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South Africa to Reopen 20 Land Border Crossings Next Week | MyJHB.co.za

Johannesburg in the news:

  1. South Africa to Reopen 20 Land Border Crossings Next Week: South Africa will reopen 20 land border crossings to allow normal travel, lifting restrictions implemented last month to control rising coronavirus infections, the Home Affairs Ministry said Saturday. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Cuban President Raul Castro Heads Delegation to Funeral Services for Nelson Mandela: President Raul Castro is heading the Cuban delegation that will attend the funeral services of Nelson Mandela, who passed away last Thursday in Johannesburg. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. ArcelorMittal South Africa records 37 million rand profit for 2020: AMSA was struggling in the beginning of 2020 when the government appealed to Mittal to reconsider plans to shed 1,000 jobs as part of cost-cutting measures. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. UPDATE 1-South Africa to reopen 20 land border crossing points next week: South Africa will reopen 20 land border crossings to allow normal travel, lifting restrictions implemented last month to control rising coronavirus infections, the Home Affairs Ministry said on … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. The Latest: Mexico to lower virus alert level in many states: Mexico is reducing its COVID-19 alert level in about half of the country’s states amid a drop in infections and hospitalizations in many places, including the capital. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? Johannesburg is the world’s largest city not built on a coastline, or on a lake or river. That’s why Joburg is also called the world’s biggest ‘dry port’. More than half of the cargo that arrives through the ports of Durban and Cape Town arrives at the container terminal at City Deep.

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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.