Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:10:11 +0200 (AFP) - The Grace Hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa is due to shut down because of a lack of guests. Many South African hotels expanded to make room for football fans during last year's World Cup, but now face declining occupancy rates that are taking a toll on the industry.(AFP/Stephane de Sakutin)
An employee helps a woman pass a turnstile at Johannesburg's ...
Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:50:09 +0200 (AFP) - An employee helps a woman pass a turnstile at Johannesburg's Sandton station. The main link on Africa's fastest railway opened Tuesday to thousands of commuters who shuttled at 160 kilometres (100 miles) per hour between Johannesburg and the South African capital Pretoria.(AFP/Stephane de Sakutin)
Satirical playing cards pictured in Johannesburg in 2007 show ...
Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:30:01 +0200 (AFP) - Satirical playing cards pictured in Johannesburg in 2007 show Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as Ace of Diamonds. Zimbabwe has vowed to defy moves for international monitoring of diamond sales from its disputed Marange fields, at a meeting of the global "blood diamond" watchdog.(AFP/Alexander Joe)
Steam billows from Kempton Park Power Station in Johannesburg ...
Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:30:08 +0200 (AFP) - Steam billows from Kempton Park Power Station in Johannesburg on March 28, 2011. The global fight over fossil fuels has hit home in South Africa as the coal-dependent country debates its energy future before hosting UN climate talks later this year.(AFP/Alexander Joe)
A shack in Plangene, west of Johannesburg -- a scattering of ...
Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:10:12 +0100 (AFP) - A shack in Plangene, west of Johannesburg -- a scattering of some 50 tin-roof shacks with no electricity, sanitation, running water or school. A 10,000-liter water tank, which gets refilled three times a week, is the only municipal service in Plangene, a settlement for "coloured" or mixed-race families that have been evicted from their houses on vineyards in South Africa's arid Northern Cape.(AFP/Joshua Howat Berger)
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