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Johannesburg in the news:

  1. Thabiso and Ayanda Tlelai: A true African power couple: Thabiso, 56, and Ayanda, 54, died on November 1 in a car crash while travelling back to Johannesburg from Durban … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Malaria Eradication:Ned Nwoko Receives USA congressional commendation: Earlier this year, advisory board of African Leadership Magazine (UK) Inc honored the Initiator, Eradication of malaria in … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Zifa reacts to Cosafa ‘ban’: Zifa has since appealed the decision to expel the team from the regional age group championship. “The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) received with great disappointment the correspondence from … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. S. African president calls for inclusive economic recovery: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pleaded with Group of 20 (G20) leaders to ensure an inclusive global economic recovery when speaking at the virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit on Saturday. He said the … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Emirates partners with SA FlySafair: Through the arrangement, Emirates and FlySafair plan to offer the ease of single-ticket travel and through tagging of baggage for travelers transferring from Emirates’ three gateways – Johannesburg, … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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The Randlord Mansions: History

The history of these mansions is also a story of urban warfare and preservation. In the 1960s and 70s, as Johannesburg expanded, many of the original Parktown estates were ruthlessly demolished to make way for the M1 Highway and the massive concrete campus of the Wits University Medical School. The “Parktown War” saw heritage activists fighting the bulldozers to save what remained of the city’s architectural soul. Today, several of the surviving mansions serve as corporate headquarters, schools, or museums, stripped of their private domesticity but preserved as monuments to a gilded age.

Interestingly, these mansions also played a secret role in the city’s political evolution. It was in the drawing rooms of Parktown that the “progressive” mining elite would meet to discuss the future of the country, often finding themselves at odds with the more conservative Boer government. Lady Florence Phillips, in particular, used her influence to found the Johannesburg Art Gallery, insisting that a world-class city needed world-class culture, not just gold bars. Today, walking the “Heritage Trail” through Parktown offers a haunting contrast; you stand in the quiet, manicured gardens of the victors, looking down at the pulsing, crowded city that their gold mines created. It is the ultimate “view from the top,” a reminder that the extreme wealth of Sandton today has its DNA rooted in the stone-and-timber palaces of the 1900s.