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CoJ approves debt rehabilitation for residents in arears

Johannesburg in the news:

  1. CoJ approves debt rehabilitation for residents in arears: JOHANNESBURG – The City of Johannesburg has approved a debt rehabilitation programme allowing residents to have the arrears on their … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  2. Senior Consultant: … to participate in an interview, discuss experience and show the strength of their writing during the week of the 24 June at our Johannesburg office. – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  3. Amcu tables R17,000 minimum wage demand for mineworkers: JOHANNESBURG – The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has tabled a R17,000 minimum wage as negotiations in the … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  4. Kenneth Nkosi walks free after NPA withdraws common assault charges: The Abo Mama actor was charged with common assault after allegedly beating his girlfriend up at the BlackAnt Lounge in Newtown, Johannesburg … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  5. Gauteng moves to improve it's road network: JOHANNESBURG – The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport on Friday announced a pipeline of plans to improve and expand the province's … – Google Alert – Johannesburg

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? At the northern extremity of Johannesburg was Parktown, already known for its exclusivity and extreme wealth. Sir Lionel Phillips was the first Randlord to build a mansion in Parktown. “Hohenheim” was built in 1894 and demolished in 1972 to make way for the Johannesburg Academic Hospital. Sunny Side Park was designed by Frank Emley for Hennen Jennings and completed in 1896. Today it is part of the Sunny Side Park Hotel. “The View” was completed in 1897. It was built by Charles Aburrow as the residence of Sir Thomas Cullinan.

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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.