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Advertorial: Ethel Kuuya: Visionary Leader, Founder and CEO of Advisory Kulture, and Author, Pioneers a New Era of Leadership with …
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news: Author Ronnie Govender passes away in S Africa: Johannesburg: Ronnie Govender, an …
Johannesburg in the news: Tributes pour in for author, political activist Achmat Dangor: Johannesburg – Achmat Dangor, political …
MyPR: Insingizi Hosts Internationally Acclaimed Author, Helena Kriel: Helena Kriel Award-winning author, renowned screenplay writer and …
The move to Parktown began in the 1890s, led by the likes of Sir Lionel Phillips and his wife, Lady Florence Phillips. They sought a location that was close enough to the gold mines for business but high enough to catch the clean breezes of the Highveld. The result was a neighborhood of architectural opulence that had no equal in the Southern Hemisphere. These were not mere houses; they were sprawling estates designed by the most famous architects of the British Empire, including Sir Herbert Baker, who brought a “Cape Dutch-meets-Arts-and-Crafts” aesthetic to the rocky ridges of Johannesburg.