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WHO begins shipping Chinese vaccines despite some misgivings

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. WHO begins shipping Chinese vaccines despite some misgivings: The World Health Organization’s pandemic programme plans to ship 100 million doses of the Sinovac and Sinopharm COVID-19 shots by the end of next month, mostly to Africa and Asia, in its first … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Cars.co.za Fights Plastic Pollution Across SA: The Cars.co.za team took part in a countrywide environment clean up to raise awareness about plastic pollution. The effort forms part of the global … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. SAPS Commissioner welcomes arrest of seven suspects in Babita Deokaran murder: The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS) General Khehla Sitole on Friday commended the investigating team’s breakthrough which led to the arrest of seven suspects in the … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. TotalEnergies Mozambique LNG project may resume within 18 months, says AfDB: TotalEnergies’ liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique could be back on track within the next 18 months after African armies deployed to help quell an insurgency, the president of the … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Just In|South African court postpones Manuel Chang’s extradition decision – Lusa report: South Africa’s Johannesburg High Court has postponed consideration of the request to suspend Manuel Chang’s extradition to Mozambique, Lusa reports. With the decision, the former finance minister … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? While Johannesburg is also known as the City of Gold, or ‘eGoli’ because of its beginnings as a gold-mining town, it is known fondly to locals by the shortened ‘Joburg’, or now more popularly as ‘Jozi’.

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The Randlord Mansions: Palaces of the Mining Elite

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.