Is Johannesburg safe?
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- Is Johannesburg safe?
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Your beautiful spirit moves my soul brother Jermaine. I'm moved to rediscover my city. I moved to Joburg in 2008 from the UK. The place has a soul of its own - multifaceted. I see what you mean about the snobbish behaviour especially towards and in the North and Northwest of the city. Most commercial cities have a similar heartbeat. I mean Mexico city is the most commercial city in Central America, Sao Paulo in South America, London in Europe and New York City in North America. Those 4 cities arguably provide the most job and business opportunities for their regions. They have no time to be suntanning in the beach in all those places. People are busy hustling, so please do not take it to heart. I love the hustle and bustle as well as the streetwise demeanour I have to assume in all 4. People come from all over to seek opportunities in those cities. Life is not a party.
South Africa has one of the highest income inequality in the world.
It actually got worse under the ANC government.
Which part got worse?
@@jimbobjones1858 The ANC was put in power to maintain the status quoe of protecting white wealth and power. nothing has changed.
As for the violence in that country,it's to be expected when the majority is living in squalor while a small foreign group control all the wealth and land.
Henry Tudor
So does the USA. More than 50% Americans live under the poverty level at $26,000 a year. for a family of 4.
@@KillahManjaro Damn! And I thought that in the general elections held in 1994, the ANC was voted into power by 65% of the population!
Thing I hate most about South Africa is there’s this stigma that as soon as you leave your house, even if it’s to walk a mile to a convenience store, it’s unsafe
Saying there's a high crime rate and a messed up socio-economic legacy here is one thing. But 60 million people go about their business every day. On any given day most obviously don't get robbed.
That was heartfelt Jermaine. Thank you for sharing.
I live in Detroit and it can’t be much worse... I would just like to see my brothers and sisters in the homeland!
Your 100% correct
Safety walking alone during daylight : %30.94 Low
Safety walking alone during night :%8.25 Very Low
Joburg Is Not Safe .
there are safe parts in jo'burg
@@awaconawacon7533 russian names dont even sound white.
Yeah, I went to South Africa a lot of times, and I lived there when I was a child in Joburg, but if you're south African looking for safety in country, you may also go to Cape Town, I also been there, that's actually awesome, secure, the prob is more expensive cause it is a tourist province
Sad thing is you are right
Fuck off
I'm from Durban, moved to Joburg. This dude is reading my mind, everything he said in the end is my opinion of Joburg
My husband and I just came from South Africa, we spent 3 weeks, Joburg, Durban and Cape Town, I loved Cape Town scenery and vineyards , Durban cuisine and night life, but Joburg, has something special, an soul, a city trying to survive the dark history, not too far away. Did you go to see The Ponte Tower, the history behind the rounding building is amazing, and more amazing is the people behind to keep that extructure alive. By the way i'm enjoying your videos!!!
Cape Town has a higher crime rate than Joburg. Don't know why people think they will get mugged in Joburg and not in Cape Town.
Very true :)
Yes I don't get it either
Leave CPT out of this please.
My house is in Joburg, I haven't had any safety issues, but everyone always warns you about Joburg. The first thing you hear is how unsafe Joburg is and that scares tourists *everyone scares you* and you end-up not enjoying the place. It has a lot of poor people from all over Africa, especially the CBD, most people actually avoid the CBD. There are also a lot of rich areas in Joburg
Everyone tells you Cape town is safe.But what I've realized in Cape Town those who there actually move back to where they came from
Joburg is basically South Africa's economic hub and refugee camp. People from all parts of Africa and South Africa go there to get opportunities and jobs. It's also the cultural hub of SA. Everything as far as pop culture, political movements develop and originates in the city
Thanks for sharing your video & letting us & me on what too expect when we go
You were staying at Boneng - which is one of those fancy rehabilitated places where the hipster kids hangout.
The rest of the CBD is a cool place, but can be dangerous. I stayed in the CBD for a couple of years, and never had any troubles, I loved it.
You need to make local friends to take you around when you visit the place, you'll enjoy it more.
I’m from Joburg not extremely surprised at your first impression
But I do find it strange that you didn’t make that economical contrast with Cape Town
I find Cape Town a huge social injustice
Let me explain the "safety" game to you. The businesses that cater to the tourist want the tourist to remain within a certain perimeter so they can profit from their patronage. Out of greed, they play off the fears of the tourist and convince them that everywhere else outside the tourist traps are treacherously"unsafe" and should be strictly avoided, ESPECIALLY at night. And of course , security personnel visibly roam the streets within the tourist zones for added effect. That Uber and taxi drivers are in on the scam also because allegedly there are the only "safe" modes of transport. They've got you snookered.
