- Researchers studied labour migration in SA. Here’s what they found: Labour migration is an essential ndash and potentially beneficial ndash part of all economies regions and countries in the 21st cent …. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- Private schools can open even if public schools don’t, says deputy minister: Private and independent schools were well within their rights to resume their academic year, even while public schools have pushed back their reopening by two weeks because of the Covid-19 pandemic.. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- South Africa: Corporal Punishment – Two Mothers Take Teachers’ Organisation to Court: Two parents and the Centre for Child Law at the University of Pretoria have gone to court to compel a teachers’ organisation to take stronger action against teachers who beat children. Corporal …. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- South Africa: Have Retired Judges Been Given the Chop Over Lack of Money?: They have been helping to clear the Gauteng courts backlog but have been told their services are no longer needed, says one fuming judge.. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- Boxer Bell back in Nelson Mandela Bay to resume stalled career: Bell move to Gauteng to join renowned female boxing manager Colleen MacAusland to help take her boxing to the next level.. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- Why are there inadequate beds for Covid-19 in Tshwane? – Jack Bloom: This is according to a report by the Gauteng Health Department which also identified staffing as a major bottleneck and a shortage of health furniture. The Tshwane district has been particularly hard …. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- Merafong’s coronavirus cases pass 4 000: More than 4 000 residents of the Merafong City local municipal area have so far been infected with the coronavirus.. 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.
