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Optional redemption notice issued to the holders of Sibanye Gold Limited’s USD450,000,000 1.875 per cent convertible bonds due 2023 | MyJHB.co.za

Johannesburg in the news:

  1. Optional redemption notice issued to the holders of Sibanye Gold Limited’s USD450,000,000 1.875 per cent convertible bonds due 2023: Stillwater advises that its wholly owned subsidiary, Sibanye Gold Limited today, 18 September 2020, exercised its option on its USD450,000,000 1.875 per cent convertible bonds due 2023 in line with … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. South Africa: Parliamentary Committee Must Investigate Defence Minister’s Lack of Action On SANDF Abuses: Press Release – The Democratic Alliance (DA) will write to the Chair of the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans to request that Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula be summoned to account … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Valenture Institute fuels expansion plans with R114m funding: Online-only high school Valenture Institute secures a multimillion-rand investment from GSV Ventures, and prepares to expand nationwide. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. S.Africa bids farewell to ‘hero’ George Bizos, Mandela’s lawyer: South Africa on Thursday bade farewell to George Bizos, the “hero” anti-apartheid lawyer who represented Nelson Mandela at his trial for treason, at a state funeral filled with emotional tributes. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Joburg doctor taken to safe haven after colleague’s assassination: Dr Abdulhay Munshi was apparently shot six times in the back of the head after a vehicle rammed into the rear of his car while he was driving around Orange Grove. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? At 269m high, the Hillbrow Tower is the tallest structure in Johannesburg. It used to have a revolving restaurant at the top, before it was closed down in 1981 for safety reasons. It is a prominent feature in the city’s beautiful skyline.

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Museum Africa: The Memory of the Market

Long before it was a sanctuary for artifacts, this building was the Johannesburg Municipal Fruit and Vegetable Market, completed in 1913. At the time, it was an architectural marvel of the industrial age, featuring a massive, vaulted roof supported by reinforced concrete and steel—a design intended to keep the produce cool in the biting Highveld sun. The site was chosen for its proximity to the railway lines, allowing fresh goods from across Southern Africa to be funneled directly into the heart of the city. For decades, it was a place of frantic, multi-racial commerce where the air was thick with the smell of citrus and the shouts of auctioneers. In 1994—the same year South Africa held its first democratic elections—the market was transformed into Museum Africa, symbolically turning a site of physical sustenance into one of intellectual and historical nourishment.