Johannesburg 4K - The City of Gold - Driving Downtown - South Africa
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- Saturday evening drive around Johannesburg South Africa, known as the City of Gold for its mineral rich surroundings, home to large-scale gold and diamond trades. If you're in Cape Town, don't forget to take an inexpensive 1 hour flight to Johannesburg! South Africans' speak English, Afrikaans (a language of southern Africa, derived from the form of Dutch brought to the Cape by Protestant settlers in the 17th century, and an official language of South Africa), Xhosa, and Zulu. Pro Tip. Write down 10 basic phrases from each language in your mobile phone note pad. It makes traveling so much easier. The locals always appreciate talking with someone who takes the time to learn a few phrases in their language.
Starting Point: goo.gl/maps/akty628KQxzKKo6s8 .
Johannesburg, South Africa's biggest city and capital of Gauteng province, began as a 19th-century gold-mining settlement. Its sprawling Soweto township was once home to Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. Mandela’s former residence is now the Mandela House museum. - Google
Johannesburg, informally known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demographia, the Johannesburg-Pretoria urban area (combined because of strong transport links that make commuting feasible) is the 26th-largest in the world, with 14,167,000 inhabitants. It is the provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa. Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. Most of the major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg. The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and diamond trade. It was one of the host cities of the official tournament of the 2010 FIFA World Cup - and it hosted the final.
The city was established in 1886 following the discovery of gold on what had been a farm. Due to the extremely large gold deposit found along the Witwatersrand, within ten years, the population had grown to 100,000 inhabitants.
A separate city from the late 1970s until 1994, Soweto is now part of Johannesburg. 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 from the gold mining industry.
The metropolis is an alpha global city as listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. In 2019, the population of the city of Johannesburg was 5,635,127, making it the most populous city in South Africa. In the same year, the population of Johannesburg's urban agglomeration was put at 8,000,000. Land area of the municipal city (1,645 km2 or 635 sq mi) is large in comparison with those of other major cities, resulting in a moderate population density of 2,364 per square kilometre (6,120/sq mi).
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Black brazilian man from Sao Paulo,Brazil but living in Bangkok,Thailand.I enjoyed the video, nice footage!
Years upon years of corruption and incompetence of cANCer's government has left the once mighty Johannesburg dilapidated. Old buildings, filthy streets and crime have become Jo'burg's unpleasant hallmarks. I reckon, Cape Town is the most beautiful and clean city in South Africa because it is managed by competent people.
Well said
Can’t wait to kick down all these colonial structures and rebuild with African architecture
Believe me! Looks better than Brazilians big cityes... Every downtown in Brazil is worser than this.
Cape town nearly ran out of water because the regional government hasn't improved it's damns for decades. Also... There are many slums is cape town.
@@nataliekhanyola5669 You are so uninformed and ignorant. Dams are the responsibility of the National government. Again water scarcity at that time was as a result of lack of of rain. That's nature and nobody controls it. Right now in Jo'burg taps are dry, who do you blame? Cape Town is the best run metro in the entire South Africa even the Auditor General attest to that. You jealous because your corrupt ANC knows nothing about good governance.
When Mum and I stayed in Joburg for a few days in 2013, she said the city centre reminded her of Melbourne in the ‘70’s! So brown and old.
But we both agreed the other day that Joburg is our favourite South African city. Cape Town has the looks, but Joburg has the personality!
It’s also my favourite African city
hi Vaughan, my name is Frankline from Kenya.
i Love love this country so and i pray that one day i will visit and even live there. Would you please connect me🤣
There is something melancholic and yet beautiful about this place. It look so familiar even though I've never been.
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This city is dirty not beautiful
@@rosequartz2290 You are negative
One has to be realistic. Face the reality , the city and country is on a downward trend.
@@siphiwemaseko8883 iyenyanyisa this city, what's there to be positive about?
I just want to say this Channel is amazing. Am glad I found it keep up this good work
thanks penolo...champagne thumbnail looks good
I love this video!!! I send You greetings from Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina!!! 💖
It feels perfect and imperfect at the same time
"perfect" ??how ????
Thank you for the ride! Living in Athens, Greece your videos are just incredible for me and also my daughter's too!
Please drive through Sandton. A lot of disinvestment has happened in the CBD and most companies have moved their headquarters to Sandton. Mostly the banks are still in the CBD. Your videos are awesome!
U live in SA?
CBD is a mess
@@rosequartz2290 yeah.
Let the viewers judge don't dictate where the CZcams must go and must not if you don't like Johannesburg CBD others like or like to c it it's about companies and investment if the CZcamsrs like to make a video about investment and companies he can do it.
