Visiting Menlyn, Pretoria 🇿🇦 & Its Beautiful Shopping District!
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- South Africa is not short on beautiful cities and MALLS! Tune in as we visit the Menlyn, Pretoria, South Africa and it's beautiful shopping district!
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Pretoria is the 4th biggest city in South Africa definitely not a town. Menlyn Maine is mixed development of residential, hotels, shopping and entertainment(casinos and arenas) and company offices. There are 4 Universities in Pretoria( university of Pretoria, University of South Africa, Sefako Makgatho university previously known as Medunsa which is a medical university focusing mostly on medical fields and Tshwane University of Technology). It it the administrative capital of South Africa. Many embassies of many nations are based in Pretoria, one of the highest in the world. The other 2 capitals are Bloemfontein(judicial capital) and cape town(legislative capital)that's where the parliament of South Africa is located.
That’s great information to know...thanks!
Basically Menyln is a district within Pretoria
South Africa is just flat out beautiful
Hello mate
Lol the guy caapped!
Cape Town-Parliament(Legislature)
Bloem-Judiciary
Pretoria-Executive
Lemme correct the taxi driver. Pretoria is the city. And Menlyn is a new district inside the city of Pretoria just east of the CBD.
hahaha Can always rely on taxi drivers to spew the wrong and often negative information to visitors.
lol...the driver is on another level with his misinforming!
I always advice tourists especially black tourists to insist that their tour guides be Black South Africans because I have watched too much videos of black americans sisters and brothers being misled by our African brothers from other countries about South Africa like this guide is doing to our sister.
Thank you , African immigrants in south Africa are so uniformed about SA but they're the ones to speak to tourists about its!..its really frustrating .
Pretoria is Executive/Administrative, Cape Town is Parliamentary, and Bloemfontein is Judicial
Thanks!
Pretoria - Administrative
Cape Town - legislative
Bloemfontein - judicial
And pietermaritzburg was supposed to be the National defense force.
They have some big beautiful malls there. Thanks for sharing🤗
I agree! You’re welcome! 😊
yes even in our villages we do have beautiful malls .
5 minutes drive 🚗 there's Brooklyn Mall with best in the east of Pretoria. Please do Pretoria down drive 🚗 the city is clean and better than Jozi.
I did a two year contract job just 45 kms away in Hammanskraal. Visited the Menlyn Mall often.. Pretoria is a beautiful city.
I agree… Pretoria is very beautiful!
Another place that is great to visit especially if you are into nature like I am , it Mpumalanga Nelspruit. If you like water eastern cape and KZN are your place.
Parliament is in Cape Town which is the legislative capital. Bloemfontein is the judicial capital where the supreme court resides and Pretoria is the sit of Government and is an administrative capital.
The cabbie is confused: the executive capital is Pretoria, the judicial capital is Bloemfontein, and the legislative (parliament) is in CT. And Centurion and Pretoria are both cities within Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.
I love 💟 menlyn, it's beautiful ❤️😍
Very beautiful! I agree! 🙂
R u still in the SA?am in Blue Hills (Midrand)
My fiancée is in Pretoria 🇿🇦 , I live in New York. We getting married by end of this year hopefully this Covid allows it. Otherwise we screwed haha. I might fly over there, but I don’t know if they allowing tourists to come in. Also I don’t want to get stuck on another country. Thanks for awesome video. I can wait to visit Pretoria and and also fly to Cape Town.
That’s cool...hopefully you’ll enjoy when you visit!
Welcome to our beautiful home Mzansi 🇿🇦
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😊
No driver is throwing out some incorrect information. Pretoria is a City and Menlyn is a business district located in the suburb area of Waterkloof Glen which is in the city of Pretoria
SA must be the most westernized in Africa. Very nice as well!
In Jo’Burg, feels like you’re in the states but with a predominantly Black population...👍🏽
I disagree, when you explore more of the country 🇿🇦, you will see that SA is still rich in African Cultures, Johannesburg, or any major cities, is just not the whole country
What do people mean when they say that? Are they equating development with the west?
@@roblucci2366 that's exactly what they doing and is said, considering that Asia and some Arab countries have amazing cities, colonization did do numbers on us blacks
I was referring to aesthetics of the city such as the freeways/highways, buildings etc... I’m in Los Angeles , US. Not referring to anything cultural.
