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	Hillbrow, Gauteng - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hillbrow is the inner city residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa.
		Hillbrow has also been a setting used by other South African writers: in the 2001 novel, The Restless Supermarket (David Philip Publishers), Ivan Vladislavic comically portrays South Africa's transition to democracy, endowing his narrator, Aubrey Tearle, with the perpective of a conservative white pensioner.
		The Constitution Hill precinct, seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, is located on the western edge of Hillbrow, and is part of a major government and private initiative to revitalize the area and the rest of the CBD.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hillbrow (477 words)

	Hillbrow Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hillbrow Tower is a tall mast located in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa.
		As the general height of buildings rose in the central business district, it was necessary that the new telephone tower had to stay above the general height of the tallest building.
		The Hillbrow Tower has been closed for visitors since 1981 for security reasons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hillbrow_Tower (240 words)

	ZA@Play - Books: Heartbeat of Hillbrow 21/12/99
		It was in Hillbrow that apartheid's notorious Group Areas Act, which for two decades determined who could live where, finally came unstuck against the twin forces of mushrooming urban populations and defiant neighbourhood activism.
		Hillbrow dominated news headlines in the Seventies (when the first signs of "greying" began) and in the Eighties when battles between fl tenants and white landlords spilled out into the streets; but the Nineties have all but forgotten Hillbrow.
		Hillbrow was one of the first neighbourhoods to experience a direct challenge to the Group Areas Act.
	www.chico.mweb.co.za /books/9912/991221-hillbrow.html (1161 words)

	:: JDA - Hillbrow Health Precinct- Profile ::
		Hillbrow is primarily a residential area: economic activity is confined to a small number of nodes.
		Hillbrow also hosts a high proportion of the 235 properties the City has identified as bad buildings.
		Hillbrow is a high-density residential suburb without accessible, pleasant, safe and secure public open space.
	www.jda.org.za /hillbrow/profile.stm (1145 words)

	:: A FLAT MOUNTAIN? WE HAVE OUR TOWER :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Hillbrow is being made more "feminine" - a place safe for women and children.
		It seems that the people of Hillbrow love living in that dense flatland - it's got plenty of buzz, plenty of entertainment, and fast food, according to an informal survey.
		Hillbrow Tower was closed to visitors in 1981, for security reasons.
	www.joburg.org.za /aug_2002/hillbrow.stm (1368 words)

	Interview with Walter Chakela / Playwright, poet, theatrical director and chief executive officer and artistic director ...
		The neighborhood Hillbrow / Berea / Doornfontein was an area in the olden days of apartheid where some of the intellectuals who had left ideological leanings toward apartheid lived.
		Hillbrow, in particular, became a kind of intellectual hub of Johannesburg.
		So, despite that particular fact, Hillbrow has suffered from the effects of capital flight from the inner city and seems like an economically depressed area today.
	www.inmotionmagazine.com /ac/wchakela.html (4421 words)

	Johannesburg: 2 Building Managers shot dead by Building Hijackers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Hillbrow is an area with many highrise buildings (once upon a time Johannesburg"s nightlife revolved around Hillbrow) - and entire multi-storey buildings have been "hijacked" there too.
		It is also in Hillbrow where they have the bizarre habit of throwing furniture out of the windows on New Years" Eve - sometimes killing people.
		He said he had written to the Hillbrow police numerous times, telling them that the building was a haven for criminals.
	www.africancrisis.org /NewsView.asp?Rec=5656&EID=0 (701 words)

	Blacks Turn Parts Of Johannesburg Into Deadly Hell-Holes
		Police and soldiers are on patrol in Johannesburg's notorious Hillbrow suburb, famous for the practice.
		It is not clear why Hillbrow residents have taken to seeing in the New Year by throwing objects such as fridges, microwave ovens, beds, rubbish bins and condoms out of their windows.
		A private medical services spokesperson said doctors and paramedics would be deployed in Hillbrow and an emergency centre had been set up at a fire station to deal with injuries.
	www.rense.com /general47/jhan.htm (419 words)

	Community Outreach
		The Friedenskirche (‘Church of Peace') is a Lutheran congregation situated in the centre of Hillbrow, the inner city residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg.
		With the political transformation in South Africa, Hillbrow underwent drastic demographic change: from a white group area in the 70s it became first a grey area and now is overwhelmingly populated by fl people: migrants from townships, rural areas and all of Africa.
		Taking up the task that is given by the huge social challenges the communities in and around Hillbrow are facing, the congregation launched in December 1998 a Outreach Project that intends to serve the community in a holistic way.
	bs.cyty.com /elmbs/outr_en.htm (1125 words)

	:: A HEALTH PRECINCT FOR HILLBROW :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A HEALTH partnership between the City of Johannesburg and the University of the Witwatersrand's Reproductive Health Research Unit (RHRU) is set to change the face of Hillbrow.
		Upgrading is planned for the Esselen Street Clinic and other dilapidated buildings in the area, transforming the clinic into a Centre of Excellence and the core of a Hillbrow Health Precinct - and marking the beginning of the regeneration of this inner city suburb.
		Hillbrow is one of the more densely populated areas in the inner city of Johannesburg and is plagued by poverty, crime and prostitution.
	www.joburg.org.za /sep_2002/hillbrow_hospital.stm (702 words)

