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Johannesburg in the news:

  1. No room for abortions: unwanted pregnancies in virus-hit S.Africa: The Johannesburg-based student was visiting her extended family in KwaZulu-Natal when she had unprotected sex. Finding a morning-after pill was tricky in the conservative rural setting. Silindokuhle … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Trump joins growing list of virus-infected world leaders: (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) JOHANNESBURG (AP) — President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus, joining a small group of world leaders who have been infected. Trump is 74 … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Toyota sells over 4000 Hilux bakkies in September, as SA vehicle sales gain momentum: Although there were signs of green shoots in the South African new vehicle market, it is still a long way from pre-Covid levels. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. 2015 Audi A5 2.0 Tdi Multi for sale in Gauteng: Used Audi A5 2.0 Tdi Multi for sale in Gauteng, car manufactured in 2015 (ID:6462795) … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. BLSA: Medium Term Budget – Another seminal moment: For close to a decade, we’ve watched the economy struggle and toil as deterioration in both the domestic and global environments tightened the noose around a stretched fiscus. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Have you tried: Visiting Port Elizabeth?

Did you know this about Johannesburg? The first recorded discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand was made by Jan Gerrit Bantjes in June 1884, on the farm Vogelstruisfontein. Other farms to become famous later included Langlaagte, Turffontein, Doornfontein and Braamfontein. George Harrison is today credited as the man who discovered an outcrop of the Main Reef of gold on the farm Langlaagte in February 1886. On 12 May 1886 Harrison and his partner, George Walker, entered into a prospecting agreement with the owner of Langlaagte, one G.C. Oosthuizen. Two days later Colonel Ignatius Ferreira staked out his camp on Turffontein to serve as a centre for diggers.

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The Rand Club: The Inner Sanctum of the Randlords

Founded in 1887, just months after the discovery of gold, the Rand Club is the oldest private members’ club in Johannesburg. The current building, completed in 1904, is the third iteration of the club on the same site, designed by the iconic architectural firm Leck & Emley in a Neo-Baroque style that was intended to rival the gentlemen’s clubs of London’s Pall Mall. For over a century, this was the “room where it happened.” It was here that Cecil John Rhodes, Barney Barnato, and Ernest Oppenheimer sipped whiskey and drafted the plans for the mining conglomerates that still dominate the global economy today.