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South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Tuesday 22 September | MyJHB.co.za

Johannesburg in the news:

  1. South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Tuesday 22 September: Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku, his wife Johannesburg MMC Loyiso, and presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko will have to wait at least another three weeks before they learn their fate, with the … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Shows From 20 Countries Featured In JCTC’s VOICES THEATRE FEST: Jersey City Theater Center presents the 2nd annual Voices International Theatre Festival from Friday October 16 to Sunday October 25, a unique hybrid of virtual and live events featuring the work of … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. State Capture Inquiry hears how Free State human settlements department paid millions for houses that had not been built: The Zondo Commission into State Capture has scrutinized details on why the Free State department of human settlements made R600 million in payments to contractors and suppliers for work that was not … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Born to prevent war, UN at 75 faces a deeply polarized world: Cara Anna contributed to this report from Johannesburg and Angela Charlton from Paris. Longtime international correspondent Edith M. Lederer has been chief U.N. correspondent for The Associated … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. CSA will appoint ‘someone else’ as Test skipper: Mark Boucher: Johannesburg: South Africa head coach Mark Boucher feels that limited-overs skipper Quinton de Kock has “too much workload to handle” and the “management will look for a new face” to lead the Test … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? Johannesburg is the world’s biggest man-made forest, with over 10 million trees. This number is set to grow, as City Parks launched the Greening Soweto project in 2006, with the goal of planting an extra 200 000 trees in the famous township. Not only do Joburg’s trees combat the greenhouse effect, they help reduce noise in this ‘urban jungle’.

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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.