This is the beauty of travel, you learn all these tricks and scams.
Generally how any city with dangerous areas. Panama in Colon (the Carribean side of the Canal), is insanely dangerous. Only the Free Zone is safe there. You can only walk around in that area. Tijuana i think is like that too. They corral the tourist in one area, super safe with tons of cops, but it isn't the real city. Panama City is not as bad, it's actually fairly safe all around. But they have special areas like Casco Viejo (used to be a slum, now gentrified, very nice tourist area, with drug dealers, prostitutes on one street, and 5 star hotels on the next. HUGE police presense, everything is overpriced.
THANK YOU!!!!!
This might be THE most intelligent/pertinent comment I've read on YT!
The struggle is real and yet the wealthiest part of SA.
THIS MIGHT WORK: Johannesburg used to provide police protection for visitors. Suggest you call the police department and see if they will provide someone to accompany you as you explore the city. It used to be free although they do expect a tip.
Lol! You're the guy I heard on that one Oshay Duke Jackson subscriber interview/discussion. How's life for you?
+Sports Actuary Where do you get that from? I've lived in Joburg virtually all my life and have never heard of police protection for visitors (unless you are a celebrity or VIP, of course)! Are you not thinking of private security companies?
@@jimbobjones1858 It was over twenty years ago. It only cost a phone call to find out if it still exists.
@@kaylemkerr6989 I meant to say my channel, not Oshay's.
@@kaylemkerr6989 I meant to say my channel, not Oshays.
Short Answer, No! Long answer, Hell No!
Haha, I have to use that one...
Very informative. You hve fair observations of these places..Never been to Kapa though but the things you say abt Durban & Joburg, sounds abt right..
Thank you Jermaine for your video! Informative to see the museum and to hear your thoughts. It does appear that Jo-burg is a place where you feel you need to have a heightened awareness of your personal security whether that is real or perceived. Sounds like you would feel more relaxed and at ease somewhere else. Thumbs up!
Hey where did you stay in Joburg? Was the hostel alright?
Be safe Mr. Handsome
Its called a developing world jamie, with a shady past as you've seen in apartheid museum..... I thought you will have connected the dots. Lots of gentrification and the city in transition to accommodate newcomers and dealing with past segregation. The whole country just need overhaul its past is claw deep.
Much like the US. The truth and reconciliation commision is required in that bleeding country. The disparities - educational, social, healthcare - are just too glaring in those 'united' states. As I said before, what separates South Africa from a number of economies is the fact that healthcare is free for the poor. Public schools have free lunches. And the general knowledge of an average South African is quentisentially deeper and wider than that of an American. I said something light yet thought provoking to a white American (ignorant) recently. I said if he's fortunate enough to get on an airplane and set off on an international trip, which is a rarity for Trump's people across the board, yes the one who's totally unrefined and has an orange face which is complemented by a tie. When that ignorant American ( which I'm sure is a pipe dream that will probably never be realised) gets to customs and they ask him where his home is, his response ought to be trashcan somewhere in Idaho. When asked about his date of birth, he needs to respond as such - 1652. Should he be asked about his level of education and general knowledge about the world, he needs to say it's comparable to the narrowness of the Bering Strait. However, he should reassure the customs officer that he is in the process of stretching it. Although he needs to apologise in advance because that process could take a good 300 years. Americans and their 360 degree lack are crude and revolting.
South Africa isn't a developing country. 30-40 years ago, the government was celebrating opening nuclear power plants and car factories that rivalled the best Detroit had to offer. Now the government is celebrating opening outhouses. They're going backwards and have been since the early 2000s after Mandela left.
@@jackedrussell The nuclear weapons programme was halted by the white government just before the Blacks took over. They couldn't stand the idea of the Black man commanding such power. As for outhouses, I'm totally in the dark, but common sense dictates that the places that do/did not have outhouses were in that unfortunate state thanks to apartheid's assault on the poor.
@@Cebo88 Do you know the difference between nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants?
@@jackedrussell The nuclear power plant is still there at Pelindaba, but it's a white elephant thanks to the intervention of the erstwhile white government. Hope I've disentangled it nicely for you. By the way, I'm not being debriefed by you under oath - and the converse remains veracious in the premises. You and I are arguing on an equal footing. Please set your delusions of grandeur aside and dismiss them. Put another way, you are not in a position to demand a yes or no answer from me.
