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Love Your City I Love My City The Jacaranda City - our heart, our home When looking at other cities across South Africa, Pretoria is not the oldest by far, yet it holds a very significant place in history and in every Pretorian’s heart. Since the city’s inception in 1855, a lot has changed. The streets have over the years played witness to political issues, festivals, marches, love stories and personal stories. Sigh. If only the Jacaranda trees could talk. Established by the then Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) to serve as a central location, Pretoria was chosen for its abundance of water and centralised location. ....
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After a year of business rescue efforts, property developer Propertuity liquidated and sold off its buildings, Those holdings were part of a redevelopment from Jeppe Hostel, through New Doornfontein to the edge of Hillbrow. The area pioneered a process whose ripples are increasingly seen in dispossession and clearances across Johannesburg s inner city. Back in the early 2010s, Blk Jks guitarist Mpumelelo Mcata was drinking coffee at a pavement cafe in the newly gentrifying inner-city area of Maboneng when two Zulu-speaking workers walked past. One hadn’t seen the new development and its hipster denizens before and was disturbed. But his friend reassured him: “Don’t worry, mfana, it’s just a movie set. They’ll take it all down again soon.” ....
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Pigeons Star In A Tale Of Mining In ‘Flight Of The Diamond Smugglers’ By Martha Anne Toll February 23, 2021 The New York Times recently ran a story decrying shrinking rooftop spaces to raise pigeons. Pigeons, it turns out, are far more than urban pests that poop on passers-by below. They have a fascinating history spanning the globe. Matthew Gavin Frank’s Flight of the Diamond Smugglers, set on South Africa’s Diamond Coast in the northwest part of the country, is one example. In crisp and poetic prose, Frank exposes the history of South Africa’s nefarious diamond industry accompanied by a history of pigeons. Why pigeons? They are the smugglers in the book’s title. ....