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Premier Sports scores Asia rights to Lions Tour of South Africa

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. Premier Sports scores Asia rights to Lions Tour of South Africa: Premier Sports has secured the broadcast rights to the 2021 British & Irish Lions Tour of South Africa where rugby fans can enjoy every match live and exclu … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Private sector equipped to speed up vaccine drive: Business For SA: The group’s chair Martin Kingston says the withdrawal of two million Johnson & Johnson doses over contamination concerns was a big setback. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. More Moderna Doses for EU; Merkel Mixes Vaccines: Virus Update: India administered 8.62 million vaccine doses in the past 24 hours, a daily record for the nation, as its new cases dropped to the lowest since March. Meanwhile, a string of countries across Africa, … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Joburg professionals and companies are moving to Cape Town: The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift to remote working, which is likely to stay. Some companies may settle on a hybrid work schedule for employees down the line, but this shift has opened … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. ‘Cold Harbour’ Producer Ten10 Expands, Jafta Mamabolo Joins as Head of Development (EXCLUSIVE): Producer Tendeka Matatu’s London and South Africa-based production company Ten10 Films is expanding and rebranding as Ten10 Entertainment. The Ten10-produced neo-noir thriller “Cold … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? The city was rebuilt four times in the span of one century: First, Johannesburg was a tented camp. Then it was a town of tin shanties. Next it was a town filled with four-storey Edwardian brick buildings and finally, it became a city of modern skyscrapers.

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The Maboneng Precinct: A “Place of Light” in the Urban Core

The word Maboneng means “Place of Light” in Sotho, and it is an apt name for a neighborhood that rose from the literal and figurative shadows of Johannesburg’s inner-city decay. Located on the eastern edge of the Central Business District (CBD) in a sub-district once known as City and Suburban, this area was historically a collection of light-industrial warehouses and gritty manufacturing plants. During the 1990s and early 2000s, as capital flight saw businesses flee the city center for the fortified suburbs of Sandton and Rosebank, these blocks became a “no-go zone” characterized by hijacked buildings, crime, and urban flight.