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The problem began during white flight at the end of apartheid in 1994, as big businesses moved out of the inner city into affluent suburbs, and the city experienced an influx of African migrants and South Africans seeking economic opportunities, this caused a housing crisis in South Africa's largest cities; Johannesburg and Durban. [4]
The following 50 cities have the highest homicide rates in the world of all cities not at war, with a population of at least 300,000 people. [1] This is based on 2022 data from El Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal (The Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice), an advocacy group from Mexico City. [2]
South Africa has four cities (Nelson Mandela Bay, Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg) included in the top 50 most dangerous cities (defined as cities with a population over 300,000 with the highest murder rates, as reported by The Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice, a Mexican advocacy group, in its 2023/2024 ranking). [121]
Johannesburg remains one of the world’s most unequal cities with widespread poverty, joblessness and a housing crisis. It has about 15,000 homeless people, according to the Gauteng government.
Jeppe High School for Boys (Johannesburg)|Jeppe High School for Boys in Johannesburg. The story of Jeppe High School for Boys is the Af Kop Vrou who was a teacher at the school and whose son also attended the school. The son attended an athletics day at the school and tragically died in a freak javelin accident.
Travelling to Johannesburg, he investigates Alexandra township to see just how dangerous such townships are. David’s time in South Africa draws to a close in Orania , where he meets a small group of Afrikaner nationalists before moving further north to Randfontein and meeting the Suidlander survivalists.
Many South African gangs began, and still exist, in urban areas. This includes cities like Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg. Cape Town has between 90 and 130 gangs [1] with the South African Police Service stating a total estimated membership of 100,000. [2]
As recently as 2013, CNN ranked Newark one of the top 10 most dangerous cities in the United States. In rankings this year, however, from the real estate analytics website Neighborhood Scout, ...