Johannesburg, the city with many names; kwa nyama a i pheli, Johnny, sithalala, Tshikhuwani, xilungwini, mjondolo to name but few.Johannesburg arguably Africa's and South Africa's biggest city and capital of Gauteng province, began as a 19th century gold-mining settlement.
Everyone goes to joburg to find something,some find it while others will lose themselves trying to find it.
I remember my high school principal shortly after he came back from a school trip to Johannesburg when he said "we are from Johannesburg, life is too fast there". Everyone in school assembly laughed because we knew him as person who likes to joke around. But after I went to soweto from 1997 to 2001, I realised that the principal was actually telling the truth,
People go to joburg coming from different province's in the country, and different countries in the continent. This makes Johannesburg more lethal yet attractive. Johannesburg can make you a celebrity overnight or hobo,
Joburg has its own victims,its diversity which should have been something to celebrate about makes it more prone to xenophobia and tribalism. Indeed Johannesburg is a strange city
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