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The Star is a daily newspaper based in Gauteng, South Africa that was established in 1887. The paper is distributed mainly in Gauteng and other provinces such as Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, and Free State. The Star is one of the titles of the South African Independent News & Media group (INL), owned by Sekunjalo Media Consortium whose ...
1886 – Johannesburg township established by Boer government after discovery of gold in vicinity. [1] [2] 1887 The Star newspaper in publication. [3] St. Mary's Church built. [4] Johannesburg Stock Exchange founded. [5] Theatre Royal opens. [6] 1888 – St Mary's School was founded. 1890 Library opens. [7] Jeppe High School for Boys was ...
Smith began her career at the Johannesburg Star, and specialised in anti-apartheid resistance politics. [1] She later reported on South African politics for Sunday Tribune (where she was also deputy bureau chief), Business Day (where she was also deputy news editor), Financial Mail (where she was associate editor) and Finance Week (where she was assistant editor).
Parkmore, Johannesburg, South Africa. Occupation. Photojournalist. Notable work. The Vulture and the Little Girl. Kevin Carter (13 September 1960 – 27 July 1994) [1] was a South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club. He was the recipient in 1994 of a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph depicting the 1993 famine in Sudan; he ...
Leonard Barnes was born in London on 21 July 1895. Educated at St Paul's School, he was awarded the Military Cross and Bar while serving with the King's Royal Rifle Corps during World War I. He then attended University College, Oxford, where he studied Greats. [2] After four years working for the Colonial Office, where his father had worked, he ...
Allan's adoptive father, a former sub-editor of the Johannesburg daily The Star, died when she was 18 months old. [6] Her mother was an antiques dealer with a store in Randburg. Allan was raised by Henning and her second husband, Walter Eric-Monteith Fry. The couple fostered three more children, one of whom sexually abused Allan. [6]
Southern Sun Waterfront Cape Town. Southern Sun is a South African multinational hospitality company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange [1][2] (JSE). The group was founded [3] in 1969 by hotelier Sol Kerzner and South African Breweries. Between 2012 [4] and April 2022 [5] the group was ...
Carlton Centre. The Carlton Centre is a 50-storey skyscraper and shopping centre located on Commissioner Street in central Johannesburg, South Africa. At 223 metres (732 ft), it was the tallest building in Africa for 46 years from its completion in 1973 until 2019. It is today the continent's fifth tallest building after The Leonardo (also in ...