@@BuhlebzNetwork dude lets not be idiotic here pls, he is simply requesting because honestly the old cbd is a mess and its embarrassing joburg, and since we have many new cbd's i kind of find it unfair for him to pick this one, he made 3 different videos on cape town in different areas why can't he do the same in joburg since most businesses are investing in the other new cbd's
Super awesome great video! Really love this! Thanks!
Wow, i always watch your videos but i never expected to see, Egoli or Jozi or Joburg, as we call it, my city of birth, thank you so much! You must have seen the whole world if you also come to these parts.
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Amazing Video! Please upload more videos of downtown Johannesburg! Many thanks!
There is a strange dystopia in this part of Joburg. The cars look new, they drive in their lane, all the traffic lights work, people dress well. But on the contrary, the buildings look neglected, it is not very dirty but it is not an example of cleanliness either. It's not terrible, but it's not great either. It could be solved with a good municipal policy, but I understand that this is difficult when work is scarce.
You've described it perfectly 🧐The new mayor is already implementing changes that will make a noticeable difference in the next few years. 😉
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south africa seems outdated. it still looks like the early 90's of apartheid.
Locals don’t live in the CBD. Most drive through it to go to work and some work in the few remaining companies there. But mostly people who inhabit the Old CBD are illegal immigrants(asylum seekers) living in hijacked buildings. That is why you see little to no maintenance. It’s a very strange city.
When Apartheid ended, because the white government never allowed black South Africans to live in the cities, alotta African economic immigrants who had no homes quickly rushed into this city and they found empty buildings that were inhabited by white people prior and they just moved in illegally. And now this is the results of the Apartheid legacy. But it is an issue that has to be addressed sooner than later. It is not healthy to have a city in a country that is occupied by 80% foreign nationals. That is why no one takes pride in it.
Dystopia, that’s my impression also
Johannesburg is filthy.. Love my city but we need to clean it up
Agreed
Johannesburg it's big and some place are very clean like sandston
@@alexjele1392 na this city needs a clean up serious one
Keep voting ANC and it will stay dirty.Hello from Cape Town North
Not more than bombay I can tell u that
Please do Pretoria video. That city is underrated, but the city is beautiful, clean and order in most part of it.
Pretoria use to be clean, now its nyaope square
What an urban decay !!
Compared to some West African urban scenery it's okay
@@mysteriesoflife540 Just because of the building that are left...
i remember asking J UTAH to do a tour in JHB...thank u so much.. GO bless You
Thanks for sharing this video. I enjoyed it.
Love form Johannesburg South Africa
Great video 👍👍👍Thank you for sharing 🙏😊🇨🇦
I can't believe that Cape Town is located in the same country as Johannesburg that you filmed this time. South Africa is just unique.
To much crimes for God don't go south Africa police can't help u never ever
How is ut unique
@@shalbec3232 one part is an absolute shit hole while the other part is a paradise.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 die of chest pains
Cape Town has one of highest murder rates in the world
After Capetown my excitement for Johannesburg was on peak 💯 and finally its hear😍
Johannesburg is hideous
@@rosequartz2290 how can cape town be beautiful and joburg hideous. These cities have the same architectural design . Buildings look alike. All concrete jungle, building to building. The difference is actually about cleanliness, maintenance of infrastructures .joburg is bigger than cape town. CT goes 5 times to joburg.
@@ngmn5402 Johanesburg is the perfect location for an apocalyptic movie.. J utah is the perfect director here.
@@guigow2004 look up dredd 2012 filmed in downtown Johannesburg, dystopia crime film
*I really enjoy your driving around. I plan to do an actual walk sometime soon. Keep up the good work you've been doing* 👍🏽
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Please do not walk here unless with an organized tour group. Unfortunately very unsafe for those who do not know the city.
@@marcobrown9743 I do videos walking here alone but I am always ready for anything
@@Tebstechpodcast Noted and I pray for your safety. I have been living here all my life and it used to be very safe before the 1990s. Now I will never walk alone in the central and downtown areas (where your video was shot), except perhaps in the Braamfontein district to the north of the city.
Amazing driving tour.
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The city of Johannesburg is just a remarkable city in South Africa with many great things its have to offers for tourists in 2022!
i don't want to plan on going there based off of what I see. I'd rather go to cape town.
@@dgd865 yes stay away from Joburg centre. I’ve lived in SA all my life so I know what I’m talking about. If you’re planning to come here definitely visit Cape Town. Apart from Cape Town I wouldn’t stay in a major city centre. Definitely visit Pretoria, Eastern Pretoria especially
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Interesting city for sure! Cape Town's one of the most gorgeous cities on Earth, Johannesburg doesn't look too bad! It's lovely to hear pedestrians chatting about, instead of staring at their phones. However, cleanliness needs to improve asap.