	Hillbrow Tower - symbol of Joburg - SouthAfrica.info
		Johannesburg has the long, thin, Hillbrow Tower, one of the tallest towers in Africa.
		It is 270-metres (or 90 storeys) high, making it one of the tallest man-made structures with a lift in Africa.
		The Hillbrow Tower is 270-metres (or 90 storeys) high, making it the tallest man-made structure with a lift in Africa (Photo: Lucille Davie)
	www.southafrica.info /plan_trip/holiday/cities/hillbrowtower.htm (1305 words)

	SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC
		It was the time of Verwoerd, Hillbrow had an artistic milieu, but this was rather stifled by the pass laws.
		There was never any major problem in Hillbrow, but musicians and photographer friend were arrested at a township party when police raided for illegal liquor: "We were all taken to the Meadowlands charge office, where we were split into two queues - a fl queue, and a white queue.
		The police also accused me of immorality, expressing disgust (at their own suspicions) that I could be after these fl girls..." The cops told Kippie to play for them, to prove he was a musician, so he played "Don't fence me in".
	www.music.org.za /Editorial.asp?ID=20 (862 words)

	Hillbrow, Johannesburg
		Hillbrow is the district of Johannesburg with the highest population density.
		Particularly in recent years many fls have moved into Hillbrow and the neighboring Berea district.
		Here, in contrast to other parts of the city, fl and white people live quite happily side by side, giving the area a lively and multicultural atmosphere.
	www.planetware.com /johannesburg/hillbrow-saf-gp-hb.htm (150 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news Stray bullet kills child in Hillbrow
		A 9-year-old girl was killed by a stray bullet on Thursday while she was with her parents on the balcony of a block of flats in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, police said on Friday.
		Captain Schalk Bornman said Sinazo Franz was standing on the balcony of Park Court flats at the corner of Wolmarans and Twist streets around 10pm when a stray bullet hit her in the chest.
		A murder docket was opened at the Hillbrow police station and anyone with information was asked to contact the investigating officer, Detective Inspector Chris Muller on 011-488-6640 or 082-698-9893.
	iafrica.com /news/sa/72177.htm (198 words)

	village voice > film > Hillbrow Kids by Jessica Winter
		Michael Hammon and Jacqueline Gorgen's 16mm documentary about the street children of Johannesburg etches in blood, dirt, and tears the titular neighborhood that the kids call their own, and—without the aid of a single talking head—the socioeconomic realities of postapartheid South Africa that have propelled them there.
		Hillbrow is a mine-ridden playground, where malnutrition, rape, and child prostitution are everyday facts of life, and even glue-sniffing can seem pragmatic.
		Vusi's is not the only childless mother in Hillbrow Kids: Teenaged Jane, first seen nursing her baby on the side of a road, becomes a blank-staring wraith after she loses her son to her boyfriend's family.
	www.villagevoice.com /issues/0049/winter.php (524 words)

	Children of the Night (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		They sold their business in Pretoria, moved into the Hillbrow house and turned it into a rehabilitation centre registered with the Department of Health.
		She was a stranger in Hillbrow, he “took pity” on her, gave her food, a place to sleep and a sympathetic ear.
		She moved to Hillbrow when she was 16 and began working at an escort agency.
	theosis.org /pr03.htm (1280 words)

	Johannesburg Landmarks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Hillbrow Tower is the highest structure in Johannesburg, and is probably the city's most recognisable landmark.
		The Hillbrow Tower (previously known as the JG Strijdom Tower) was built over three years, between June 1968 and April 1971, and is 269m high.
		According to Inspector Kriban Naidoo of the Hillbrow Police Station, although some criminals were known to live at the Ponte, and the unused parking levels were popular with prostitutes and their clients, no incidents have been reported for some time.
	www.amethyst.co.za /JhbLandmarks (2688 words)

	Mail & Guardian Online: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Residents at two Hillbrow buildings, where up to 25 people have been squatting in one room, tossed blankets and other possessions out of windows as the Red Ants moved in with eviction orders on Tuesday morning.
		Naidoo said there are about 34 nationalities living in Hillbrow, many of whom are said to be illegal immigrants.
		On September 8, immigrants were marched out of their bedrooms by the police in an early-morning on what was once an upmarket hotel in Hillbrow.
	mg.co.za /articlePage.aspx?articleid=251469&area=/breaking_news/... (477 words)

	Police raid Hillbrow brothels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The mainly Asian girls were loaded into police vans and taken to the Hillbrow police station.
		We've been doing this type of thing for a long time, but we will be intensifying the fight against under aged prostitution from now on," he said.
		He said before evidence against the brothels and their owners had to be gathered, and that often took months.
	www.walnet.org /csis/news/world_2001/sabc-010203.html (414 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news Hillbrow cops nab 23 illegals
		Police patrols in Johannesburg's high-crime Hillbrow district on Wednesday night resulted in the arrest of 23 undocumented migrants.
		Police spokesperson Inspector Kriban Naidoo said the 23 were handed over to the Department of Home Affairs, which would decide whether to repatriate or prosecute them.
		• Hillbrow is a densely populated area of high-rise flats close to the city centre
	iafrica.com /news/sa/353666.htm (181 words)

