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PICS: Police seize arms cache, counterfeit goods in Joburg CBD raid

Johannesburg in the news:

  1. PICS: Police seize arms cache, counterfeit goods in Joburg CBD raid: Johannesburg – A huge police raid for counterfeit goods in downtown Johannesburg on Wednesday uncovered an arms cache that included AK47 … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  2. Police will win war against crime in Joburg CBD: Cele: Cele was on the scene in Johannesburg CBD as police confiscated … he believes that police will win the war against crime in the Johannesburg CBD. – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  3. Johannesburg raids: The craziest things seized by cops on Wednesday [photos]: A coordinated effort by the Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) and city saw a host of “Johannesburg raids” take place throughout the city on … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  4. Johannesburg raids: Major CBD commuter routes still closed on Wednesday: Johannesburg raids: Major CBD commuter routes still closed on Wednesday … main commuter routes in the CBD, as part of the Johannesburg Raids. – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  5. Soweto band mixes traditional African sounds and American rock 'n' roll: Shameless, a three-person rock 'n' roll band from Soweto, played for the first time last month at The Roving Bantu Kitchen in Johannesburg. PHOTO: … – Google Alert – Johannesburg

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The Carlton Centre Scale

The scale of the Carlton Centre is difficult to grasp from the street level. It is a massive “superblock” that covers an entire city block, and surprisingly, nearly half of its total floor area is underground. Beneath the street lies a sprawling three-level subterranean shopping mall that once housed over 180 shops and an ice-skating rink (the “Sky Rink”) on the 20th floor that was a legendary social hub for generations of Joburgers. The building’s foundations are equally gargantuan, with concrete piles extending 30 meters down to the bedrock to support the millions of tons of steel and glass above.