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JHB is dirty
@@rosequartz2290 i agree.
@@rosequartz2290 as much as i want to hate your comment, i can so agree. kigali rwanda looks better. joburg is just like new york. the homeless and rats.
Joberg is big, very big bro you are talking 15 million population city and one of the best city in the world am not saying Cape town is not good but i know captain well but Joberg have more vibe like New York.
wow very very nice my friend and i hope to be here thanks more more
Whatever people say. As someone who has lived in Joburg all their life so far. I love this city the beautiful and the ugly.
South Africa is a very beautiful country spending ❤from Ghana
Greetings to JoBurg from São Paulo! Amazing City!
"Amazing ' só se for pra fazer filme apocaliptico. Tá bem amazing mesmo. hehehah
Hey hey 👋 greetings from Durban
Tem área aí mais desorganizada que o vale do Anhangabaú
Johannesburg is beautiful! It's also pretty dangerous though. Especially when you're taking a walk. Marshalltown is probably the safest section in Johannesburg.
id say its Sandton, thats where i lived, its a suburb about 30 minutes away
@@fatehgyani119 I meant Johannesburg CBD.
@@compton8301 I'd say the whole of Bramfontein is safe, They also cleaned a bit in Ghandi square
@@lesego2933 Braam is pretty safe, but I wouldn't say the whole of it though. Gandhi Square is amazing, it's in Marshalltown as well.
@@fatehgyani119 sandston is dangerous too
It's nice and well developed, yeah that's why you get the top 3 reputation; from Nairobi,
I love your videos they're the best. I've always been fascinated by SA going back to the 1970's a country of few whites surrounded by larger numbers of blacks. I often get on google earth and tour SA and I have to say from what I've seen on it there is garbage strewn every where in the Johannesburg, it looks horrible. I also notice the vast majority of homes have walls or electric fences surrounding their property. I feel for anyone that has to live like that, it's just horrible. Anyhow, you provide a great service for people like me and it's much appreciated.
Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱
God bless Africa!
THANKS YOU FOR SHARING This video
Thank you for this insight on South Africa and Johannesburg. The City is big and not as busy as I would imagine for a city of over 5 million people. Unless it was a Sunday or you didn't drive through the busy parts of the city. Anycase I enjoyed being on the ground as your passenger!
Lagos, Nigeria is packed shoulder to shoulder all day every day. Big bustling city it is.
Definitely not a weekday.
@@thebabbler8867 Lagos it's only big by population but Johannesburg it's big by landmass...
Johannesburg is a well-spread out city. However, there are chunks of very high-density areas such as Kagiso, Soweto and other townships due to the Apartheid spatial planning.
This part of the city is busy but not like theearly 2000s most businesses have moved out due to lawlesness
Great video. Thanks!!
❤ i love this city. It, s a proud of Africa
Tanzania and South Africa are two countries that I have always wanted to visit. ❤️🇸🇳.
Also included Kenya in your bucket list if your not from Kenya,,you will love the place
And Botswana is amazing too
Welcome 🇹🇿
Looks like the south Bronx in the 1980's. Or certain parts of Detroit. When you see abandoned Highrise office buildings you know it's bad.
When those buildings get 'hijacked', as they do in certain parts of Jozi, you know it's very bad indeed.
@@davesmith826 hijacked how?
lol. it is bad, i use to live there.
@@Yh-vi2sv Hijacked by gangsters who take control of buildings and then collect rent from tenants. The legal owners cut the water and power but the gangs treat the buildings as their own personal fiefdoms. There's a good Louis Theroux documentary on this that I'm sure you'll be able to find.
@@Yh-vi2sv it’s an abandoned city
I love South Africa 🇿🇦
thank you to let us see Johannesburg City.
What happened to Joburg,? It used to be very clean them years when I resided there. What happened to the trucks that used to scrub the roads every morning?
Hello🙋♀ 🤝
I watch it slowly 。。。😍
Thanks for the wonderful sharing of my friend👍🌹
Good luck friend🙏
Big city 👍🙋♀️🌍
I grew up in Joburg in the 60’s. It was a beautiful, busy, thriving city. Looks like it’s only gone one way, like all ofAfrica over recent decades. Need I say more 😏!
Your people made it that way
Agora virou lixeira
Damn this City looks dirty. Hard to believe it is in the same country as Cape Town. Massive difference.
