JONNY STEINBERG: Joburg’s resourceful middle class in a league of its own
31 March 2022 - 15:38
I returned to SA recently after an absence of two years. I had never before in my life been away that long. Some things struck me very forcefully, far more so than if I had been visiting more often.
I walked through a state-of-the-art airport, onto an efficient express train, hailed an Uber that came within two minutes, and was ferried through manicured suburbs. I had forgotten just how well serviced middle-class life in Johannesburg has always been...
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