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I've visited during Apartheid and after and noticed an extreme decline in the cleanliness of downtown Jo'burg & Hillbrow. Crime soared. Carjackings are rampant. Our friends who lived there moved away. It's a shame because Apartheid was a terrible thing. South Africa is a beautiful country. Jo'burg reminds me of Toronto Canada. Hopefully things will calm down and people will learn to live together. Shopping malls are very nice, as are the restaurants and suburbs. It's a little unnerving staying in homes surrounded by electrified razor wire. Whites are still the privileged class with blacks as housekeepers and maids. If you can get past all that, you will enjoy your stay. Venture out to Sun City, Kruger Park and other areas of natural beauty and remember that not so long ago in the Southern US we had very visible signs of racial separation that South Africa is just now trying to erase. Give them time.

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5 June 2005 | A Yahoo! User

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