Jermaine it sounds alot like the USA
Apartheid was modeled off of American Jim Crow
@@PeanutGallery89 True
Arpartheid is what happens if the 50s and 60s never happened in the US.
It’s like everywhere in the world you have you areas where it’s dangerous
Hey
I’m from joburg
People do say it’s a bad place but it’s only bec it’s a busy city joburg is a beautiful place but some places are not the great
But if you live here it’s honestly such a wonderful place and it has such a great chilled vibe to it
agreed @Immy
Yes it's chilled. But the question of safety? No it is not safe even around Sandton fancy areas. Joburg is not safe ..but it's really an interesting place to live
..the hustle, the varied cultures and people, the arts, all of those you get in abundance.
I believe there are tours of Soweto (considered visiting when in JoBerg back in 2013), but ultimately felt it was offensive, even though the $ helped the locals.
Why didn't you go to the nice,clean and safe side of Joburg
That side of JHB is all malls and shopping. The true culture and history of the city lies in the centre of it
Ora J it’s boring. I hate the northern suburbs, why the fuck do I want to go to fucking Sandton, to sit and do nothing in a mall, or to go to Webber wentzels.
Jermain,as i mentioned in a previous post,it will take several generations for South Africa to become normal because of how long the brutality lasted.I have never been there but i know that the NAACP was founded in 1909 in the USA. and the peaceful ANC was founded in 1912, Mandela Join the ANC about 1943, then the real brutality stated in 1948,just after they finished fighting Hitler in Europe.The Africans could not be citizens of South Africa,only the Europeans could.you are now seeing the residue.
NAACP was the worst thing to happen to African Americans! America was willing to give Blacks straight out of slavery a slice after all the Brutally they suffered.. but the NAACP came thur n fucked that up asking for racial integration which the majority of African Americans are still suffering to this day!
Yes what he is seeing now is the cheque, bill, the expense, the hangover, the after effects of those years from the past
MrKing70000 you’re misinformed. First, slavery ended in 1965 and the NAACP was founded almost 60 years later. The government promised former slaves reparations from the start and never followed through. Through the era of reconstruction, that’s the era From the end of slavery to 1900, blacks slowly got to move up in government and owned land but laws were put into place that made it harder for blacks to get and stay in positions of power. Segregation was legalized by the 1896 court ruling Plessy vs Ferguson making everything separate but equal.
The "tank"is actually called a Casper or Nyala.. My dad used to drive one of those. Had lots of fun in that as a kid
I been to SA,Joburg twice over 10 years ago.I was told not to go here and there in Joburg during the day and at night. I didn't listen to "BS" and went everywhere and met local people and had a good trip!!! I flew from Ghana after being there for three weeks. I am from Brooklyn,New York so I don't worry about too many so-called Black places not go to!!!
I was born and raised in joburg and your observation is correct. It's a different vibe.
You are not offending anyone. I'm so happy nothing happened to you cause JHB is so dangerous. It's unreal.
JoBerg is like other urban areas ...just don't stick out like a sore thumb...blend in
St. Petersburg (Cape Town) vs Moscow (Johannasburg) good comparison?
Correct. The difference is that Cape town is an apartheid museum and the society it is really segregated, people aren't that open to others. Differently than St Petersburg, people don't really care who are you, how your hair looks, etc. Johannesburg it's much business just as Moscow is. Regards
Durban and capetown are more tourist orientated.The experience there will be different.
Yet Joburg is the most visited - there's a thing about the City of Gold
There's no safe or dangerous place as far as I'm concerned it's just a mindset.
@@enb00025 what do you mean?
Yep, joburg is very unequal. There are areas where you should not carry a phone out while in the car, in downtown jozi, it's called smash and grab. I live in the city and you walk paranoid all the time, especially when you have electronics with you. We went to the Global Citizen Festival with my snobby friends who live in northern joburg and let's just say they had a nightmare after the concert when they forgot where they were. I told them this is the part when you put your phone away if you still want it with you. Then there are smaller towns where it is not as bad, I mean you can walk with a phone in most of Rosebank (Joburg), mostly because it's a suburb so it has a lot of the haves and less of the have nots (Most of the have nots are there to work). I once had an interview in Sandton, which 10 min away from park station in a (gau) train, It feels very different, like you're in Europe, not just the building and atmosphere, but also the streets (level of litter) are so clean. Sandton and Alexander Township are literally neighbours. I won't even talk about driving through saxonwold. We are indeed the most inequal society in the world and joburg shows.
