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Mkhize: Next batch of vaccines arrive on Saturday

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. Mkhize: Next batch of vaccines arrive on Saturday: JOHANNESBURG – The next batch of 80,000 Johnson & Johnson vaccines will arrive on Saturday. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize made the announcement during a Parliamentary debate on the COVID-19 vaccine … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Joburg residents warned of water shutoff this weekend: Rand Water will cut supply to large parts of western and northern Johannesburg from 1pm on Saturday afternoon. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Rand gains sharply on Fed chair comments: Stocks fell on the Johannesburg bourse on Tuesday, mirroring falls elsewhere in global equities before Powell spoke. The Top-40 index ended down 2.3% at 60,494 points, while the All-share index fell 2 … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. SOUTH AFRICAN STRAIN: Latest Breaking News, Pictures, Videos, and Special Reports from The Economic Times. south african strain Blogs, Comments and Archive News on Economictimes.com … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Centurion Law Group Advises Panoro Energy on Its Acquisition of Tullow ’S Oil Asset in Equatorial Guinea: Pan African Law Conglomerate, Centurion Law Group is pleased to have acted as local counsel to Panoro Energy ASA (Panoro) on the $ 105 million purchase of all Tullow Oil PLC (Tullow) assets in … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Have you tried: Travelling to South Africa?

Did you know this about Johannesburg? The Standard Bank Centre is in Fox and Simmond Streets in central Johannesburg. During the excavation, three stories below ground level, they came across an old stope. It was part of the workings of the old Ferreira Mine. The building’s foundations were stabilised by backfilling the No. 1 level of the workings with concrete grout, but part of the stope was preserved as a museum. The building was completed in 1970. It was constructed by first building a central core and cantilever arms and then suspending the floors from the arms. The Centre houses a renowned art gallery.

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The Rand Club: Jameson Raid

The Rand Club’s history is as exclusionary as it is grand. For most of its existence, it was a bastion of white, male, British-aligned power. It was famously the “nerve center” for the Jameson Raid in 1895—a botched coup attempt against Paul Kruger’s South African Republic that served as a precursor to the devastating Second Boer War. For nearly 100 years, women were not allowed to be members, and black South Africans were permitted only as staff. The club’s refusal to modernize its membership policies led to a slow decline in the late 20th century as the “new” Johannesburg moved to Sandton. By the early 2010s, the club was facing bankruptcy, its grand halls gathering dust and its membership dwindling to a few hundred traditionalists.