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Psychology Today

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. Psychology Today: Co-authored by Emma Preston, Elizabeth Aviv, and Darby Saxbe For the last three weeks, Tommy has been feeling really down. He hasn’t wanted to do any of the things he usually enjoys, like working out … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. 14 crew members of cargo ship from India test positive for COVID-19 in South Africa: Fourteen crew members of a cargo ship that sailed to Durban from India have tested positive for COVID-19, South Africa’s Transnet National Port Authority has said.      A spokesperson from Transnet … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Pothole Patrol kicks off in Joburg: This month sees the launch of Pothole Patrol, a partnership between the City of Joburg, Dialdirect Insurance and Discovery Insure, a unique data-driven … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Behind South Africa’s slow Covid vaccine rollout: South Africa was swift to impose a strict lockdown and rigorous testing at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but its vaccination programme can best be described as stuttering – despite it having … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Camilla Parker Bowles’ Son Reveals What He Thinks of the Drama Between Meghan and Harry and the Royal Family: Find out what Camilla Parker Bowles’s son, Tom Bowles, had to say about all the drama between the royal family and his stepbrother Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Have you tried: Visiting Port Elizabeth?

Did you know this about Johannesburg? Johannesburg is the world’s biggest man-made forest, with over 10 million trees. This number is set to grow, as City Parks launched the Greening Soweto project in 2006, with the goal of planting an extra 200 000 trees in the famous township. Not only do Joburg’s trees combat the greenhouse effect, they help reduce noise in this ‘urban jungle’.

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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.