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Lions vs British & Irish Lions LIVE scores from Ellis Park

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. Lions vs British & Irish Lions LIVE scores from Ellis Park: The British and Irish Lions begin their tour in earnest against their South African namesake at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Saturday. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Players group express concern over Luke Cowan-Dickie’s Lions selection after being knocked out: The England hooker has been named in Warren Gatland’s squad for the weekend, just seven days after being knocked unconscious making a tackle … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Lions v Sigma Lions Live: Kick-off time, team news and score updates: Warren Gatland’s British and Irish Lions are in action as they play the first match of this summer’s tour of South Africa … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Coronavirus live news: scrapping quarantine for double jabbed being considered, No 10 confirms; Vietnam reports highest daily total: BMA chair says easing restrictions not an ‘all or nothing decision’; Indonesia locks down Bali and Java in effort to curb surging infections … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. South Africa approves China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine – health ministry: South Africa has approved China’s Sinovac vaccine against COVID-19, the acting health minister said on Saturday, as the country faces a crippling third wave of infections that has paralysed hospitals … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? Stone-walled ruins of Sotho–Tswana towns and villages are scattered around the parts of the former Transvaal in which Johannesburg is situated. Many of these sites contain the ruins of Sotho–Tswana mines and iron smelting furnaces, suggesting that the area was being exploited for its mineral wealth before the arrival of Europeans or the discovery of gold. The most prominent site within Johannesburg is Melville Koppies, which contains an iron smelting furnace.

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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.