Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
By 1904 the company had stores across South Africa and continued to expand to meet demand for news during World War I. The company was floated on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1903 to raise £120,000 [3] (equivalent to £129,500,000 in 2017 based on its economic share). [4] By 1928 the company was publishing most of South Africa's newspapers.
Edcon Limited was a retail company based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its subsidiaries included Edgars, a department store with 203 [2] branches. [3] [4] In 2020, the Competition Tribunal approved the sale of the Edgars division to Retailability (pty) Ltd, [5] and Jet to The Foschini Group.
However, the awards recommenced in 2021 with a new sponsor, CNA, a South African retail chain of stationery shops, and are now known as the Sunday Times CNA Literary Awards. [6] This sponsorship arrangement followed the acquisition of CNA from "embattled" parent company Edcon in February 2020. [6]
Adderley Street in c. 1897, with Thorne, Stuttaford & Co. store, middle Stuttafords Cape Town 1957 1916 Stuttafords ad printed in Standard Dutch (before Afrikaans replaced it) in Die Huisgenoot magazine Stuttafords, West at Field streets, Durban, 1926 Stuttafords, Rissik at Pritchard streets, Johannesburg in 1957 How the Stuttafords Cape Town Adderley Street flagship store grew over time with ...
The Carlton Centre is a 50-storey skyscraper and shopping centre located on Commissioner Street in central Johannesburg, South Africa.At 223 metres (732 ft), it was the tallest building in Africa for 46 years from its completion in 1973 until 2019.
De Postwaardestukken van Zuid-West Afrika 1888–1990 = The Postal Stationery of South West Africa 1888–1990. Rotterdam: Filatelistenvereniging Zuideijk Afrika, 2003 ISBN 90-803152-0-6 145p. Rust, Hans Joachim. Südwestafrika. Bayreuth: Schwarz, 1963 40p.
Two Chinatowns are located in the city of Johannesburg, the first Chinatown is located on Commissioner Street and the second is in the suburb of Cyrildene. [9] [10] [11] The last remaining shops and restaurants of Johannesburg's first Chinatown are located between buildings 5 and 17 on the western end of Commissioner Street. [12]
Edgars was founded in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1929. [2] Its was named after London based Swan and Edgar. [2] Eli Ross opened his first Edgars store in Joubert Street. [2] It relocated to Cape Town in 1929 before returning to Eloff Street, Johannesburg in 1937, now owned by Sydney Press.