Welcome to Johannesburg, South Africa

Flights to JohannesburgFlights to Johannesburg offers cheap flights for all types of traveller, from business and leisure travellers to students and backpackers. Finding and booking cheap flights to Johannesburg has never been so simple. Johannesburg is easily South Africa's largest and most cosmopolitan city. Since its foundation in 1886, the city has been completely rebuilt four times in just over a century and things today literally change by the minute. Johannesburg's inhabitants live fast and have a restless spirit, which they have imparted into the fabric of the city. On the city's outskirts you'll discover many pleasant parks and nature reserves, or venture a little further and visit the fascinating Cradle of Humankind, where the remains of the first human were found. With all this and much more, Johannesburg is a unique city truly worth experiencing.
 


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Travel Guide for Johannesburg, South Africa

Johannesburg is South Africa’s largest city. Johannesburg has a population of 3.2 million people (South African 2001 census), half of which live in Soweto and adjacent suburbs. The majority of the population is formed by South Africa’s black residents who mostly live in Soweto), while whites represent 500,000 residents (although the number is likely to be higher). There are also around 300,000 Coloured and Asian residents. Unlike other South African cities, no language group dominates, although English is the established lingua franca.

The city is the economic hub of South Africa, and increasingly for the rest of Africa. Although estimates vary, about 10% of sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP is generated in Johannesburg. Yet the cities wealth is unequally distributed among its inhabitants causing the city to have, wihtin its own boarders, living conditions varying from first world standards to third world conditions. The contrast between rich and poor has led to one of the highest crime rates in the world. The ‘haves’ tend to live in houses with a high level of security by western standards, whilst the ‘have nots’ live in shacks or cheap housing. Don’t avoid avoid Johannesburg because of its crime however, since it is perfectly possible to have ...  

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