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Friendly South African face could quickly attract exploration investment – Bristow

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. Friendly South African face could quickly attract exploration investment – Bristow: South Africa looks a lot like the global gold mining industry as a whole in that it has not encouraged reinvestment in the industry’s future. In fact, if anything, it has harvested what it received … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Screen Grab: Where were Messi’s friends when the chips were down?: What if Messi’s long-standing sponsors, Lay’s, had chipped in to yank Barcelona from its financial tapas dip? It could have been the world’s first potato-based crowdfunding campaign: a global charity … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. AKA pays tribute to late girlfriend Anele Tembe: Today marks four months since Anele Tembe, the girlfriend of rapper Kiernan AKA Forbes, died tragically when she fell from the 10th floor … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. South Africa: DPE Welcomes Ruling to Place Mango Under Business Rescue: The Department of Public Enterprises has welcomed the High Court judgment to place airline Mango under business rescue, effective from 28 July 2021. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Muvhango actress Tebogo Thobejane to tackle issues faced by women: Johannesburg – To mark Women’s Month, Tebogo Thobejane who plays Belinda on Muvhango will shine a light on important conversations around issues affecting … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? There is also a Johannesburg in California, although it only has a population of 176 people (2000 census). It was named by miners who had worked in the gold mines of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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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.