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Johannesburg in the news:

  1. Green tops await Sri Lankans in South Africa: Rex Clementine The national cricket team landed in South Africa Friday night and soon will resume training lead up to the two match Test series against the Proteas. Compared to most places in the … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Long-stay tourist visas are your ticket to sun, safaris and surfing: It now gives up to 90 days to explore the country – from the wine lands around Table Mountain and the surfing beaches of Durban to the arty, urban scene in Johannesburg. Better still, while visitors … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Severe Covid-19 variant detected in South Africa, says Minister: JOHANNESBURG • A severe variant of the coronavirus has been detected in South Africa, which could explain the rapid spread of a second wave that affects younger people, the health minister has said.. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Where to see a contemporary spin on Cape Dutch architecture? Hartbeespoort!: Kleine Rijke venue makes an irresistible day trip for Joburg design lovers – especially now that they’re serving up delicious wood-fired pizzas on Sundays … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Severe COVID variant detected in South Africa: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — A severe variant of the coronavirus has been detected in South Africa which could explain the rapid spread of a second wave that affects younger people, the health … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? It’s not the only place in the world called Johannesburg: There’s a town called Johannesburg in California in the USA. It was named by miners who worked the gold mines in Johannesburg, South Africa and has an estimated population of less than 2,000.

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The Randlord Mansions: History

The history of these mansions is also a story of urban warfare and preservation. In the 1960s and 70s, as Johannesburg expanded, many of the original Parktown estates were ruthlessly demolished to make way for the M1 Highway and the massive concrete campus of the Wits University Medical School. The “Parktown War” saw heritage activists fighting the bulldozers to save what remained of the city’s architectural soul. Today, several of the surviving mansions serve as corporate headquarters, schools, or museums, stripped of their private domesticity but preserved as monuments to a gilded age.

Interestingly, these mansions also played a secret role in the city’s political evolution. It was in the drawing rooms of Parktown that the “progressive” mining elite would meet to discuss the future of the country, often finding themselves at odds with the more conservative Boer government. Lady Florence Phillips, in particular, used her influence to found the Johannesburg Art Gallery, insisting that a world-class city needed world-class culture, not just gold bars. Today, walking the “Heritage Trail” through Parktown offers a haunting contrast; you stand in the quiet, manicured gardens of the victors, looking down at the pulsing, crowded city that their gold mines created. It is the ultimate “view from the top,” a reminder that the extreme wealth of Sandton today has its DNA rooted in the stone-and-timber palaces of the 1900s.