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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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The Carlton Centre: A Monument of Concrete and Contradiction

Rising 223 meters into the Highveld sky, the Carlton Centre was for nearly half a century the undisputed “king” of the African skyline. Completed in 1973, it held the title of the tallest building in Africa for 46 years—a reign that only ended in 2019 with the completion of The Leonardo in Sandton. It was designed by the prestigious American firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (the same minds behind the Burj Khalifa and Chicago’s Willis Tower), and its brutalist, reinforced concrete design was intended to be a “city within a city,” a symbol of South Africa’s then-booming industrial and mining economy.