Johannesburg - South Africa

Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa.The city is one of the 40 largest metropolitan areas in the world, and is also the world's largest city not situated on a river, lake, or coastline. While Johannesburg is not officially one of South Africa's three capital cities, it does house the Constitutional Court -- South Africa's highest court. Johannesburg is the source of a large-scale gold and diamond trade, due to its location on the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills. Johannesburg is served by O.R. Tambo International Airport, the largest and busiest airport in Africa and a gateway for international air travel to and from the rest of southern Africa.

According to the 2007 Community Survey, the population of the municipal city was 3,888,180 and the population of the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area was 7,151,447.[citation needed] A broader definition of the Johannesburg metropolitan area, including Ekhuruleni, the West Rand, Soweto and Lenasia, has a population of 10,267,700.[citation needed] The municipal city's land area of 1,645 km2 (635 sq mi) is very large when compared to other cities, resulting in a moderate population density of 2,364 /km2 (6,120 /sq mi).

Johannesburg once again includes Soweto, which was a separate city from the late 1970s until the 1990s. Originally an acronym for "SOuth-WEstern TOwnships", Soweto originated as a collection of settlements on the outskirts of Johannesburg populated mostly by native African workers in the gold mining industry. Eventually incorporated into Johannesburg, the apartheid regime (in power 1949--1994) separated Soweto from the rest of Johannesburg to make it a completely Black area. Lenasia is also part of Johannesburg.

Gauteng is growing rapidly due to mass urbanisation which is a feature of many developing countries. According to the State of the Cities Report, the urban portion of Gauteng -- comprised primarily of the cities of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni (the East Rand) and Tshwane (greater Pretoria) -- will be a polycentric urban region with a projected population of some 14.6 million people by 2015. ( source Wikipedia )

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[klm4298]

@tonescot South Africa is a shithole. And I mean impoverished, diseased, racist, crime filled, violent shithole. If you want too move to a shithole move to a decent shithole like London I would recommend.

[Xerxes845]

@klm4298 That was definitely a most negative way to put it, but unfortunately, you're correct, I grew up in Jo'burg (but live in Buenos Aires now) and I must agree that it certainly is indeed not a place that you would want to live, and never was a place you'd want to live, even in the apartheid years....it's terrible.

[tonescot]

@Indestructible229 What are you saying dont make sense..Im American made and i love the USA more than ever since i have been to South Africa.I wish Sting and U2 had to live in Joeburg for one year.LOL

[Indestructible229]

@tonescot you are an idiot. The US is a very, very wealthy country. Look at it's cities. New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles are fucking heaven and are made of gold compared to South African cities.

[tonescot]

if you think theres nothing wrong with South Africa you have snakes in your head.America third world country you do have snakes in your head.

[IMxYOURxDADDY]

Ive been seeing more and more white S. Africans coming to USA and Canada.....I dont blame them. They are welcomed here in North America

[MegaWinnieGirl]

@suntzu617 You're an idiot. Obviously if you're keeping a city exclusive to a rich minority it's going to be at a better standard than with a poorer majority. Nothing to do with white or black at all. Go look at the poor and rich areas of a European country; I guarantee if you replaced the rich people with those poor people of the same race the area would quickly have a drop in standards. It's people like you that should be in cages.

[MegaWinnieGirl]

@Xerxes845 Well fuck you, because I actually live in South Africa and there's nothing wrong with it. Every country has bad parts. Look at America, the most powerful third world country in the world.

[NowLearnAboutIslam]

And to think it went from this to a total fucked up mess and the rape and murder capital of the world.

That's progress for ya!

[suntzu617]

Get those niggers back in cages and let the whites have it the way it was. It was a shithole, but at least it was passable as a human city during apartheid. What is it now other than another "bastion" of "black society" and equal rights or whatever the fuck they cry out whenever they rob hard working white people. Same with Detroit too.

[tonescot]

Oh yes i cant belive the towns i saw that the squatters have wow so many that live like that.Shame

[tonescot]

I just spent three weeks in South Africa went and see lot of places with my African fiance.Its so beautiful in the south its like heaven.So sorry the country is going down hill so fast what a waste of beauty.Im getting my fiance out of there and bringing her to the USA with me.In a few years the whole country will be a waste land.This sad.And any of her family wants to come ill get them over to the USA to.