You have explained it well
That's the first contrast I noticed. I spent half a year moving within the CBD of Joburg and saw extrem form of poverty and then moved to surbubs and them my work got me traveling a lot to the different regions and k then saw how expensive and different other people lived it suddenly felt like I am in another country or city.
I liked Soweto outside of Johannesburg. I could feel the energy and it was great. When I was in Joburg last fall I stayed in the Maboneng District in an AirBNB and it was safe to walk around that gentrified area. Cape Town is very Cali as you stated, but the fact that it was so westernized threw me off. It was easier to meet people in Cape Town because it was easier/safer to walk around.
Try Braamfontein, Rosebank and the Northern Suburbs next time.
@@walkersmith9764 I actually took taxify trips out there. Nice.
I am a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries. Twenty years ago African airlines crashed at rates twenty times what American airlines did. I do not know if this is still the case.
Going to Johannesburg in December
Me too! I leave the 27th
Please take me with you!!!! Allow me to organizing you a tour guide
Jermaine, which exact camera did you use to film this? the desciption box saids smaller camera, big camera ,etc , i want to buy the exact camera you used to film this.
GoPro hero 7 Black
@@901cali ok thanks for replying
Dude when are you coming to Pretoria ?
Underrepresented
I have a question Jermaine, are you either financially doing well for yourself or just know how to find very good deals on flights and accommodations ? Seems like it, with all the traveling you do.
I think little bit of both
I'm shocked by his experience in Joburg. I've been there from the UK many times and I go everywhere even in the CBD. Nobody is going to mug or rape you it's all perception. The idea that you have to go from "one tourist area" to the other as if island-hopping is just ludicrous - especially for a black guy. lol - I found Joburg to be a huge city with so many areas of interest and diversity. - Stop listening to haters and put down the damn camera and go exploring and you'll see it's not the monster it's wrongly reputed to be.
I honestly wonder if I would pass that white test. I am white and blonde, but my hair is crazy curly and mixed textures. I’m in shock at that museum on the beginning. Wow. Invokes so many emotions.
Jermaine E: You are not just experiencing tourism,,, You are in a war zone.... It used to be seriously apartheid there... . In other words both sides are tense. This is what you're sensing, and do be careful you don't want to be a victim of either side... also you are at a high altitude and so the atmosphere plays a part in how you feel and you are not even aware... Just be safe...
Answer is no...i live there my whole life.
Where are you at?
@@ngumabyamungu9276 Jozi and Surroundings , thats including Sandton is not safe
+Kiss Mlungu Ok.Are you originally from Malawi?
@@ngumabyamungu9276 no im not...
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I heard everything is expensive there. I actually read it in an article. Even Coca-Cola.
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I haven't read thru the comments but my experience in Joburg,as an American visitor, was totally different. SA as a whole has dangerous parts. This is because of Apartheid, not something innate in Africans! Rosebank is a great area to live/hang in. We had a safe and beautiful time. We met some locals that took us to a day party and an African marketplace that was amazing {don't remember the name :-( }. Compared to where you stayed in Cape Town, Joburg is a bit rough, but you also weren't hanging in Cape Flats, so it is all relative. I love San Francisco and have experienced the same thing. Severe income inequality. In SF, I walked from a nice neighborhood into the next where I saw a man shooting up heroin on the sidewalk! Joburg is dope!! Go visit!
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I guess the white test was solely for those who appeared white cause my dark skin Indian friend could easily pass the `white` test.
There were 3 categories during Apartheid. Black, White and Coloured...
@@dindinprivate3477 Ok thank you, so Asians including Chinese were considered colored?
@@SammySam316 The people of South Africa were classified into four races by the government in 1950s. Those were the Bantus or blacks, the colored people or mixed people, Asian people who include Pakistan and Indian and the white people.
@@dindinprivate3477 Thank you WOW
THESE LESS THAN HUMAN CREATURES GOT AWAY WITH THIS CON GAME.
Sandton is safer...
Safer but dead boring
Hahaha Ikr but I love that kind if environment...
@@malebitsatimbuktu3352 are you joking? Sandton has the best strip clubs and the cleanest prostitutes in Gauteng.
Sandton is boring.
It is described as having Manhattan next to Malawi.
Did some research. Johannesburg is like New York and Cape Town is like Los Angeles
@@subwaysurfer5378 What do you mean? What research did you do? Please elaborate.
