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This is a city of contrasts, where Africa meets the West and where desperate poverty rubs shoulders with eye-popping wealth. Joburg can be hard and dangerous but it’s also vibrant and stimulating.

Areas of Johannesburg

Soweto is steeped in the history of the Apartheid struggle. The best way to see this sprawling city is on an organised tour. See the houses where Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu lived or visit a shebeen, a pulsing local drinking hole. For a complete contrast, go to fashionable Melville where trendy young black and white professionals demonstrate the new Rainbow Nation and know how to let the good times roll.

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