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Johannesburg in the news:

  1. South Africa seeks new vaccine plan after halting AstraZeneca: South Africa is considering inoculating its health care workers with a COVID-19 vaccine that is still in the testing phase, after officials suspended the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine when … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. S.African opposition slams govt vaccination drive: South Africa political opposition has slammed the country government for its handling of the coronavirus vaccine roll-out after Johannesburg halted its plan … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Dissecting stories about garbage in popular culture. Why they matter: Rubbish has become an integral part of everyday life Think about it How many things did you throw away today And this week In the last year Som … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. S.Africa issues COVID-19 vaccine import, storage & distribution tender: South Africa’s health ministry called on Monday for bids from service providers to import, store and distribute COVID-19 vaccines for the second and subsequent phases of the country’s vaccination … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. RwandAir Suspends Flights To Zimbabwe Over Covid-19 Variants: Spread This NewsAviation Tribune THE national flag carrier of the Republic of Rwanda, RwandAir, has announced the suspension of its flights to Johannesburg, Cape Town, Lusaka and Harare, amid of the … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? Johannesburg has a massive infrastructure: The city has more than 8000 km of water pipes and more than 8000 km of sewage pipes. It has more than 180,000 streetlights and more than 100 water towers and reservoirs. The city also has more than 1700 traffic lights. There are more than 120 community health clinics, 10 environmental health clinics, 35 cemeteries (which cover over 600 hectares) and 59 public swimming pools. The city has 106 dams, 394 public sport facilities and 98 public recreation centers. Despite the fact that there’s a huge amount of infrastructure, Johannesburg still has more 1000 hectares of green space in an around it.

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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.