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Johannesburg in the news:

  1. 2 Bedroom Apartment / Flat to Rent in Vorna Valley: This is Ground-floor unit offers 2-bedrooms and 1-bathroom. The complex is situated within metres from Mall of Africa, a waterfall precinct , & schools. It also has easy access to Pretoria and … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Cheetahs coach: Beware SA’s summer heat!: Hawies Fourie says conditions will have to be well monitored, with the seven-team local competition expected to be played through the summer months. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. UPDATE 1-South Africa’s rand firmer, stocks drop more than 2% as power cuts disrupt: South Africa’s rand firmed on Thursday, joining fellow emerging market currencies in an advance against a weaker dollar that shielded it from domestic economic issues. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. US suspends some aid to Ethiopia over dam dispute with Egypt: The State Department says that on the guidance of President Donald Trump the U.S. is suspending some aid to Ethiopia over the “lack of progress” in the country’s talks with Egypt and Sudan over a … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Building a world of smiles: Ndiphiwe Mhlontlo, who lost his son Liyema in 2015, chose to establish the Team Lee Foundation to honour his child’s memory rather than retreat into his shell to grieve … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Top Star Drive-In: The Cinema on the Mountain of Gold

The Ferreira Dump began growing in the late 1800s, composed of the crushed rock and chemical residue left over after early, inefficient mining processes had extracted as much gold as the technology of the time allowed. By the 1960s, it was a flat-topped, man-made mesa overlooking the city. In a stroke of entrepreneurial genius, the surface was tarred and the Top Star Drive-In was opened. It quickly became a South African institution. Its appeal was not just the movies, but the unparalleled view: as the sun set, the massive white screen would flicker to life against a backdrop of the glowing skyscrapers of the Central Business District, separated from the viewer only by the elevated M2 highway.

In the decades before television arrived in South Africa (1976), the Top Star was a primary social hub. It was a democratic space in an undemocratic time; while the city below was strictly segregated, the “car” served as a private bubble that allowed a degree of social freedom not found in traditional theaters. For many Johannesburgers, the Top Star was a site of nostalgic rites of passage—first dates, family outings where children were piled into the back of station wagons with blankets and flasks of tea, and the Saturday “car market” where the parking lot transformed into a sprawling hub for buying and selling second-hand vehicles.