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NICD: New COVID-19 variant in India not detected in SA

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. NICD: New COVID-19 variant in India not detected in SA: JOHANNESBURG – The National Institute for Communicable Diseases is refuting claims that the new Covid-19 variant in India has been detected in South Africa. The institute says South Africa has not … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Trust and Triumph: There’s a moment in The Underground Railroad that is so visceral it may linger in your mind long after you see it. Cora (Thuso Mbedu), a formerly enslaved runaway, walks slowly toward her estranged … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Can you help Liliesleaf Farm – an icon of freedom – stay open?: In the 1960s, the ANC used Liliesleaf Farm in the north of Johannesburg as a safe house. Police raided the farm in 1963 and arrested more than a dozen leaders and activists, who were tried and … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Absa PMI expands at slower pace in April: South Africa’s seasonally-adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) expanded at slower pace in April as growth in business activity and new sales orders slowed, a survey showed on Monday. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Public Enterprises welcomes SAA business rescue practitioners exit: The Department of Public Enterprises has welcomed the notice of substantial implementation filed by the Business Rescue Practitioners (BRP), which signals the exit of the BRPs at South African Airways … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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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.