Johannesburg. Jozi. Jo'burg. Goldreef to Berea.

Johannesburg, Jozi, Jo'burg, eGoli call it what you will. This jouney from Goldreef City to Berea in 1989 with the sound of radio 5 in the background demonstrates how the city has changed over the years.

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[Johntheheroman]

My plesier en dankie dat jy meneer. Sorry for my poor Africaans.

I am sure it was a very different place in 76. Thank you again for you kind comment.

[Johntheheroman]

Thanks 18millwall.

Actually it was filmed early evening, you can see it is getting darker towards the end.

Black people were allowed to live in the area at the time although some places made it difficult for them.

[MPRA1000]

I used to live there in 1976. Berea Boulevard. Thank you for sharing. Baaie dankie.

[18millwall]

Hi, Johntheheroman!

I thought it was evening because I saw few people on the street. Maybe this situation was an effect of state of emergency from that period. Anyway it`s a shame the destruction of this faboulos town. I hope that will come a day when CBD, at least (cause I guess that Berea, Yeovil and Hillbrow are finished) will be again a powerful, reach and safe downtown. The pearl of Africa, Johannesburg!

[18millwall]

Absolutely faboulos clip!!! What a town, clean, civilised.... and the magnificient Ponte City....and now...... CBD, Berea, Hillbrow, Yeovil , look like a ghetto.

I`m not afrikaner, I am a romanian (and that means european from Romania, not roma=gipsy) I think it is filmed early morning. I know about the law of separated zones, but I saw a lot of black people walking on the street, and many of them apeare like they were residenced in the town.