This is the old parts of Jorbug wait till u see the new ones, that's when u will see class. It's even bigger than New York
I grew up in Joburg throughout the 1970's. I'm aware of the evils of apartheid and the era I was brought into as a child, but my God, this city was so beautiful back then. I can say, as children we didn't understand why black and white people should be separated - it made no sense to us kids. And now... here in front of our eyes is the result of decades of apartheid: This city was once so safe and functional. Clean and vibrant. Crime of any sort was not tolerated. I can't help but wonder - if instead of segregating the population back in the mid 20th century, they integrated everyone - if we all had to go to the same schools and learn the same values... I doubt we'd be looking at this sad crumbling crime-ridden relic of what was once such a functional city. I don't blame the people of today, I blame the people going back 60, 70, 80 years ago for setting the stage for this. Now visibly - I'm shocked at what this city now looks like. The ANC can also hang their heads in utter shame. Nelson is turning in his grave at your utter failure to take the fantastic city (and country) of gold and squander it into a crime-ridden imploding hell. I live on the other side of the world and would not return to this mess - "not for all the tea in China!"
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It's not the Capital, Pretoria is the executive capital, Bloemfontein the judiciary capital and Cape Town the legislative capital, Johannesburg is the biggest city of South Africa
Johannesburg isn’t the capital of South Africa
Sandton is actually the new city centre😀
yeah, but we will take what we can get from CZcamsrs. 😅
Sandton is so small. It cannot compeed with this district like it was once.
@@sanitar-otti320 add Rosebank and midrand waterfall city. Joburg is too big bigger than new york brah.
@@trayway9067 Eh Joburg is more like LA IMO -
Hey man what camera are you using this looks so good 😊
Very nice video. Love from Delhi.
The cities of Johannesburg & Cape Town are just amazing with great skyscrapers, hotels, malls, restaurants,entertainment centers, beaches,etc. in 2022❤❤❤
We proud of South Africa 🇿🇦 from somalia 🇸🇴 👏 🙌
i still say Johannesburg is by far one of the most beautiful city but because of the government not implementing laws and rules of the city that's why its like this
Yes, it's the city people begged for...
its the municipality Linda
Good video. Joburg is big city with high rise buildings. Cleanliness , road renovations and order can bring this back to its original look and great city in SA.
Not gonna happen
@@rosequartz2290 why
Clean???
@@ngmn5402 government corruption
@@rosequartz2290 Nah , you're just trolling and bored .
Beautiful city
Driving left side! 🚗 🚚 🏍 🚌 🏍 🙂
If you come to Canada,or U.S.A. or Mexico,drive right side! The safe side.
It’s so nice to watch your videos and finally see streets I know… Jo’burg my city.
Great video, thanks for sharing! greetings from China.
Is CZcams available in china?
Great video 👍
Amazing video
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Thanks for sharing with us good content dear friend let stay connected 😍😍
Johannesburg at night. czcams.com/video/ksQISadDe_U/video.html
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 A good video !
Beautiful video
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Well done 👍 keep moving 👍
your doing good work and can see the effort youre putting in. lets chat via email soon
Back in the 80's and 90's a beautiful place to live...not anymore, as you can see
white, population left and apartheid ended. same for zimbabwe in the late 80's and that's it.
@@dgd865 the truth not many people wanna say..
@@guigow2004 i am against apartheid and white settlements in africa but some people should understand that south africa and zimbabwe wouldn't have been the way it is today if it wasn't for the white population that settled there and developed it and it is true that these countries went into a bit of ruin after whites left.
@@dgd865 Please, lets not get ahead of ourselves. We all know those governments were only catering to the fair skinned humans. They always took the ball whenever the unfaired one wanted to play.
@@dgd865 ruin because they settled people in shacks that are still there and gave them substandard education close to nothing, how do you correct damage of 350 years in 28 years this rhetoric lacks substance. Whites are not gods they are brothers and sisters who saw themselves superior. Europe is deteriorating too bit by bit.
Awesome- Shoutout to all the South Africans*
I have unfortunately never been to south Africa but it`s one of those up there on my to visit list, but until then, I subscribed to follow your journey
Gratitude ✨️ I just landed in SA 🇿🇦 this month. As a digital nomad & part time van-lifer visiting from the states, I've been trying to learn more about the main differences between traffic in Capetown vs. JoBurg. Your perspective really helps alot 🤗
Be very careful anywhere you go ! Very very careful. They love tourists.
@@arcane7779 Joburg is v dangerous . Cape Town is safe during the day but avoid lone walk at night except in lively areas. The drive vids itself show how Cape Town is leaps ahead of Joburg in cleanliness,discipline n safety
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Can’t believe this is what has happened to all that high-level architecture and engineering prowess.
