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100 years of human origin research is celebrated outside of Africa
An Australian anatomist, Raymond Dart, had spotted two men on the drive of his home in Dmanisi, Johannesburg, in November 1924 with two large boxes. Dart said that he noticed two men and a woman “stalling up” the drive. Dart’s description was of a species that was more apelike than humanlike, suggesting that humanity’s evolutionary…
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At least 74 people, including a dozen children, have been killed in a fire
A fire that broke out at a multi-storey building in South Africa’s Johannesburg killing at least 74 people and injured dozens of others is believed to be the country’s worst residential fire. There were indications that people lit the fires inside the building to keep warm in the winter cold, Mgcini Tshwaku, a local government…
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Authorities say dozens of homeless people are dead in a building fire
At least nine people died and several were injured in a fire that broke out in a building in South Africa’s Johannesburg, officials said on Sunday. The city’s Mayor said that the building is one of more than 600 illegally occupied buildings in South Africa. He added that people lit fires inside the building to…