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Inmate charged with murder after Leeuwkop prison warder found dead

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. Inmate charged with murder after Leeuwkop prison warder found dead: JOHANNESBURG – An inmate has been arrested for the murder of a female official at the Leeuwkop prison in northern Johannesburg. The body of 50-year-old Eunice Moloko was found on Tuesday at the prison … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Thungela confident Transnet rail challenge is transient: New coal mining company Thungela Resources said on Friday that it remained confident that the Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) challenge is transient. Like the rest of the coal-mining industry, Thungela … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Over 34 000 hectares of land allocated to women: A total of 56 869 hectares of land were allocated to different categories, with 34 156 hectares allocated to 34 women at an average of … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. South Africa’s Basic Income Versus Jobs Debate – a False Dilemma: Analysis – Once considered a utopian ideal, a basic income guarantee has become a distinct political possibility, as the South African government scrambles to respond to growing hunger, and anger in … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Tributes pour in for 1976 Struggle hero Dan Montsitsi: Dan Sechaba Montsitsi, a student leader during the 1976 Soweto uprising, died on Thursday night from Covid-19 complications. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? The Albert Hertzog Tower in Brixton Johannesburg was completed in 1962. It is 237-metre-high (778 ft) high concrete radio and (now) television tower. The first transmission took place on 22 December 1961. Presently 18 FM programs and 7 TV stations are broadcast from there. When Albert Hertzog fell into disfavour with the government, it was called the Brixton Tower. At present it is called the Sentech Tower.

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The Carlton Centre: A Monument of Concrete and Contradiction

Rising 223 meters into the Highveld sky, the Carlton Centre was for nearly half a century the undisputed “king” of the African skyline. Completed in 1973, it held the title of the tallest building in Africa for 46 years—a reign that only ended in 2019 with the completion of The Leonardo in Sandton. It was designed by the prestigious American firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (the same minds behind the Burj Khalifa and Chicago’s Willis Tower), and its brutalist, reinforced concrete design was intended to be a “city within a city,” a symbol of South Africa’s then-booming industrial and mining economy.