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JOHANNESBURG is where the money is, where the deals are made. It's the most powerful commercial centre on the African continent. There's hardly a major international company doing serious business in sub-Saharan Africa that has not looked to Johannesburg as the gateway.

 

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Workers' Library to open as museum
THE last workers' compound left in Johannesburg is being restored. Its most recent incarnation was as the Workers' Library, but change is again coming to the Newtown Workers' Electricity Compound.
GigaPan Conversations
PANORAMIC photographs taken by learners from Soweto and their peers in the United States are on show at Museum Africa as part of an international collaboration.
Recycling at source tackled head on
NO more long and messy trips to the bottle bank - thousands of residents will start recycling their waste at source within a month.
City switches on countdown clock
FOR the next 609 days, a clock will mark time, counting down the sleeps to the World Cup kick off, taking place at Joburg's Soccer City.
Pilgrims head to Jozi for Megafest
MEGAFEST International is expected to attract tens of thousands of people to Nasrec this weekend for two days of spiritual networking, learning and fun.

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