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Nurse in court as City of Joburg tries to trace buyers of fake Covid-19 certificates

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. Nurse in court as City of Joburg tries to trace buyers of fake Covid-19 certificates: The City of Joburg is trying to verify how many Covid-19 certificates were allegedly fraudulently issued by an employee. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Zimbabwe private power industry held up by currency dispute: Zimbabwe’s state electricity company is awaiting the outcome of international arbitration in a currency dispute with the country’s biggest private power producer that’s holding up other investments. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Ex-Mozambique finmin to be extradited to home country – South African justice dept.: South Africa will extradite former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang to his home country, its justice department said in a statement on Monday, years after he was arrested in Johannesburg over … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Emirates signs interline agreement with CemAir: DUBAI- Emirates has signed an interline agreement with CemAir that opens up connections to six more destinations in South Africa through the airline’s gateways of Johannesburg and Cape Town. The … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Enoch Nkwe expresses desire to resign: Cricket South Africa CSA on Monday said that it has noted media reports about the resignation of Proteas Assistant Coach Enoch Nkwe … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? It’s earned the title ‘city of gold’: The city of Johannesburg was formed by a gold rush in the 19th century – 4 October 1886 to be exact.

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Ponte City: Transformation

As the “white flight” of the 1980s and 90s drained the inner city of capital, Ponte City underwent a dramatic and terrifying transformation. By the late 1990s, the building had become a “vertical slum” and a symbol of urban decay. It was famously “hijacked” by gangs; the retail levels were stripped, and the building became a fortress for drug dealing and human trafficking. The most haunting image from this era was the central core. Originally designed to be a light-filled courtyard, it became a literal trash heap. Residents on the upper floors would throw their refuse into the center of the building rather than taking it down. At its worst point, the trash in the core reached five stories high—a mountain of rotting debris, discarded furniture, and even, legend has it, the remains of those who had fallen or jumped.

During this period, the reputation of Ponte was so toxic that there was a serious proposal in 1998 to turn the entire skyscraper into a vertical prison. The plan was eventually scrapped, but the building remained a “no-go zone” for nearly a decade. The turnaround began in the mid-2000s when developers New Metro Property Group and later Dlala Nje began a massive, painstaking refurbishment. They cleared out the tons of trash from the core, restored the lifts (which had often been out of order, forcing residents to climb 50 flights of stairs), and implemented strict security protocols.