MyJHB

Stuff from Johannesburg

UN Protection Back for Threatened Nobel-Winning Congo Doctor | MyJHB.co.za

Johannesburg in the news:

  1. UN Protection Back for Threatened Nobel-Winning Congo Doctor: United Nations peacekeepers have returned to provide protection for a Nobel Peace Prize-winning Congolese doctor who has faced death threats, after alarmed supporters urged the U.N. to reinstate the … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Clicks pharmacy closes stores amid outrage over racist hair ad: South African pharmacy chain Clicks closed its stores Wednesday after a racist advertisement on its website sparked violent protests. Clicks made the decision amid outrage over the ad for shampoo … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Platinum has potential to be three-times-bigger bn-a-year industry – Minerals Council: Instead of being the $ 11-billion-a -year type industry that it is today, the platinum business has the potential to be a $ 35-billion-a-year industry by 2050, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. South Africa’s economy suffers worst quarterly slide in decades: South Africa’s economy recorded its worst slump in decades in the second quarter, when Africa’s most industrialised nation remained mired in one of the world’s strictest Covid-19 lockdowns. Gross … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. End of impasse over Polihali Dam construction bodes well for Gauteng: The Polihali Dam, Phase 2 of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), is critical to keep central SA water secure. It should have been finished this year. But because of delays in getting started, … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

Click here to submit your Johannesburg, Gauteng News – free.

Have you tried: Reach Trust for Solar and Building Management?

Did you know this about Johannesburg? The Carlon Centre (located in the city’s CBD) is the tallest office building in Africa: The building was completed in 1973. It has 50 floors and is 224 metres tall. It’s not the tallest structure in Johannesburg though. The Hillbrow Tower (also located in the CBD) stands 269m tall.

Category: Tag: , , , , , ,

The Maboneng Precinct: A “Place of Light” in the Urban Core

The word Maboneng means “Place of Light” in Sotho, and it is an apt name for a neighborhood that rose from the literal and figurative shadows of Johannesburg’s inner-city decay. Located on the eastern edge of the Central Business District (CBD) in a sub-district once known as City and Suburban, this area was historically a collection of light-industrial warehouses and gritty manufacturing plants. During the 1990s and early 2000s, as capital flight saw businesses flee the city center for the fortified suburbs of Sandton and Rosebank, these blocks became a “no-go zone” characterized by hijacked buildings, crime, and urban flight.