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SuperSport steers South Africa Cricket to broadcast gain

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. SuperSport steers South Africa Cricket to broadcast gain: Women’s cricket placed on a pedestal, the fight against Gender-Based Violence amplified and the domestic game taken to a new … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. Duchess Kate Wears a Classic Emilia Wickstead Look for Her Commonwealth Day Appearance: The Duchess of Cambridge previously wore the Emilia Wickstead dress in November 2019 to attend the launch of the National Emergencies Trust alongside Prince William, and she has w … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Patrice Motsepe’s historic bid for president of CAF moves closer to reality: With just days left until Confederation of African Football presidential elections, the Mamelodi Sundowns owner looks in prime position to make history. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Film on Mandela’s life premieres in South Africa: A film that traces the life of Mandela from his childhood in the rural Eastern Cape to his election as the country’s first black president in 1994 premiered in his native South Africa this week … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Gauteng Health says it has enough beds to deal with expected third wave: Gauteng Health says it has employed more staff and increased beds in the province’s hospitals to deal with expected Covid-19 third wave … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? OR Tambo International Airport is the busiest airport in Africa: It’s estimated that more than 28 million people pass through this airport’s terminals every single year. OR Tambo International has also been around for more than 60 years – it was opened in 1952.

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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.