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Johannesburg in the news:

  1. Inbound: Vaccine for health workers is en route to SA from India: The first shipment of 1 million doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine is en route to SA, to arrive in Johannnesburg on Monday. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Jeremy Farrar: Until we are all safe, no one is safe. Covid is a global problem: The head of the Wellcome Trust warns that vaccines and research must be shared equitably among all nations … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. ‘Ingonyama Trust run like a spaza shop’: Staff at the Ingonyama Trust have accused the board chairperson Jerome Ngwenya of misusing his powers and running the organisation ’as a spaza shop’. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. South Africa to receive extra 20 million Covid-19 vaccines: South Africa has secured an additional 20 million coronavirus vaccines manufactured by Pfizer.. Read more at straitstimes.com. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. South Africa: Day of Reckoning – a Critical Concourt Confirms Zondo’s Powers and Forces Zuma’s Hand: Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo entertained Jacob Zuma’s delaying tactics at the State Capture Commission to the point where his fellow Constitutional Court justices criticised his inquiry’s … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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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.