Knowing Johannesburg like a pro
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You can name it Johannesburg, but then you are anything else than a pro, or a local. Locals name it Jozi, or Joburg. Name it like that, and you will be much nearer to locals.
Jozi could be in some places a dangerous city, but it is doubtless a nice one
Fact is, that that Joburg is Africa’s second megacity, after Cairo. It simply counts 10 millions people. It is the most important economical hub of Subsaharian Africa, producing 10 % of the GDP of this region. The biggest problem of this vibrant city is the high crime level, due to the very unequal distribution of the produced wealth (you can find first class standards and also third class conditions, very close one to another). Try at any price to look like the locals do, and don’t show any sign of wealth (expensive camera, ear rings, goodlooking handbags etc). If you travel to Johannesburg by your own car check before you start that all windows are shut. Avoid at any cost unprotected sex affairs, as AIDS is very wide spread.
