today.