I can see the JHB NY comparison both are business hubs, kind of like São Paulo vs. Rio de Janeiro. CPT to me is at best a combination LA/SF. Mostly because CPT's weather is much closer (and its layout) to SF but CPT shares the fact much of the filming of TV/film (at least by Brits and Americans) is done there much like LA. Also, tech seems to be bigger in CPT than other cities in SA again making it closer to SF.
@@BlackDoveNYC Yes but Cape Town is closer to LA then you think
You were in the broke side of Johannesburg.
Looool
Nope, that’s not true.
you'll got Joburg all fucked up, it's the new york and L.A ( business and entertainment centre) of SA and one of the best places to live in SA. it's not a coastal city were everything is much more relaxed, it's fast, high energy, " I came here to make something of myself" type of place. it has shitty parts and some of the best parts to explore in all of SA, it's not for everyone! and despite what you've heard about it, it's statistically less dangerous than cape town(which is, along with buffalo city the most dangerous cities in SA) so it's always weird when I see some people you've visited cape town first, then go to joburg and say it's somehow more dangerous, maybe you'll are letting that "relaxed" coastal vibe you just came from, mess with your perceptions. I do however agree with you on some of your durban points
You were really in a shitty part of Joburg. I live in Joburg and love it. You needed to go to the northern suburbs
That makes no sense. He got annoyed at how boujee and snobbish Maboneng people looked and was shocked the inequality he saw, how do you think he would have found Sandton people going about their business, the "richest square mile in Africa" that happens to overlook the extreme poverty of Alexander. Sure he can walk around in Sandton, which he can't in the CBD but its literally just company headquarters out there. What he wanted to see was people just going about their lives in the city but unfortunately that's not not a pretty site. He should have gone to Soweto instead.
Is it safe for me to come alone ? No guide no nothing just me and a bag
Going to Johannesburg the end of this month.....fr fr Johannesburg sounds like Washington DC lol
Have been to Sandton? I heard it's safer around there. I wouldn't visit the area you are at.
LOL could you imagine driving that big yellow tank 4 x 4 SUV through the San Francisco Bay area amongst all the Priuses all the looks on peoples faces would be priceless
There's walk tours
Serious question Jermaine. I'm from Joburg and want to know, If you met a Jewish person in Joburg and it was Sabbat and they asked you to go home with them to plug out the fan...😂 would you go?
What's so funny.....Sabbath is the 4th commandment. Even the false jew keep it, u should be too if u belong to God
Johannesburg Central Business District (the former inner city) is mostly fucked up. Local Johannesburgers avoid the inner city district like the plague if they can. Actually, it's much safer in many parts of Soweto today, than it is to stay in Central Johannesburg, even though Soweto used to be the most (in-)famous ghetto of the Southern Hemisphere.
Some parts of Johannesburg, like the northern suburbs or Braamfontein (university district) and Maboneng (the renewed, former industrial district that has now become a hip place for the upper middleclass) are quite similar to popular places in the Northern Hemisphere such as California or Western European cities as you correctly said.
When you are in South Africa, you can really witness a third world country and a first world country in one nation. The people you saw dwelling on Johannesburgs streets are mostly migrants, either from poorer African countries such as Zimbabwe, Congo, Nigeria or from the impoverished rural areas within South Africa. Then you have various mafias, like the Nigerian mafia that is involved in drugs and prostitution, Chinese mafia involved in smuggling rhino and elephant horns, some Somalis + Pakistanis + Bangladeshis involved in trading counterfeit goods and a police force that is poorly functional and doesn't have sophisticated methodology to solve crimes. Not to mention the Indian Gupta family that essentially captured the state by bribing and corrupting former President Zuma.
If you really want to understand the whole situation, it would take some studies. But South Africa is extremely inequal in terms of wealth, health and opportunities. You have a small fraction of the population that lives the same life as someone who grews up in the middle class of a western country and then you have many disadvantaged and impoverished people. In some sense it's even worse than it is in poorer African countries, because typically almost everyone has the same standard of living there, while in South Africa you have children growing up in a corrugated iron shack with no water access and no sanitary facilities and in close proximity you have people living in mansions with swimming pools and a car garage for multiple luxury vehicles. So the child grows up knowing that someone else just like him, in the same country, the same city, the same municipality has such an utterly better life, but often there are no venues open to get there.
This is pretty much the most accurate description of Joburg and the rest of South Africa.
Lucky Dube got killed in Joberg.
Note they treat the dark people worst in Australia J don't let your friend trick you with her smile!
MrKing70000 she must be racist she’s white!!!!!
Are you kidding they amount of africans that have come to australia and caused that much grief and crime in Aus and the goverment has been patient with them look it up for yourself.
