- What is behind the massive cataract surgery backlogs in Gauteng?: As World Sight Day approaches on 14 October, Gauteng faces the damning reality that thousands of cataract patients wait up to two years to receive the simple life-changing surgery.. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- Fixing data blind spots is the key to solving violence against women and children: That we know so little about violence against women and children limits our ability to respond. Filling these data blind spots will be crucial if we are to end the harm that violence causes across the …. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- ‘Beware of false prophets’: police warn of scam targeting students in Gauteng: Gauteng police have warned residents, particularly students, not to be duped by thieves posing as prophets whose real intention is to steal.. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- Tshwane a hotspot for water woes in ever-growing Gauteng: Gauteng premier David Makhura says Tshwane is a hotspot when it comes to water problems in the province. “Tshwane is a hotspot for water, intermittent water supply interruptions happen there quite a …. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- Update: Missing person: GAUTENG – His body was found by a passer-by at an open space in Dedeur. He sustained stab wounds in the upper body. The motive behind the incident is not yet known. A case of murder has been opened at …. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- The importance of community for education: In South Africa we see that some schools thrive despite limited resources and incompetent education authorities. When parents, members of the community and institutions like churches get involved in …. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- ‘I never enforced apartheid through the barrel of a gun’: Gauteng judge candidate: A visibly nervous advocate Daniel de Villiers SC on Tuesday took his seat to be interviewed for a second time this year for the position of a judge in the Gauteng division of the high court.. 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.
