Travel Guide Johannesburg

Joburg, Jozi or Egoli, "the place of gold", as it is called here, is a complex megalopolis difficult to grasp. As you will soon see, living in Johannesburg means driving by car and windows (the streets are just walls of barbed wire) and the main activities are going to go to the mall to make purchases, to cinema or in completely secure enclosed places. Not easy to adapt to a European! Only a few streets in a few neighborhoods come out of this pattern, such as 7 th Street in Melville, Newtown pedestrian street or the recent Maboneng quarter. It is therefore recommended that tourists be advised not to visit Joburg except to visit the few museums that are there, unavoidable, and to shop and walk in some parks like Emmerentia. Nevertheless, many positive points deserve to be highlighted: Johannesburg remains the most modern city in South Africa attracting young graduates of the country, and the only city where a true black middle class was born. For some ten years, Soweto, the symbol of horror (bloody clashes between gangs), has shown the new face of a prosperous city through improved security, tourism development and an effective urban renewal project.