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Johannesburg in the news:

  1. Zondo to rule on whether he will recuse himself from Zuma testimony: Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo will on Tuesday rule on whether he will recuse himself from hearing the testimony of Former President Jacob Zuma. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  2. The smell! SPCA seizes more than 100 animals from Greenside home: A Johannesburg homeowner could face criminal charges for the dreadful conditions she made animals live under in her home. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  3. Zondo expected to announce decision on Zuma’s recusal application: Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo is expected to decide on Jacob Zuma’s application at the state capture inquiry. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  4. Drop in alcohol sales takes Shoprite shares down 10%: Shoprite shares tumbled nearly 10 percent on the JSE after the retailer flagged that alcohol sales and transportation had affected its performance during the quarter to the end of September. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews
  5. Phahlane tender fraud case postponed: The tender fraud trial of former Acting Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane and his 11 co-accused has been postponed to November 24 at the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court, east of Johannesburg. – “Johannesburg” – BingNews

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? Sophiatown was originally part of the farm Waterval. In 1897 the speculator Hermann Tobiansky acquired a 237-acre portion of the farm, which was situated about four miles or so west of the centre of Johannesburg. In 1903 he had some of the land surveyed as leasehold township, divided into almost 1700 small stands. The township was named after Tobiansky’s wife, Sophia, and some of the streets were named after his children Toby, Gerty, Bertha and Victoria. Blacks started acquiring land in Sophiatown.

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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.