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Johannesburg aka: Jo'burg

292 people want to go here. 327 people have been here.
89% of people who have been to Johannesburg think it's worth visiting. The most popular places in Johannesburg are Soweto, Apartheid Museum, and Lion Park. Johannesburg is featured on the lists The World's Largest Metropolitan Areas, Old Cities and Interesting Architecture, and Places Featured on Season 7 of the Amazing Race. Places in Johannesburg have been tagged johannesburg, africa, and south africa.


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City of Dirt & Gold by aterax

I hate this place. To live here you need to be brain-dead and zombified. It is a city made for evil.

People sleep in the streets, not in pairs, not in tens, but in hundreds. Would you like to witness murder? Take a drive through Hillbrow, and watch the horrors unfold.

It is cold here, and the air is polluted. I found myself in a perpetual state of paranoia. No one is there for you. Nobody cares. And if you have a wallet, there will be a gun to your head…

over 4 years ago

BEAUTIFUL..GORGEOUS PEOPLE by Fae86

i was 17…and i was walking inside a mall near the nelson mandela square and i was scouted by a modelling agency…they made me realize that i had a potential to become a super model..but i honestly..was too young, was starting university in the fall and plus i was just there for a vacation to meet my father for the first time..so i turned them down..:(

over 5 years ago

missing home by brigitte21

It seems so far away now, but it is home, 2 more monts and i’ll be spending a week home….hope the suns still out then :)

over 5 years ago

Untitled by hmendon

Guilherme K. 2007

Johannesburg, urban and wild

Most people think that Africa only has wild life and poverty. However, there are lots of cities that are urbanized, such as documentaries on animal planet, in which it was, started that only a little part of this text is to show people that only one little part of Johannesburg has wild life nowadays. The object of this text is to show people that in Johannesburg is urban and wild at the same time.

Johannesburg is located in the northeast of south Africa it is a subtropical city like it’s here in São Paulo. In Johannesburg there are 39.4 million inhabitants with one area of 1.916.063.0 km, its government is parlamentalist government and its lieder is Thabo Mebiqui.

Everybody thinks that in Johannesburg is only wild life but there are wealthi northen surbans where the white rich people live. Besides, Johannesburg is a density populated flat land and it has a market area called market thither, a sort of South African Covent Garden, where once derelict market buildings have been given a new and powerful lease of life. The area around the complex is a hive of activity – especially at the weekends. The flea market when the air is alive with the sounds of basking musicians. The only wild life that you can find in Johannesburg is ship and ostriches.

That’s why people should go and visit the place because of its beauty and economic power and don’t forget that some of the matches of the next world cup will be there.

over 5 years ago

Untitled by asmarina

i went there 10+ years ago and i loved it, but it was still segregated at the time and so very in your face prejudiced…..but the place is gorgeous…

over 6 years ago

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“I want the cheapest possible tour of 2 days for Central Kruger's national park from Jo'burg. Anybody got any leads?” over 3 years ago

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Enjoy a relaxing transfer from your Johannesburg City, Pretoria or Sun City hotel to Johannesburg International Airport. Travel in comfort as you are picked up from your hotel and taken to the airport, arriving relaxed and ready for your travels! $11.27


Enjoy a relaxing transfer from Johannesburg International Airport to your Johannesburg City, Pretoria or Sun City hotel. Travel in comfort as you are picked up from the airport and taken to your hotel, arriving relaxed and ready for your travels! $11.27


Experience a fascinating glimpse of bustling neighbourhood life. Soweto is the most metropolitan township in the country - setting trends in politics, fashion, music, dance and language. $68.55


Spot the "Big Five" at Pilanesberg Nature Reserve then relax at the unique Sun City resort on a packed day trip from Johannesburg. Combining two very different destinations in one tour, it's a great way to experience all that South Africa has to offer. $190.04


Lesedi is a multicultural village set amongst the pristine bushveld and rocky hills less than an hour's drive north of Johannesburg. Live the experience of the vibrant and colorful traditions of the Basotho, Ndebele, Pedi, Xhosa and Zulu peoples on a f... $152.71

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