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  1. COVID-19: SA records 14,880 new infections: JOHANNESBURG – South Africa has recorded 14,880 new COVID-19 cases. This brings the total number of infections to 1,311,686. READ: KZN hospital offers free rapid COVID-19 tests The Department of … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. General SENS Submitter Company – Index Change Advice 20210204 Q1 Reconstitution ICA: Release Date: 15/01/2021 17:30:00 Code(s): GSSC PDF(s): Index Change Advice – 20210204 Q1 Reconstitution ICA FTSE/JSE Fixed Income Index Series – Quarterly Reconstitution 15 January 2021 All … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES INC – Net1 to Host Conference Call to Review Second Quarter 2021 Results: Net1 to Host Conference Call to Review Second Quarter 2021 Results Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. Registered in the state of Florida, USA (IRS Employer Identification No. 98-0171860) Nasdaq share code: … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. North County thrilled to confirm return of Nofal: North County Cricket Club will welcome back Malcolm Nofal this summer as the South African all-rounder returns for a second spell with the club, having enjoyed a very successful year at The Inch in … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. UPDATE 1-South African rand weakens at end of volatile week, stocks fall: South Africa’s rand weakened against the U.S. dollar on Friday, in line with other emerging market currencies, as currency markets turned risk-averse to the benefit of the greenback. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? The Soweto Uprising was a series of protests led by high school students in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976. Students from numerous Sowetan schools began to protest in the streets of Soweto in response to the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in local schools. It is estimated that 20,000 students took part in the protests. The number of protesters killed by police was officially given as 176, but estimates of up to 700 have been made. In remembrance of these events, the 16th of June is now a public holiday in South Africa. A thirteen year old Black boy, Hector Pieterson, is the iconic first victim of police brutality, but Dr Melville Edelstein, who had devoted his life to social welfare among blacks, was soon forgotten. He was stoned to death by the mob and left with a sign around his neck proclaiming “Beware Afrikaners”.

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Top Star Drive-In: Destroyed by What Created it

However, the very thing that created the Top Star eventually destroyed it. Because the early miners had used crude methods, the Ferreira Dump—and dozens of others like it—still contained significant traces of gold. As the price of gold rose and new chemical extraction technologies (like the carbon-in-pulp process) made it profitable to “mine the waste,” the ground beneath the Top Star became more valuable than the cinema itself. In 2006, despite fierce opposition from heritage groups who argued that the dump and the drive-in were culturally significant landmarks, the projectors were turned off for the last time.

The reclamation of the dump was a staggering industrial feat. Starting in 2008, mining giant DRDGold used high-pressure water cannons to “monitor” the dump, turning 5 million tons of solid earth back into a liquid slurry. This slurry was then piped 40 kilometers across the province to a processing plant in Brakpan. By 2011, the “mountain” had completely vanished. The 50-meter-high plateau that had dominated the southern skyline for a century was reduced to a flat, dusty crater.

The disappearance of the Top Star is a poignant symbol of Johannesburg’s “extractive” nature. It is a city that consumes itself to stay alive; even its historical landmarks are subject to the fluctuating price of minerals on the London and New York stock exchanges. Today, if you drive along the M2, there is an empty space in the sky where the Top Star used to be. While the reclamation removed a source of toxic dust and “acid mine drainage,” it also erased a piece of the city’s collective memory. The land where the gold-flecked mountain once stood is now being rehabilitated for light industrial use, proving that in eGoli, even the horizon is for sale if there’s enough gold hidden inside it.