- Covid-19: Spike sees SA record 9 780 new infections and 839 new deaths: South Africa recorded 9 780 new Covid-19 infections by Tuesday, along with 839 new Covid-19-related deaths – the second-highest daily death toll to date – taking the confirmed fatalities to 38 288.. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- Why are there inadequate beds for Covid-19 in Tshwane?: Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has suggested that Covid-19 patients at the overcrowded Steve Biko Hospital in Tshwane can be sent to the NASREC field hospital in the south of Johannesburg. This …. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- South Africa Records 9,780 New Covid-19 Cases, 839 Covid Deaths: South Africa’s COVID-19 cases have risen to 1 356 716 after 9 780 patients were confirmed to have contracted the virus on Tuesday. Meanwhile, 839 additional deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, …. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- Council for Educators ’lenient on teachers meting out corporal punishment to pupils’: Section27 expressed its concerns over the council’s intervention on corporal punishment cases reported to the organisation.. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- Scrapyard shutdown after retrieval of stolen parts and cars: The Acting Gauteng Provincial Commissioner of the police, Major General Tommy Mthombeni, recently closed down one of the biggest scrapyards in the town of Vereeniging. Mthombeni showed no mercy when …. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- Mkhize ‘confident’ in Gauteng’s COVID-19 readiness: Gauteng health facilities are coping with the current surge in COVID-19 cases. This according to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, who conducted a walkabout of two of the province’s biggest hospitals. He …. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- Nasrec field hospital to be used to ease pressure in Gauteng: Mkhize: The Nasrec field hospital will be used to ease the pressure in Gauteng as the province continues to see an increase in patients who require hospitalisation because of Covid-19 complications.. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
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15. The Union Buildings took 4 years to construct: The Union Buildings (which were designed by Sir Herbert Baker) was constructed between 1909 and 1913. It took approximately 1265 artisans, workmen and labourers to construct, using 14 million bricks for the interior office walls, half a million cubic feet of freestone, 74,000 cubic yards of concrete, 40,000 bags of cement and 20,000 cubic feet of granite. At the time of completion it was the largest building in the country and possibly the largest building work undertaken in the Southern Hemisphere at that time. The 9m tall statue of Nelson Mandela (which was errected in December 2013) cost R8 million and weighs 3.5 tons.
