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Johannesburg in the news:

  1. Oscar Pistorius: The ‘broke and broken’ Olympian: At the 2012 London Olympics, before 80,000 roaring fans and a constellation of camera flashes, it took Oscar Pistorius 45.44 seconds to become a global icon. His sprint around the 400m track was the … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. 2012 Kia Sportage 2.0 Crdi A/t for sale in Gauteng: Used Kia Sportage 2.0 Crdi A/t for sale in Gauteng, car manufactured in 2012 (ID:6441077) … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. INVESTEC AUSTRALIA PROPERTY FUND – Notification of change of interests of substantial holder: Sharenet remains fully operational and should you experience any technical difficulty, rest assured that our superior support staff is ready to assist with any technical queries and can be reached on: … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. City Power continues to clampdown on businesses, upmarket estates in Gauteng: City Power in Gauteng will continue with its clampdown on businesses and upmarket estates on Sunday as it moves to recover millions of rands in unpaid electricity bills. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Establishing Meerschaum Pipe Value: I have a Meerschaum pipe that belonged to my late Father that I wish to sell. It was bought in a pipe specialist shop in Carlton Centre Johannesburg, South Africa in 1974. The meerschaum pipe case is … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? Johannesburg is a large city in Gauteng Province of South Africa. It was established as a small village controlled by a Health Committee in 1886 with the discovery of an outcrop of a gold reef on the farm Langlaagte. The population of the city grew rapidly,becoming a municipality in 1897. In 1928 it became a city making Johannesburg the largest city in South Africa. In 2002 it joined ten other municipalities to form the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

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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.