Johannesburg - Edges

Johannesburg made me cautious from the beginning.
We did not move through the city on our own.
We relied on a guide, partly because there were areas where walking without knowing exactly where you were going did not feel sensible.

What struck me was the contrast between that caution and the amount of life on the streets.
There was movement everywhere, but also poverty that was impossible to ignore.

The divisions created by apartheid were still visible in the city itself,
in how differently people lived from one area to another.

I found Johannesburg strangely beautiful.
The streets were full of people who often seemed cheerful and at ease, and I found that difficult to reconcile with the caution we had been told to exercise.