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Advertorial: “Let Them Drink Champagne”: Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) condemns in the strongest terms the vulgar display of …
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news: ‘Let us not delude ourselves that workers will be better off with the ANC …
Another Randlord Mansion masterpiece is The View, the oldest surviving house in Parktown, built for Sir Thomas Cullinan (who gave his name to the world’s largest diamond). These mansions were built with imported teak, Italian marble, and stained glass, often featuring “hunting rooms” filled with trophies from African safaris and libraries stocked with leather-bound classics. They were designed to project a sense of permanent, European-style aristocracy in a city that was, in reality, a volatile and temporary mining camp.