He tried the driver shame but a bit misinformed or forgot his geography. He's right in that SA has 3 capitals but Joburg isn't a capital of SA but rather of Gauteng (a province in SA). Also the Free State is a province as well and not a capital city, he meant to say Bloemfontein, a judicial capital of SA located in the Free State province. The 3rd is Cape Town which is the legislative capital city. But yes, Pretoria is seen as the main capital city since it's the administrative capital where the union building, which is where the official seat of government is situated. More like the white house in Washington DC.
Hello mate
Did he just called Pretoria a town🤔, this is one of the biggest cities in SA where is this guy from??
It’s actually the capital city of South Africa 😄
Not from here obvious
Where you are right now you are in Pretoria East and it is still part of Pretoria Meynlyn Main its newly buld area but Meynlyn mall has been there for sometime now and it is the second biggest mall in South Africa after Fourways Mall.
Thanks for the info!
Meynlyn is the 4th biggest mall in SA and four ways is second
@@thabisomaila8095 can you share the link you found that info from please?
Things that south Africans ague about.
Eish I spent 9 years of my life in pretoria.....I love it
Yesss! Pretoria is very nice!
Who is this guide? Menlyn is a suburb in the city of Pretoria, it’s like Melrose Arch in Johannesburg, Cape Town is Where Parliament is, PTA - Administrative capital and Bloem Is judicial capital.
Not South Africans, most of these uber drivers are full of misinformation.
The Menlyn mall reminds me the mall of the americas in Minnesota
We're not so bad afteral huh?
Your tour guide and knowing South Africa.
Pretoria, Capital of SA
Parliament is in Cape Town and not a capital city
The head of the Judicial is in Braamfontein now, where the highest court of the land is, the Constitutional Court.
Judicial in *Bloemfontein in the Free State. Good explanation.
Pretoria is a town 😃😃😃😃
Why couldn't he say he doesn't know 🤔
The driver is giving false information 🤦♀️🤦♀️
🤣🤣
Wow 😯
It's not intentional though 😂
I agree 👍🏽
@@sbanda1909 I know the driver he is Zimbabwean and most uber drivers are from Zimbabwe. If he does not know he should just say I dont know. Another Zimbabwean told tourist from UK that 85 % of black South African live in poverty. Just think of it Zimbabweans out of all people saying that.
@@donaldmacdonald9993 They cause a lot of damage to SA with negative and false information. I've seen this on many other videos.
Great video, so far what's your biggest impression about South Africa? And what are the differences between SA and Tanzania?
Good question. So far I love my sisters and brothers in Jo’Burg SA. They have been extremely friendly and helpful ❤️! It is also peaceful in Jo’Burg and everyone seems to get along pretty well. Jo’Burg is more developed than Dar es Salaam, TZ and reminds me of the US. But Dar is more tropical with beautiful beaches and resorts. They both are great places depending on what’s a person’s flavor 👍🏽. I definitely want to visit Durban to experience SA’s beaches.
@@TheRepatLife Make a video about your impressions and thoughts like you did in Tanzania
@@TheRepatLife Or expectations vs reality
That’s a good idea. I would recommend Durban. You can visit Cape Town but don’t live there, the whites are very racist down there 😒
Ok
You can visit Pretoria CBD, is very very safe, and clean, Menlyn is just part of Pretoria East
Hello bro
Pretoria CBD is filthy.
I love ur accent ❤😊
Thank you! 😊
Awesome...fam
We are waiting the South African "Moving Abroad: Managing Expectations vs Reality " version of your experience...
Lol...thanks! Stay tuned...😁
Your tour guide is misinforming you at some parts.
Thank you!
@@TheRepatLife lots of information
But hope you living the place
Enjoy PTA
2 years later i still cant believe that this driver dont know SA..Who was this driver?...🤣🤣🤣🤣...was he from Nigeria?..😂.
The capital city of soith Africa is Tswane
Can you stop misinforming people. Tshwane is a metropolitan municipality of the "Capital" which is Pretoria 😩
Menlyn has Starbucks if you saw it
Pretoria is a Town?😱 whats wrong with simply saying im not South African so i do not know some information🤦🏿♀️
Misinformation galore... South Africa has three capital cities: executive Pretoria, judicial Bloemfontein and legislative Cape Town. The largest city is Johannesburg Wikipedia
Wonder if the prices in Polo Store are comparable to the US?
Good question...I’ll be sure to compare next time I come across a Polo store here 🙂👍🏽.
