Johannesburg Reflection

City is a densely populated urban centre, “larger than a village and a town, Angus, S. Maurice, W. (2011). Concise Oxford English dictionary twelfth edition”, whose inhabitants are primarily engaged in commerce and industry. Reflection of how Johannesburg has impacted me since I arrived here in the city. The city Johannesburg is not an inclusive city since there is a social division between the rich and the poor, and the rich dictate how the city should be like. My reflection will be based on the background laid by the three short stories; Mpe, P. (2001). Welcome to our Hillbrow , Mzamane, M. (1981). My cousin comes to Jo’burg and Bremner, L. (2004) Theme park city. All of these three texts are based on the city, Johannesburg how it was back

(2001). Welcome to our Hillbrow page3”, like those children of Tiragalong I also came here in pursuit of building a career at the University of the Witwatersrand. The city has been deserted and left to decay, as a new city is being constructed within the city. There is decentralisation of businesses and mass movement of the fortunate citizens of our country to the northern suburbs like Sandton. The old dilapilated buildings are left to shelter for the criminals in the city, decaying buildings show how the value of traditional city is dwindling. The contemporary city created within the traditional city is more of an illusion than development, since areas like “Fourways Garden”, whereby they celebrate American holidays than South African holidays, it just show how delusional we are by this theme of “Utopia, Bremner, L.(2001).Theme Park City, page129.”.

There is a feeling that the owners of these tall buildings have acquired the success that wanted to achieve, and hence leaving behind those buildings to show those homeless beggars who are no longer in pursuit of their dreams but striving to make ends meet, every sunrise and sunset signifies the new struggle that the homeless beggars face every season of the year and also the sunrise and sunset resembles their daily routine since they only struggle to make ends meet, or some of them it’s about drugging themselves daily to forget their predicaments

Even some people in the city have noticed that and they some actions, recently a lady was protesting naked at Sandton because she said a certain group of people are acquiring the wealth of our country meanwhile the citizens are starving to death. I personally believe that Johannesburg is one of those cities in South Africa that are not living up to their capabilities in support of the dreams that most people came here with and how they viewed success, it’s just shutting they dreams completely and I don’t blame these criminals for committing crime since they are alienated from the very same city that they life can change for the better ironically it changed for the worst, having cold nights without a place to lay down their heads, nor a proper meal even once in day like they would’ve had they remained at their homelands. Johannesburg a city facing a dystopian