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Joburg vendors vs police: When a system wears the badge of the law but lacks moral authority

Johannesburg in the news:

  1. Joburg vendors vs police: When a system wears the badge of the law but lacks moral authority: Last week's incident in Jeppe Street in the Johannesburg CBD, in which a large group of traders attacked a SAPS and Metro Police contingent, has … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  2. Manyama ends 26-month goal drought to help Kaizer Chiefs win: Johannesburg (AFP) – Lebogang Manyama ended a 26-month South African Premiership goal drought by scoring twice as Kaizer Chiefs began the … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  3. Again, another Nigerian, Benjamin Okoronkwo shot dead in South Africa: … Africa has visited the scene of the ugly incident and later went to open a case of murder at Mofartview Police Station in Johannesburg south cluster. – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  4. Nigerian Taxify driver, Benjamin shot dead in Johannesburg: The Nigerian Union South Africa on Sunday, August 4, 2019 confirmed the death of a 43-year-old Taxify driver, Benjamin Okoronkwo who hails from … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  5. Mob attack on SAPS in Joburg condemned – POPCRU: The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) condemns the mob attack on police witnessed in Johannesburg on Thursday by an alleged … – Google Alert – Johannesburg

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The Maboneng Precinct: A “Place of Light” in the Urban Core

The word Maboneng means “Place of Light” in Sotho, and it is an apt name for a neighborhood that rose from the literal and figurative shadows of Johannesburg’s inner-city decay. Located on the eastern edge of the Central Business District (CBD) in a sub-district once known as City and Suburban, this area was historically a collection of light-industrial warehouses and gritty manufacturing plants. During the 1990s and early 2000s, as capital flight saw businesses flee the city center for the fortified suburbs of Sandton and Rosebank, these blocks became a “no-go zone” characterized by hijacked buildings, crime, and urban flight.