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Johannesburg in the news:

  1. South Africa: Hungry for Business, Restaurant Industry Faces More Red Tape: Amid an intensified lockdown – under which the sale of alcohol is banned – a stalling economy and Eskom load shedding, South Africa’s hospitality industry is already financially distressed. Now the … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. ANC calls on eNCA to discipline Karima Brown over Mthembu replacement comments: ANC’s Pule Mabe says eNCA should make an example of Karima Brown for speaking about Jackson Mthembu’s replacement minutes after news of his death.. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. SAB suspends over 500 temporary jobs due to alcohol sales ban: President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the decision last month under adjusted level 3 lockdown regulations in a bid to alleviate the pressure the country’s health sector. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Two die after Transnet pipeline explodes: Two men believed to have been diesel thieves died an excruciating death after the Transnet pipeline they were allegedly trying to steal fuel from, exploded. The men were rushed to hospital with … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Sirius Real Estate Notes Titanium Acquisition Of German Business Park: Sirius R E. News Headlines. SRE Share News. Financial News Articles for Sirius Real Estate Ld Ord Npv updated throughout the day. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? The Shaft of Terror, located at the popular amusement park of Gold Reef City, is a vertical-drop roller coaster that has the distinction of being the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Africa. It has a 47-metre drop, and a G force of over 6 Gs!

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Top Star Drive-In: Destroyed by What Created it

However, the very thing that created the Top Star eventually destroyed it. Because the early miners had used crude methods, the Ferreira Dump—and dozens of others like it—still contained significant traces of gold. As the price of gold rose and new chemical extraction technologies (like the carbon-in-pulp process) made it profitable to “mine the waste,” the ground beneath the Top Star became more valuable than the cinema itself. In 2006, despite fierce opposition from heritage groups who argued that the dump and the drive-in were culturally significant landmarks, the projectors were turned off for the last time.

The reclamation of the dump was a staggering industrial feat. Starting in 2008, mining giant DRDGold used high-pressure water cannons to “monitor” the dump, turning 5 million tons of solid earth back into a liquid slurry. This slurry was then piped 40 kilometers across the province to a processing plant in Brakpan. By 2011, the “mountain” had completely vanished. The 50-meter-high plateau that had dominated the southern skyline for a century was reduced to a flat, dusty crater.

The disappearance of the Top Star is a poignant symbol of Johannesburg’s “extractive” nature. It is a city that consumes itself to stay alive; even its historical landmarks are subject to the fluctuating price of minerals on the London and New York stock exchanges. Today, if you drive along the M2, there is an empty space in the sky where the Top Star used to be. While the reclamation removed a source of toxic dust and “acid mine drainage,” it also erased a piece of the city’s collective memory. The land where the gold-flecked mountain once stood is now being rehabilitated for light industrial use, proving that in eGoli, even the horizon is for sale if there’s enough gold hidden inside it.