Johannesburg. A voyage to Johannesburg (Jo’burg), Gauteng, Republic of South Africa.

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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="410" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1mvwpcul07Y/UDY_6kEUbSI/AAAAAAAAQoA/p2qalb-nI5c/s640/Johannesburg-+22.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R284M20Viu4/UDY_z4oFXJI/AAAAAAAAQnc/EjwuJRmuZhc/s1600/Johannesburg-+17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WVLHWXK0D2w/UDY_5PmThHI/AAAAAAAAQn8/_TEBmpOl608/s1600/Johannesburg-+21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WVLHWXK0D2w/UDY_5PmThHI/AAAAAAAAQn8/_TEBmpOl608/s400/Johannesburg-+21.JPG" width="400" /></a>Jo’burg, or ‘Jozi’ as it’s more commonly known, is without a doubt the great big beating heart of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=355611">South Africa</a>, and has long played a Jekyll-and-Hyde role in the global consciousness. <i><b> </b></i><br /><i><b>Travel Alert:</b> Crime is a serious problem in Johannesburg; see the <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/south-africa/gauteng/johannesburg/practical-information/health">Dangers & Annoyances</a> section for details. </i>Often the stage on which the epic of this extraordinary nation has been played out, the colossus of Jo’burg – with all its thrills and foibles – is today a fascinating, multitudinous city, where all the ups and downs of 21st-century <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=355611">South Africa</a> can be witnessed in three, multicolour dimensions.<br />In the past, the city’s darker personality proved the most enduring. The Jo’burg of the newsflash was a city where fear and loathing reigned supreme; a city where spiralling gun crime and poverty had manifested itself in a society where one half of the population stagnated, while the other looked on impassively through coils of razor wire.<br />As ever, there is an element of truth to the stereotypes. Jo’burg does bear scars of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=355611">South Africa</a>’s turbulent 20th century, and many will take time to heal. 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Johannesburg. A voyage to Johannesburg (Jo’burg), Gauteng, Republic of South Africa.

Jo’burg, or ‘Jozi’ as it’s more commonly known, is without a doubt the great big beating heart of South Africa , and has long played a Jeky...

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