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Johannesburg residents to pay more for water, electricity from July

Johannesburg in the news:

  1. Johannesburg residents to pay more for water, electricity from July: Residents of Johannesburg will be hit hard in their pockets when the new tariff increases are announced, which will be effective from 1 July. Finance … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  2. Ekurhuleni announces R11.4bln jump in budget: JOHANNESBURG – The City of Ekurhuleni has tabled a budget of R48.9 billion for the 2019/2020 financial year. This is a R11.4 billion jump from … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  3. State demands conviction of 3 more 'Krugersdorp killers': The State has urged the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg to convict three more of the so-called "Krugersdorp Killers" for a number of murders … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  4. Meet The Top Developers, Architects & Solution Providers In Johannesburg: The 6th Edition of The Real Estate Development Summit – Sub – Saharan is all set to take place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, … – Google Alert – Johannesburg
  5. Smith to lead Lions from 8th man: JOHANNESBURG – Kwagga Smith will lead the Emirates Lions at Jonsson Kings Park against the Cell C Sharks on Saturday as Malcolm Marx sits … – Google Alert – Johannesburg

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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.