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Mamelodi Sundowns: Dream draw and 2 nightmares in CAF Champions League quarters

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. Mamelodi Sundowns: Dream draw and 2 nightmares in CAF Champions League quarters: Despite a home defeat in their final group stage match, Mamelodi Sundowns eased into the quarter-finals of this season’s CAF Champions League. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. State rejects pyramid-schemer’s plea: ‘I stole the money, and plead guilty’: The Johannesburg commercial crimes court has rejected the guilty plea of an admitted R11.6‑million pyramid-scheme fraudster, who allegedly swindled 11 unsuspecting people over a seven-year period. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Orlando Pirates take a step closer to the quarters after 3-0 win over Benghazi: Soweto giants Orlando Pirates took a step closer to the Caf Confederation Cup quarter-finals after beating Ahli Benghazi at Orlando Stadium. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. New book asks why world ignores repression by Rwandan leader: The new book “Do Not Disturb” by British author Michela Wrong questions why some in the international community continue to praise Rwandan President Paul Kagame despite repression in his central Afric … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Michela Wrong’s Rwanda hatchet job: How attempts to tarnish the name and record of Paul Kagame soils the reputation of a British journalist THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Finally, I have finished reading Michela Wrong’s 516 memoir … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Have you tried: Travelling to South Africa?

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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Constitution Hill: Great African Steps

One of the most moving features of the site is the Great African Steps, a walkway that runs between the dark, stone walls of the Number Four prison and the transparent glass of the new court. It represents the “bridge” between the old South Africa and the new. At the top of these steps, tucked into one of the four remaining stairwells of the demolished Awaiting Trial Block, burns the Flame of Democracy. Lit by Nelson Mandela in 2011 to mark the 15th anniversary of the Constitution, this perpetual flame serves as a constant reminder that the light of freedom must never again be extinguished in Johannesburg.