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SARAH BUITENDACH: The real heroes fighting Joburg’s decay
How do you stay positive when every metric seems to point one way? Maybe take a walk with the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation
09 February 2023 - 05:00
It’s tough being a Joburg citizen at this moment — let alone a devout one. If, like me, you’re a City of Gold slicker who’s railed against the always sizeable bunch of naysayers for decades, you’ll understand what I mean.
Once, many moons ago, it was irritating, but easy enough, to stick up for this chaotic metropolis when someone made flippant comments about Tuscan complexes or “the crime”. “You just don’t get it,” we’d profess, “Joburg has its own kind of beauty, and the people are fabulous”...
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