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Tigers depart for Zimbabwe

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:

  1. Tigers depart for Zimbabwe: The Tigers will be making stops at Doha and Johannesburg, where they will be joined by Shakib and their foreign support staff, said the team director Ahmed Sajjadul Alam. ‘Today only the Test team … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. DNA data and modeling reveal potential spread of invasive species: Scientists at the University of Southampton have found that a marine invasive species—a sea squirt that lives on rocky shores—could spread along 3,500 kilometers of South American coastline if climate … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Covid-19 death toll more than 60,000 as new cases hit 12,222 in just one day: Johannesburg recorded 359 cases per 100,000 of the population, Ekurhuleni 295 cases per 100,000 of the population and Sedibeng 274 cases per 100,000 of the population. “The peak incidence in Gauteng … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. 3 people injured after light aircraft crash in Leondale: Three people were injured when a light aircraft they were travelling in crashed in Leondale. Ekurhuleni Emergency Services said the accident happened near the Union Settlement earlier on Monday. The … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Lawyers for SA’s missing Bitcoin brothers ‘terminated’: Lawyers for the Cajee brothers who ran a cryptocurrency investment platform from South Africa that regulators suspect of being a Ponzin … – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Have you tried: Whale and Dolphin Watching in Algoa Bay?

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: 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.