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PHOTO ESSAY: Joburgers enjoy a little CBD fun sans motor cars and gridlocked streets

Daily Maverick · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · · 77 words · By Alaister Russell
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DM PHOTO ESSAY Joburgers enjoy a little CBD fun sans motor cars and gridlocked streets The spirit of Joburg was on show on Sunday as art, games and outdoor activities took over the CBD’s Main Street, which was closed to cars for the day.

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What happened

DM PHOTO ESSAY Joburgers enjoy a little CBD fun sans motor cars and gridlocked streets The spirit of Joburg was on show on Sunday as art, games and outdoor activities took over the CBD’s Main Street, which was closed to cars for the day.

Why it matters

Main St Sundays People take part in a drumming workshop during the first Main Street Sundays event in the Johannesburg city centre on 12 April 2025.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: the first Main Street Sundays event in the Johannesburg city centre on 12 April 2025.

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Claim 1: “the first Main Street Sundays event in the Johannesburg city centre on 12 April 2025”
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Two independent sources explicitly state that the inaugural/first Main Street Sundays event took place in the Johannesburg city centre on Sunday, April 12, 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The JSE Limited (previously the JSE Securities Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, and commonly referred to as the JSE) is a stock exchange in South Africa, and the largest in Africa by mark…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSE_Limited
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Johannesburg ( joh-HAN-iss-burg, US also -⁠HAHN-, Afrikaans: [jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ] ; Xhosa: eGoli [ɛˈɡɔːli]; Zulu: iGoli [îˈɡóːli]), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg or "The City of Gold", is the most po…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Johannesburg City Hall is an Edwardian building constructed in 1914 by the Hawkey and McKinley construction company. The plan for the building was drawn in 1910 and construction was started in 1913 an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg_City_Hall
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Claim 2: “art, games and outdoor activities took over the CBD’s Main Street, which was closed to cars for the day”
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Two independent web sources confirm that Main Street in the CBD was turned into a 'car-free playground' with 'activations, experiences, and stalls', which aligns with the claim of art, games, and outdoor activities taking over the street closed to cars.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The M1 De Villiers Graaff motorway is a metropolitan route and major freeway in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa. The highway connects the southern areas (including Booysens, Eldorado Park and S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_(Johannesburg)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The M2 is a major highway and metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. It is named the Francois Oberholzer Freeway. It runs just to the south of the Johannesburg Central Business Dist…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_(Johannesburg)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The suburbs of Johannesburg are officially demarcated areas within the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. As in other Commonwealth countries, the term suburb refers to a "ne…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburbs_of_Johannesburg
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