The lights are on but no-one is home: Dark days ahead for Sandton hotels

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The lights are on but no-one is home: Dark days ahead for Sandton hotels

Several hotels in the upmarket Sandton area of northern Johannesburg remain mothballed after having closed their doors more than a year ago.

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

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