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New Volkswagen Caddy here soon: SA details confirmed ahead of November launch

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. New Volkswagen Caddy here soon: SA details confirmed ahead of November launch: The new Volkswagen Caddy is set to hit South Africa in November, and the company has released a few of the local details ahead of launch. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Choppies back to profitability: Choppies Holdings Limited, Botswana’s largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) retail group, is back to its glory days of profitability. On Wednesday, Choppies signalled its shareholders in a … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Former Minister Bathabile Dlamini’s Sassa case postponed: Former Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini returned to the Johannesburg Regional Court on Tuesday for perjury. Her case has been postponed to 1 October 2021. This is to allow the state and … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Fun Valley deal comes back to haunt Safa and Jordaan: Johannesburg – The purchase of the Fun Valley Resort and Entertainment Centre in the south of Johannesburg as Safa’s “state-of-the-art” technical training … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Bathabile Dlamini perjury case postponed: JOHANNESBURG – Former Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini’s perjury case has been postponed to 1 October 2021. Dlamini appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on Tuesday. The charges … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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The Randlord Mansions: Palaces of the Mining Elite

The move to Parktown began in the 1890s, led by the likes of Sir Lionel Phillips and his wife, Lady Florence Phillips. They sought a location that was close enough to the gold mines for business but high enough to catch the clean breezes of the Highveld. The result was a neighborhood of architectural opulence that had no equal in the Southern Hemisphere. These were not mere houses; they were sprawling estates designed by the most famous architects of the British Empire, including Sir Herbert Baker, who brought a “Cape Dutch-meets-Arts-and-Crafts” aesthetic to the rocky ridges of Johannesburg.