Polo Ralph Lauren & Polo South Africa are not the same
Really? Interesting to know. Will check out the store to see the difference 👍🏽
@@TheRepatLife yep, it's a weird story. Look it up, the logos are also different
Wow...the store layouts are similar and one would assume that it’s the same brand...and we refer to the brand as “Polo” in Atlanta. That’s very interesting 🧐. I’m definitely taking a closer look inside now lol
Watching this after the jewelry store robbery on the 24th of October 2021
Wow! 😮😮😮
Wait... This guy says Parliament isnin Pretoria?? WTF??
Lol I doubt the driver was South African, so much disinformation😑😐
I just can't believe oh many videos I've watched where taxi drivers are so misinformed about the city they drive in; so ignorant. smh
His accent sound too SArican. Maybe he's new on the job or his usual customers are local
Most Uber drivers are not SAn fam he doesn't sound South African maybe Zimbabwean Ndebele they tend to South like South african 🤷
@@lebomoneo9221 he's Zimbabwean
Pretoria, a town?? 🥺
How does it feels seeing a sea of black faces going about with their shopping as Opposed to Atlanta ( I have heard that Atlanta is a black city ) but how how's the experience in SA though ?
Hi! It feels like home. SA has been very welcoming and a great experience so far. I’m at ease here 🙂.
@@TheRepatLife I'm impressed. Enjoy your stay
I lived in Waterkloof .. literally 7min drive from Menlyn mall and now in Atlanta with my husband and kids and I have to say that as a South African I miss everything about my country every single day and the shopping experience in SA is top notch👌
This is the mall where people get lost
I see why...it’s a big mall! Lol
@@TheRepatLife lol u should visit four ways mall, is there around sandton
Yes😂😂😂😂
Is the driver South African I don’t think so no man the man he is lying oh lord
Heard that one 😂😂😂
your tourguide know nothing about south Africa - he just called Tshwane a town??? and we do have three capitals and they are: cape town, Bloemfontein and Tshwane.
That’s man lied to you you did a better research than him
This driver makes me cringe with his miss information, he has limited information about SA he couldn't even name Cape Town which is the legislative capital and the Parliament is located.
Sa am l
Is the driver from SA because he does not know our capital cities.
I cringe when I hear how tourists are given wrong information. This guy clearly should not be driving tourists
The driver knows his way around the area, but he knows nothing about the country. Bless his heart. I hope you continue to use him to take you around. but do not ask him for information . Pretoria East, just like Sandton in Joburg, and Umhlanga in Durban ,and the nice part of Cape Town are just developed by the white folks to get away from the black folks, but this is Africa so it ain't happening. But those areas are impressive and Black Africa can learn alot about good living from these people.
Where did you get that? From 1994 onward the black government has been at the center of development of our country. If you do not like to hear that go to Australia and new Zealand and your racist brothers and sisters will welcome you with warm open arms. Bloody troll
"...but this is Africa so it ain't happening" - I love this LOL.... You've got it right when you say we can learn from them - so so true
You are also misinforming people, the area that they were at Menlyn Maine is being developed by the PUBLIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION (PIC) which is a state owned company.
@@donaldmacdonald9993 Stop fooling yourself Donnie (can I call you Donnie?). Yes SA has a Black government since 1994, but the economic resources of the country are vastly in the hands of the white people who dictate what they want. You do not see white people living in the CBD of Joburg, Durban, Pretoria and the nice parts of Cape Town. They moved out of those areas long time ago and moved to the exquisite mostly white Sandton, East Pretoria, Umhlanga and have a firm grip on pristine Cape Town. They tell the Black government want they want and they get it. Facts, no need to troll, Never been to Australia or that other island.
@@chocon8818 You probably a west African desperate troll. You can't keep on hating us for our progress just because you are behind.
Did you even understand what is PIC? Do you know who own menlyn mall and the surrounding buildings? Largely is PIC through Pareto holdings, this are among leading developers. This whole area is not more than 20 years. The dominate race in Pretoria East is black, white then indians.
SA has large black population who had nothing 24 years ago. You likely to find us in both high and low socio economic status but however, black South Africans are the richest groups on the black nation of this continent. You can now continue with your ignorance or you can do research about who is behind the development. The white government you so ready to lick their butt failed to even give the country 60% electricity and clean water, today in 25 years, all this are above 90%. Y'all black folks who failed your own countries should stop associating excellence with race
Misinformation is on another level
If not knowing what he’s talking about was a person..
This driver is so embarrassing.. Am pretty sure he ain't South African..shame on him for feeding u guys with wrong information