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Stuff from Johannesburg
Johannesburg in the news: The Media’s Watchdog: Misinformation and Polarization in Journalism – A Conversation with GGF 2035 …
MyPR: Twizza serving valued customers and fellow South Africans on Mandela Day: The world’s most loved statesman, Nelson Mandela, …
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.