You should do sandton central business district, it is africa's richest square mile!
J utah please tell me which is more advanced or developed johanessburg or Dubai?
J Utah is a legend
Nice view video
this city looks like a apocalyptic horror movie.
Indeed!
CNA effects
It’s South Africans most dangerous city people don’t even pay rent it’s a hijacking city the government stop fixing it .
@@itsalwaysanita7885 not really, Cape Town is literally a war zone
That apocalyptic horror movie was called Apartheid. A reality most black South African people lived under.
Wow! Cleaner than the streets of New York or Philadelphia. I can't believe it.
someone whos never beeb to NYC or Philly
@@kevvilla6356😂
Johannesburg is so much dirtier unfortunately
Beautiful footage
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It not beautiful when you go there in person
This is my first time seeing modern Africa.
Ur ignorance is huge
Nice bourgeoning city!
Johannesburg at night. czcams.com/video/ksQISadDe_U/video.html
Looks pretty much like Nairobi,i already feel the vibe even tho i haven't been there😅
Pretty cool to see. For a city as large as it is, you dont hear much about Johannesburg.
Muito linda essa cidade.
Parabéns uma excelente cidade muito linda 👏 obrigado pelo vídeo obrigado pelo vídeo pelo seu carinho 👏💕💋🚗🚐🚚🚛♥️💙💛💯👍
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Linda aonde?? Um desastre... Lixo na rua pra todo lado, não tem limpeza, sinaleiras nao funcionam em algumas partes.. Asfalto deteriorado ninguém cuida..
@@guigow2004 Também vi uma cidade muito suja, com esgoto jorrando pelos bueiros, se o Centro é assim, imagine os bairros periféricos!
@@ciceropessoa5189 This is similar to the historical centre in SP, new Johannesburg central is Sandton.
@@guigow2004 Onde eh que nao tem sujeira nas grandes cidades? ate NY, Toquio, tem, eu estive no Japao tem um lado da cidade muito sujo que eles nao mostram , mas tem ate um canal do brasileiro que mostra, querem passar uma imagem virtual das coisas. Linda JHBurgo
Johannesburg is the BEST city in South Africa & across the African continent in September of 2022!
Good video as always. I've always been a proponent of city planning based on people's needs, instead of the 'NYC' effect every city tries to slowly implement by building huge brick and glass building that will not be maintained, since the economy can't support it. It's unfortunate that the result is a neglected-looking city where most buildings serve no purpose and can actually negatively affect simple living. These days, I think cities with public transportation and heightened security are better and more suitable.
Johannesburg is a vice City!!!!
The city of Johannesburg is just a remarkable city in South Africa with so many great things its offers for tourists in 2022!
Yes I really want to visit one day 😀🙏🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
@@yb9639 The best city in South Africa 2022!
Nice ☺
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Nice city
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Kappa
I’ve been to Kabul, Tehran & Johannesburg. I’ll tell you straight up that I feel much more safer in those two cities, than Johannesburg 😅
It looked quite different back in the '90s.
Yes it's different because there now apartheid like before
Damn that place looks rough. No wonder so many South Africans move to NZ.
The buildings in all 4 majors cities in south africa they are the same the difference why Cape Town is beautiful its cause they made sure that the rules and regulations of the city did not change, they made sure that people or companies who own buildings there is a certain standard that needs to be abide by. and the comes Johannesburg , Durban and Pretoria its disgusting
Cape Town has more whites. If they leave it will become another shit hole like Johannesburg
Cape Town looks better - cleaner and better organized it appears. Also fewer people jaywalking.
Johannesburg it's big, this is only part of Johannesburg
Trust there's a side to Cape Town that he didn't show.
@@mmathabomaibelo6276 bro there's no fighting between Johannesburg and cape town this is same country and we are one people...you uneducated fools are difficult to handle
Bruh, Cape Town is also super small compared to JHB if you look at the Sandton and Rosebank then you will see that JHB actually does compare with CPT
Thank you South Africa for your support because the injustice I am living in México with Mexican government and army 👀
south africa is way ahead of all african countries! and i say this as a nigerian
Who asked you
Who asked you? And you clearly need to travel you haven't been anywhere else besides Nigeria that's why seeing a city like this in africa is strange to u
@@Robio_scorpio LOL.
All these houses look worthful. What a mess that so many are empty.
best 31 mins I've ever spent online
lol thats an honor. thanks man
A mix of America and Europe, pretty cool actually
How is that cool many cities around the world look like this or even better than joburg it looks like America in the early 60s and not real life America in 2022 because it not close to become anything like great America
@@shalbec3232
Soon we will. Country rich with all the minerals you can imagine