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Girls4Tech new digital programme equips girls for future jobs

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. Girls4Tech new digital programme equips girls for future jobs: School in Johannesburg’s Alexandra township has become the latest full-time global recipient of the Girls4Tech Connect digital programme. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Airzim resumes Hre-Joburg route: Air Zimbabwe is excited over the return of Harare-Johannesburg flights starting on June 16, in a key development that is expected to pave way for the resumption of intercontinental flights starting … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. South Africa: Sharp Read | the Real Ramaphosa Remains Obscured: Opinion – A new book on the SA and ANC president is useful in some respects, but it covers too short a period of his reign and sheds almost no light on the internal workings of the man himself. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. South Africa’s health minister put on leave over contract: South Africa’s health minister Zweli Mkhize has been placed on special leave over a corruption scandal involving an irregular government contract. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Zanu PF Accuses Selmor Mtukudzi Of Disrespecting Mnangagwa: Selmor Mtukudzi’s social media posts at the weekend about the hardships faced by artists have rattled the ruling ZANU PF party. Selmor, the heiress to the Tuku Music legacy, expressed her displeasure … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? Vilakazi Street in Soweto is famous for having 2 Nobel Prize winning residents: Former South African president Nelson Mandela and former Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu lived on this street.

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The Rand Club: Jameson Raid

The Rand Club’s history is as exclusionary as it is grand. For most of its existence, it was a bastion of white, male, British-aligned power. It was famously the “nerve center” for the Jameson Raid in 1895—a botched coup attempt against Paul Kruger’s South African Republic that served as a precursor to the devastating Second Boer War. For nearly 100 years, women were not allowed to be members, and black South Africans were permitted only as staff. The club’s refusal to modernize its membership policies led to a slow decline in the late 20th century as the “new” Johannesburg moved to Sandton. By the early 2010s, the club was facing bankruptcy, its grand halls gathering dust and its membership dwindling to a few hundred traditionalists.