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  2. 2023 Johannesburg building fire - Wikipedia

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    2023 Johannesburg building fire. On 31 August 2023 at around 01:30 SAST, a fire engulfed an illegally occupied government-owned building in Johannesburg, South Africa; 77 people were killed and 88 others were injured. [1] [2] [3] It was one of the deadliest fires in South African history.

  3. South Africa seeks to reform faltering Black ... - AOL

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    By Nellie Peyton and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo. JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The head of South Africa's flagship Black economic empowerment plans to introduce additional incentives and potential fines to ...

  4. Factbox-The racial divide in South Africa's economy - AOL

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    JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa's economy remains deeply divided by race, spurring political debate on the extent to which its flagship Black ...

  5. South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa has said that the Johannesburg blaze that killed 74 people is “a wake up call” to address an inner-city housing crisis. “This is a great tragedy felt ...

  6. Johannesburg - Wikipedia

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    Johannesburg is the economic and financial hub of South Africa, producing 16% of South Africa's gross domestic product, and accounts for 40% of Gauteng's economic activity. [citation needed] In a 2008 survey conducted by Mastercard, Johannesburg ranked 47 out of 50 top cities in the world as a worldwide centre of commerce (the only city in Africa).

  7. News24 (website) - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.news24.com. News24 is an English-language South African news website created in October 1998 by the multinational media company, Naspers. Its team of approximately 100 journalists, [1] led by editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson, are based in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Gqeberha. Its brands include Fin24, Sport24 ...

  8. Factbox-What are Johannesburg’s 'hijacked buildings' and why ...

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    Since the end of apartheid in 1994, a housing crisis in South Africa's largest city of Johannesburg, in Gauteng province, has grown worse, as big businesses moved out of the inner city into ...

  9. The Citizen (South African newspaper) - Wikipedia

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    The Citizen. The Citizen is a South African daily newspaper published in Johannesburg, South Africa. The newspaper is distributed nationally in South Africa. It has long been considered a newspaper of record in South Africa. While its core readership is mainly in Gauteng, it also distributes to surrounding provinces such as Free State, Northern ...