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Mbalula sends condolences to family of truck driver killed in petrol bomb attack

Johannesburg in the news:

  1. Mbalula sends condolences to family of truck driver killed in petrol bomb attack: JOHANNESBURG – Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has sent condolences to the family of Bernard Groenewald, the truck driver who died following a … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  2. Eating insects, not cows can help save planet Earth: Johannesburg – Eating insects instead of beef, chicken and pork, designing meat-imitation burgers that “bleed” in laboratories, and farming the world's … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  3. Circumstances around deadly Limpopo bus crash not yet known: JOHANNESBURG – The exact circumstances involving a bus collision which left two people dead and 81 others injured in Limpopo are not yet known. – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  4. Father's Day: Looking for a last-minute gift for dad?: JOHANNESBURG – Looking for a last-minute gift for dad for Father's Day? While a gift is always an option, spending quality time with dad will make … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  5. WATCH: Albinos still face discrimination, says activist: JOHANNESBURG – Poet and Albinism activist Boitumelo Gaddafi, says people living with the skin condition still face discrimination. Gaddafi says … – Google Alert – Johannesburg

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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.