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Stats – India’s third Test win at Lord’s, Root’s first Test ton in loss

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. Stats – India’s third Test win at Lord’s, Root’s first Test ton in loss: 3 Number of Test wins for India at Lord’s. Their previous two triumphs at this venue came 28 years apart – by five wickets in 1986 under Kapil Dev and by 95 runs in 2014 under MS Dhoni. 6 Wickets … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. JMPD arrests 53 people for breaching curfew over the weekend: Officials say the arrests were affected between Friday and Saturday across the city for the contravention of the Disaster Management Act curfew regulations. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. WOMEN’S MONTH: An interview with Isuzu South Africa’s Mandlakazi Sigcawu: Tobacco multinational British American Tobacco headhunted Sigcawu and by the time she left the organisation she was the Head of Communication and Transformation, and managed projects across East and … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Emirates-Airlink South Africa Cooperation 2.0: Emirates (EK) and South Africa’s Airlink (4Z) expand their cooperation in the South African market by upgrading their existing partnership. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. South African Airways Welcomes New Interim Executive: Simon joins the South African Airways’ executive leadership team in Johannesburg, South Africa with an extensive international airline background having previously joined SAA in 2000 and served as … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? Johannesburg is a large city in Gauteng Province of South Africa. It was established as a small village controlled by a Health Committee in 1886 with the discovery of an outcrop of a gold reef on the farm Langlaagte. The population of the city grew rapidly,becoming a municipality in 1897. In 1928 it became a city making Johannesburg the largest city in South Africa. In 2002 it joined ten other municipalities to form the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

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Museum Africa: Art Collection

The museum’s collection is staggering, housing approximately 850,000 objects that range from the prehistoric to the contemporary. It is one of the few institutions that attempts to tell the story of Southern Africa from the Stone Age to the nuclear age. The “Johannesburg Transformations” exhibition is the museum’s centerpiece, dragging the visitor through the chaotic evolution of the city. It doesn’t shy away from the grime; it features detailed reconstructions of “shack life,” the illegal “shebeens” (speakeasies) of the 1950s, and the vibrant but overcrowded “backyard rooms” that defined the black urban experience during Apartheid. One of its most sobering permanent displays is the “Tried for Treason” exhibit, which meticulously documents the 1956 Treason Trial. Visitors can see the portraits of all 156 accused—including Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, and Albertina Sisulu—and read the “little red books” placed beneath each photo, where the public is invited to write their own reflections and facts about these liberation icons.

Deep within the museum’s labyrinthine halls, you’ll find specialized branches that are world-class in their own right. The Bensusan Museum of Photography sits on the top floor, acting as a shrine to the visual history of the continent. It contains everything from rare 19th-century daguerreotypes to the legendary photojournalism of the Drum magazine era. Meanwhile, the Geology Museum houses over 17,000 specimens, including a definitive collection of the rocks and minerals that made Johannesburg possible. It is a place where you can see the actual gold-bearing conglomerate reefs of the Witwatersrand up close, stripped of their commercial value and presented as scientific wonders.