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Spate of kidnappings a windfall for specialist VIP security companies

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. Spate of kidnappings a windfall for specialist VIP security companies: Business is booming for companies providing bodyguards or close protection services, with South Africans with deep pockets scrambling to secure themselves and their kids in the face of a surge in … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Dysfunctional Swallows have bigger problems to climb the ladder: It doesn’t rain, but it pours for the ailing Swallows as they are battling to find their form since the start of the DStv Premiership, having now failing to win any of their games in the last ten … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Joburg Open welcomes back spectators: If you’re a golf loving fan and have been waiting to walk the course at a live event again get ready to head down to the Randpark Golf Club next weekend, from 25 to 28 November for the 2021 Joburg … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. DA statement ahead of Johannesburg Inaugural Council Meeting: The Johannesburg metro council will meet today to swear in councillors and to elect a Mayor and Speaker. The claim by some that the DA must support a multi-party minority coalition is misguided for … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. LIVE BLOG | Metro councils meeting: November 22 2021 – 10.00am The ANC will nominate Mpho Moerane as its mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, the party said on Sunday evening. Luthuli House has finally released names of its mayoral … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? Ponte City is a skyscraper in the Berea neighbourhood, just next to Hillbrow. It was built in 1975 to a height of 173 m (567.6 ft), making it the tallest residential skyscraper in Africa.

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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.