@@paulcooper5748 I'm talking about the aboriginals lets be honest the WHITES came over to Australia and caused a lot of grief n crime to the indigenous community. there are now 400,000 left that's 2% of Australia's total population. I'm glad Africans have more fight!
That is no true.
I am a black man originally from DR Congo,I currently live in Melbourne, Australia.
I have lived here in Australia for almost 11 years.
In my experience Australian are friendly and not racist.
MrKing70000 just cuz Australia doesn't mean she
Hot water pot 😂🤣.
You just went to the bad places. You chose your path. Soweto was there for you.
Well it isn't. I am sorry but it is really hard to argue otherwise when people say it is crime infested. It is known for hijacking street mugging and home invasions. I live in Cape Town and you need the exact same survival code. Cape Town is more dangerous if you live in the higher crime areas. But if you look at wealthy areas Cape Town is safer
Johannesburg is the most dangerous city in South Africa then Cape Town then Durban then Pretoria. The average area of Pretoria is safer than Cape Town and Johannesburg
It's the aftermath of years and decades of a terrible history and extreme poverty;sorta like where you're from where you have the wealthy,the struggling middle class and the other side of that,the poor trying to make a dollar out of 15 cents where the color line is a flurry line but you know and understand its there you just are focus on paying your rent,hustling diing jobs,buy groceries to pay attention to it.For some there they don't even have that luxury.
Sounds like Detroit, Michigan. The difference is Detroit is a city in the richest nation in the world and Joburg is in a third world country where whites relegated to the real owners of SA. The fact is Joburg is where apartheid was experienced the most. Anyway there is a direct correlation between extreme poverty and violence.
SA where is ur president from all of this racism or should the people take their right by fist.
Surely Joburg should remind you of USA rough areas.
U in the broke said of Johannesburg
It's not safe. I watched a a video of jo-berg in texas. And the second i was done, i was jumped by Africans. wtf!!!
also, I'll never take voting for granted again.
It's not safe at all
You only captured the bad side of Joburg , that doesn't represent the true identity of the city.
Durban central is pretty much the same as Johannesburg central. They're both terrible. Both cities have other areas that are great though.
But people talk bad about Durban CBD on a much smaller scale
Yeah, Alexandra is a township right next to Sandton.
But you are in a shit part of town.
How can a newbie make such broad assumption about Jo'burg when its such a huge city......with upmarket and kinda depressed sides...but otherwise it's got begging for legitimacy whatsoever.
go to westcliff or sandhurst in JHB
I’m watching again.
You should visit Chicago Riverdale area
Is it safe? Of course it isn’t - one of the most dangerous places in the world..
Nice hair 😉😉
Go to sandton city joburg and ask julius malema whats going on....u will get super educated and im a white guy born in joeys.
Jermaine, i recommend that you go watch the following TH-camr his channel is call Passportheavy. The video you need to click on is called "Robbed at Gunpoint in Johannesburg, S. Africa". ==>REMEMBER: Always, be aware of your surroundings and be careful where ever you are in the WORLD!!!!!!
Was that lady in front of you not white? When you first entered the museum...on the NON-WHITE side?🤔
Lol. She was white but you can walk anywhere you want. Those laws have been eradicated. It's just to create an image of what it was like before.
Sideshow Bob!
Lol and im planning on moving to JHB after hs
CBD or the burbs?
Lol shame
So am I. (Well im long out of HS!!). But Soweto specifically. But I have spent years teaching there.
You need to redo Jo'burg!
I’m back in Joe Berg right now.
Please come to Pretoria
lets make these disapear
question why the hell do you keep saying "jo burg" so much lol sounds like the driver was trying to see if you would freak out
Everyone here calls it Joburg or Jozi!
its like isreal
S/o to black label 3:57
Wow
Tariq said, Apartheid is live and well in parts of South Africa.
I thought it was wired and uncalled for to have a whites non-whites entry to the Apartheid museum. You wanna give the history not relived it.
Sometimes the best way to make your point is to use the most powerful means available to you...
Tariq doesn't know sh!t! He once visited Cape Town, did the tourist thing, and only stayed in 5-star hotels while trying very hard to find apartheid!
As far as the Apartheid Museum goes, my personal feeling is that it is great to experience it - especially when going in a mixed group!
Better title for this video "Johannesburg Divided RACES video" might cause for more clicks. :p just a tip
Why would you go there? It's a mental thing! Blah!
Psycho uber driver story lol
Yoo