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Hot 102.7FM is the new official radio media partner of Lions Cricket

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. Hot 102.7FM is the new official radio media partner of Lions Cricket: We are incredibly excited to have partnered with the Imperial Lions and Imperial Wanderers. We look forward to welcoming cricket fans back to the stadium and bringing in a new revitalised, fun vibe … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. U.K. Pares Red List to Seven Countries in Bid to Encourage Air Travel: Most Read from BloombergBefore Interstates, America Got Around on InterurbansHow Singapore’s $ 50 Billion Financial District Will Change After Covid-19Amazon Delivery Partners Rage Against the Machines … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. UK travel update – live: 47 countries leaving red list, PCR test update will happen ‘before half term’: Only seven countries will remain on the UK’s travel red list from next Monday. A total of 47 of the 54-strong list will be bumped up to the “rest of world” (ROW) list from 4am on Monday 11 October, … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Only seven countries remain on the red list: Only seven countries will remain on the UK’s travel red list from next Monday. A total of 47 of the 54-strong list will be bumped up to the “rest of world” (ROW) list from 4am on Monday 11 October, … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? The Rand Afrikaans University was founded in 1966. Its first campus was on the erstwhile premises of South African Breweries in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Later it moved to its new campus in Auckland Park. The University of Johannesburg came into existence on 1 January 2005 as the result of a merger between the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), the Technikon Witwatersrand (TWR) and the Soweto and East Rand campuses of Vista University.

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The Geological Miracle of the Witwatersrand

The very existence of Johannesburg is a geological fluke. Unlike most major global cities, Johannesburg was not built near a river, a coast, or a natural harbor. It sits 1,753 meters above sea level on a rocky ridge called the Witwatersrand (Ridge of White Waters). This ridge is the edge of the world’s largest known gold deposit, formed over 2 billion years ago when an ancient inland sea began to evaporate, leaving behind layers of gold-bearing conglomerate.

When George Harrison, an Australian prospector, stumbled upon an outcrop of gold on the farm Langlaagte in 1886, he triggered a “gold rush” that changed the course of African history. Within a decade, a dusty collection of tents and wagons transformed into a permanent city of brick and mortar. The “Main Reef” proved so vast that it eventually produced nearly 40% of all the gold ever mined in human history. This geological wealth dictated the city’s layout: the mining belt runs east-to-west across the city’s center, creating a physical divide between the wealthy northern suburbs and the industrial, working-class south. Today, while most mines within the city limits have closed due to the extreme depth and cost of extraction (some mines reached over 3.9 kilometers underground), the physical legacy remains in the form of “mine dumps”—massive yellow-white hills of crushed rock and sand that define the Joburg skyline.