	AEGiS-IRIN: SOUTH AFRICA: Mobile clinic provide sex workers with health care
		Between 5,000 and 10,000 sex workers operate out of rundown Hillbrow, one of the most densely populated areas in the country.
		According to a 1997 study of commercial sex workers in Johannesburg, 45 percent of the 247 tested in Hillbrow were HIV-positive.
		Of additional concern was that public health facilities at the government-run Hillbrow clinic offered HIV testing without pre- or post-test counseling.
	www.aegis.com /news/IRIN/2004/IR040305.html (901 words)

	Making Better Men
		It does this by challenging traditional gender roles that increase men and women's vulnerability to HIV and by emphasizing the values of respect and equality.
		Dumisani Rebombo is co-ordinator of the Hillbrow chapter of Men as Partners, based within the Esselen Street Clinic under Engender Health and Wits University's Reproductive Health Research Unit.
		A study that was done by the Wits Medical School shows that Hillbrow is one of the areas where you find a lot of domestic violence and HIV infection, especially amongst the younger people.
	www.engenderhealth.org /news/in_the_news/041109-b.html (735 words)

	FACE ansister Hillbrow
		The Hillbrow Theatre will be offering 2 days of performances by community performing arts groups on the 8th and 9th of August.
		The public will be encouraged to bring a picture of an an’sister (a woman from their family who is no longer alive) and place it on the wall outside the Hillbrow Theatre, with a short story about this persons life.
		Public Participants will then attend a number of plays presented by the Hillbrow Community and performing artists on the theme of Ansisters.
	face.org.za /content/studio/stParticipants/stHillbrowTheatreEvent.htm (199 words)

	Student Service Initiative (SSI) at the University of Witwatersrand (WITS) in South Africa
		27/07 Reproductive Health Research Unit, Hillbrow - Dr Delaney (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Baragwanath Hospital) - this was an outline of the structure and functioning of the project with emphasis on potential partnerships that could be formed between their unit and our group.
		The MD Clinic in Hillbrow provided us with a strong base and ready support structure both academically and in terms of infrastructure.
		Due to the relative inexperience of the group in development work, it was ultimately decided that in the initial phases of the project, this support structure would be invaluable to us.
	bci.org /southafrica/ssi/whatwedid.html (1881 words)

	HILLBROW KIDS previously at Film Forum in New York City
		Here they beg outside stylish cafes, sleep under bridges in cardboard boxes, sniff glue to get high, and form alliances that are part friendship, part defense - against older, bigger boys whom they fear.
		Apartheid's ironic legacy is that today the city attracts children from the poverty-stricken countryside, drawn like moths to a flame.
		With sensitivity to the individual stories at the heart of these children's lives - HILLBROW KIDS puts faces and names and voices to this tragic phenomenon.
	www.filmforum.org /archivedfilms/hillbrow.html (230 words)

	Dave's Garden: hillbrow's Garden Site
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		View the member feedback hillbrow has written of others.
		The current local time for me is 11:36 AM I'm in zone 6a
	davesgarden.com /members/hillbrow (139 words)

	Welcome To Our Hillbrow - book profile from the WritersNet books and publications directory
		"Welcome To Our Hillbrow" is an exhilarating and disturbing ride through the chaotic and hper-real zone of Hillbrow - microcosm of all that is contradictory, alluring and painful in the changing South African psyche.
		Everything is there: the shattered dreams of youth, sexuality and its unpredictable costs, AIDS, xenophobia, suicide, the omnipotent violence that often cuts short the promise of young people, and the Africanist understanding of life continuum that does not end with death but flows on into an ancestral realm.
		Infused with the rhythms of the inner city pulsebeat, this courageous novel is compelling in its honesty and its broad vision, which links Hillbrow, rural Tiragalong and Oxford.
	www.writers.net /writers/books/20652 (165 words)

	Roksana's Blurty
		The people face many challenges living in them, and while Yesterday, Thembi Ngubane's interview, and Hillbrow are set in different settings, they still have a powerful impact upon its people.
		Suspicious even ranges from people from other towns moving in, such as it was seen in Yesterday, with the marriage of the out of village girl to a local town man. Yesterday comments that it took people a year after she was married to accept her.
		In Hillbrow, the idea that bright eyed children coming to the city to make their riches is laughed at.
	www.blurty.com /users/ro_buddi (18293 words)

	The Hillbrow Kids Cast & Crew :: Hollywood.com
		The Hillbrow Kids Cast & Crew :: Hollywood.com
		Hillbrow, a hard-scrabble neighborhood in Johannesburg, South Africa, is home to countless street children.
		Here they beg outside stylish cafes, sleep under bridges in cardboard boxes, sniff glue to get high, and form alliannces that are part friendship, part defense--against older bigger boys whom they fear.
	www.hollywood.com /movies/fulldetail/id/170174 (128 words)

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