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Philip Morris Launches First Africa Store to Spark Alternative Cigarettes Demand | Voice of America …

Johannesburg in the news:

  1. Philip Morris Launches First Africa Store to Spark Alternative Cigarettes Demand | Voice of America …: JOHANNESBURG – The South African unit of cigarette maker Philip Morris International opened its first flagship store in Johannesburg on Thursday, … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  2. South Africans shivering in the dark after file-scrambling nasty hits Johannesburg power biz: The city of Johannesburg in South Africa said it is battling to get electricity to unlucky customers after ransomware infected computers. Utility company … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  3. Wild leaps through SA's loopholes: In the past financial year, the City of Johannesburg recorded R900-million in irregular expenditure, relating to the provision of fleet management and … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  4. Philip Morris launches first Africa store to spark alternative cigarettes demand: By Nqobile Dludla. JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The South African unit of cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc opened its first flagship store … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  5. Cyber crooks try to hold Johannesburg's City Power to ransom: After a cyber-attack that debilitated its servers, Johannesburg's City Power says it has successfully restored electricity vending within hours of the … – Google Alert – Johannesburg

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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.