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Why you should visit – and stay in – Johannesburg’s Soweto
Johannesburg’s Soweto - TRAVEL FOCUS: Travelling through South Africa, Annabel Grossman finds that Soweto – a township often ...
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Gauteng Hospitals achieve record 806 surgeries on Mandela Day
Gauteng public hospitals made medical history on Friday by performing 806 surgical procedures in a 12-hour surgical marathon ...
South Africa's rand and stocks gain as G20 finance meeting nears conclusion
South Africa's rand and stocks gained on Friday as investors turned their attention to the final day of the two-day Group of ...
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Johannesburg, Pretoria set to merge into Africa’s new mega-city
South Africa's urban centers are expected to evolve in ways that could reshape the country's economic and social ...
South African cooks join forces to make 67,000 liters of soup to fight hunger on Mandela Day
Chefs and volunteers in Johannesburg have made 67,000 liters of soup to honor Nelson Mandela Day. The annual event, ...
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Johannesburg, Where Mayors Last Just Months, or Even Only Weeks
South Africa’s largest city is now on its sixth different mayor in 22 months. While politicians argue over power, residents struggle with dry taps, heaps of garbage and dilapidated buildings.
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Johannesburg building fire: Misery of gang-hijacked towers comes ... - NPR
JOHANNESBURG — This is a tale of two cities. One is Africa's richest metropolis: glitzy shopping malls, gated estates, swanky restaurants and leafy streets. The other — where 76 people died in ...
A beer pioneer, South Africa’s first Black female brewery owner trains a new generation
South Africa’s first Black female beer brewery owner is aiming to shake up the industry. At her Brewsters Academy in ...
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Deadly Johannesburg Fire Exposed Years of Neglect - The New York Times
Immigrants do come to Johannesburg in large numbers, but so do migrants from rural South Africa. This is true in Vannin Court, where many of the tenants interviewed by reporters were South ...
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South Africa disgusted by reality of sheep heads delivery in Johannesburg
A TikTok video of a truck full of sheep heads in Johannesburg left many unappetised. Peeps were disgusted to see the skopo ...