Johannesburg
The gateway to South Africa
Johannesburg, the city of gold, is the largest metropolis in South Africa and the African continent. It is THE economic centre of South Africa and is located in the centre of the Gauteng province. Together with the capital Pretoria, this densely populated province forms a mega-metropolis with over 8 million inhabitants. The city on the Witwatersrand (ridge with white water=waterfalls) with 4 million inhabitants was founded when the first gold was discovered in 1886...