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S. Africa worries about rising COVID-19 cases in some provinces

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. S. Africa worries about rising COVID-19 cases in some provinces: JOHANNESBURG, July 30 (Xinhua) — South African Acting Health Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane on Friday expressed concern about rising COVID-19 cases especially in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Mark Boucher to co-operate fully with SJN following Paul Adams’ testimony: Proteas coach Mark Boucher says he will co-operate fully with the Social Justice and Nation Building project after he was named among a group of former players who racially discriminated against a … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Shona Ferguson’s Cause of Death Revealed: Shona Ferguson’s Cause of Death Revealed. Many were hoping for the trending news to not be true. Unfortunately, this is not just another celebrity death hoax, Shona Ferguson has indeed passed away. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Earthquake felt in parts of Gauteng likely caused by mining activity: The Council for Geo-Science has confirmed preliminary data but is assessing what most people woke up to with the earth shaking just after 6:30 on Friday morning. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Eden Cluster Commander now WC police Ombud: GARDEN ROUTE DISTRICT NEWS – Eden Police Cluster Commander, Maj-Gen Oswald Reddy, has been appointed as the new police Ombudsman for the Western Cape. Reddy joined the Eden Cluster in 2015 after he … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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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.