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Miss Jo’burg South and Kids & Teens of the south fashion event Photo: Mall of the South

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 29 August 2019 – Spring clean your cupboards to make way for stylish and glamorous wear that you will find at Mall of the South’s annual fashion shows.

The annual Kids and Teens of the south fashion event is back for a third year in a row to showcase kids and teens wear. This year, Mall of the South will also be showcasing ladies wear and more at the first Miss Jo’burg South show.

Miss Jo’burg South will be taking place on Friday, the 27th of September 2019 at 7pm in the Platinum Court. There will be live entertainment by the legendary Kurt Darren, celebrity judges, including: model Anzelle von Staden, Miss India South Africa and first runner-up in Miss India World Denise Dass Bhika, model Dunay Nortje, Chief Executive Office of D’Arrigo International Franco d’Arrigo, model Jade Axon Di Axon, model Manlie Wagner sports personality Nelson Belebesi, model, emcee, presenter Jacinda Louw-Schutte, Evercomm heads of sales and marketing Samantha Naidoo, model Sweli Nompumelelo,

There are also amazing prizes for Miss Jo’burg South, including: a weekend break to Gold Reef City, a 6-month usage of a Mazda 2 1.5 Dynamic Auto in Soul Red Crystal valued at R261 300 sponsored by Mazda Johannesburg South, an international trip to Italy to partake in the 2020 Stella de Europa or 2020 Ragazza Cinema event (subject to availability) valued at R60 000 sponsored by Rajoc so much more.

Millenials between the ages of 18 and 26 can enter Miss Jo’burg South. Terms and conditions apply.

The Kids & Teens of the south fashion event will be taking place on Saturday, the 28th of September 2019 at 11am in the Platinum Court. There will be live performance by Ryan Hignett Productions Dancers, celebrity judges and fabulous prizes up for grabs, including: Gold Reef City weekend breaks for each category winner, sponsored by Gold Reef City, valued over R3000 each and more. Little girls between the ages of three and 17 are permitted to enter this event. Terms and conditions apply.

The phenomenal Gert “G” Boshoff will be the emcee at both events.

Be sure to enter now as entries, for both shows, close on Sunday, the 8th of September 2019.

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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.