Before we proceed with discussing Nickolaus Bauers insightful and interesting new book Great Johannesburg , there is something I must unequivocally declare before church and state I fucking love Johannesburg!
Well, thats not entirely true I have a love-hate relationship with Joburg.
Well, thats not quite true, either Lets peg it at 80/20. Okay, unequivocally re-declared I have a four-parts-love, one-part-hate relationship with Joburg.
Like many South Africans who grew up in towns and smaller cities in more rural provinces a shout-out to Matlosana-Klerksdorp, the unofficial Centre of the Universe I came to Johannesburg to seek a brighter future.
I moved here in 1998 to attend university and never left. Economically, culturally and socially, there was simply so much more at my fingertips than back home. And it was the closest and most accessible of our beloved countrys major cities.
