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Johannesburg in the news:

  1. William Kentridge exhibit brings slice of South Africa to UW Art Museum: The high plains of southeast Wyoming have little in common with the sprawling industrial city of Johannesburg, South Africa (other than their mining histories), but a University of Wyoming Art … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. First Lady of Song, Sibongile Khumalo, laid to rest in Johannesburg: Legendary South African jazz and opera singer Sibongile Khumalo, fondly known as the First Lady of Song, was Saturday laid to rest in Johannesburg. The 2008 Order of Ikhamanga awardee who performed at … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. AstraZeneca COVID jab ‘less effective against South Africa variant’: Reports: According to reports the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford offers only limited protection against the South African variant of the coronavirus, a spokesman for the … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Suspects caught stealing cables from underground tunnel in Joburg CBD: Three men were caught stealing cables and placing them inside the bags that are normally used by trolley pushers for the recycling of plastic bottles. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Gaylord-area high school sports schedule: Feb. 9-13: Tuesday, Feb. 9 Boys basketball: Traverse City West at Gaylord/5:30 p.m. Girls basketball: Johannesburg-Lewiston at Forest Area/7:00 p.m. Girls basketball: Gaylord at TC West/5:30 p.m. Girls … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? It takes one-minute longer to boil an egg in Johannesburg than it does in the coastal cities of Cape Town and Durban. This is because Joburg is 2000m above sea level, and the air is not as dense.

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Museum Africa: The Memory of the Market

Long before it was a sanctuary for artifacts, this building was the Johannesburg Municipal Fruit and Vegetable Market, completed in 1913. At the time, it was an architectural marvel of the industrial age, featuring a massive, vaulted roof supported by reinforced concrete and steel—a design intended to keep the produce cool in the biting Highveld sun. The site was chosen for its proximity to the railway lines, allowing fresh goods from across Southern Africa to be funneled directly into the heart of the city. For decades, it was a place of frantic, multi-racial commerce where the air was thick with the smell of citrus and the shouts of auctioneers. In 1994—the same year South Africa held its first democratic elections—the market was transformed into Museum Africa, symbolically turning a site of physical sustenance into one of intellectual and historical nourishment.