Shopkeepers watch anxiously as City officials and the owners of the Marble Towers complex in Johannesburg conduct a joint inspection of the shops on the property. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee
The future of hundreds of traders whose shops in Johannesburg’s inner city were closed down on 15 July will depend on the owner of the property, says the City of Johannesburg.
The container shops at the Marble Towers precinct, where researchers have estimated a turnover of billions of rands a year, were not compliant with municipal safety bylaws, according to the City.
A court has told the property owners, Goldenrod Group, to take the necessary steps to make the premises compliant.
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An retired elderly couple visit London..
They get picked up from the airport in a london black cab and head off into the city for some adventure.
The cab driver say \”where you from guvnor?
Husband. \”we\’re from South Africa\”..
The wife is a little hard of hearing asks her husband.
\”What did he say?\”
The husband turns to his wife and says louder \”the cab driver asked us where we were from, I told him South Africa!\”
The cabbie continues \”I was in the merchant navy years back… I got to drop anchor down your way, a few times in Johannesburg\”
The husband replies \”oh wow that\’s where we\’re from originally, now we\’re in Cape Town.\”
The wife asks the husband again \”what did he say?\”.
The husband again relays the unheard conversation \”the cab driver says he spent some time in the navy and went down to joberg\”.
The wife smiles and nods.
Jungle King
Fun South African Fact: The waters surrounding the 2,500km long coastline are teeming with life. You’ll find great white sharks, African penguins, dolphins and much much more in South Africa’s oceans. Many travellers visit the coast to watch the annual whale migrations. In Hermanus, in the Western Cape, you can see hundreds of whales from June to late November. Simon’s Town, another coastal Western Cape town, is home to Boulder’s Beach. Here you can swim alongside colonies of African Penguins!