Is Hillbrow safe? | Johannesburg Walk | South Africa

Do you think its safe to walk here?
A day walk in the world renowned notorious Hillbrow Suburb in JHB South Africa
Hillbrow is an inner city residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is known for its high levels of population density, unemployment, poverty, prostitution and crime.
Experience the walk and let me know in the comments.

[@mariewalker4010]

Lived in hillbrow in 76 78 loved it was exceptionally clean you could walk alone at night but seems it's all changed now I left end 78 and went back to Northern Ireland. Still remember all the good times the Ambassador hotel the Irish club and lots more places to go at night loved it

[@pangajavalinaicker7601]

Thanks for sharing I was longing to see Hillbrow for years. Lived there in 1988-89

[@eeforest7122]

this looks just like Bronx, New York on Fordham road

[@virtuallyeverywhere8831]

wow thats interesting, Im going to have a look at that now.

[@xyic0re714]

People here seem to use belts.

[@uphylme9350]

I think its a little worse than NYC b/c of the trash and uneven missing concrete on the streets. Pls this vid showed a massive amt of street vendors

[@LivinginSAtv]

Bro give your opinion in the footage. Makes everything much more interesting. Great video.

[@virtuallyeverywhere8831]

Thank you for the feedback appreciate it

[@Tchafa505]

Thanks so much for promoting Africa that the TV don't show. Good work 🌍📺💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚👏👏👏

[@sfisobuthelezi3054]

Promoting dirty streets of joburg?

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@duncan728645]

I lived here once its difficult but interesting to see the change (good and bad) to attach a common or garden street map with your route shown would be great .. time marked to specific spots even better. the main bits of course stand out - High point , summit club ect still others are now unrecognisable to me . still a great hour during lockdown and a brave video to make. - thank you

[@virtuallyeverywhere8831]

Thanks Duncan and for the input too

[@kennedymogomotsi6973]

As a South African living in Mpumalanga I can tell you that the place looks dirty.what the heck

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@GRTZK]

Thanks for uploading! Fascinating viewing (I wish it could be viewed in a 3D viewer). I've been interested in Hilbrow for years, having read about its past and reputation. I've only ever been through in a taxi.

[@virtuallyeverywhere8831]

Thank you for the feedback, I am glad you enjoyed it!

[@Kenistyless]

You are very brave...As a black Londoner, I went to J'burg. I was well Connected. But even the heavy boys wouldn't go in there!...I went; they have a saying there ' You die once"...yeah...hum

[@virtuallyeverywhere8831]

lol

[@tfmkhonza5084]

In London you got stabbed by teenagers die for a phone or those motor biker who snatch photo from people

[@tomnoble3210]

Can’t be anymore dangerous than london gang violence stabbing for what fkin territory Hillbrow may have been dangerous for white people but now it looms calmer and full off people living their everyday lives

[@paulsvid]

Used to party there back in the day. Used to be a a lot of night clubs there and not forgetting the best place for whole chickens on a spit the famous Fontana :)

[@catanaman1]

Summit club,the base night club,tandoori in yoville,catch 21 in sandton ,maaaan memories I live in the states now since 1998,oh by the way I used to work at the supermarket (meat o rama) ,owned by a portuguese family,I miss those days ,but it was very dangerouse,we used to have friends in soweto too ,south africa was just passage for me to migrate to a foreign country ,and I did ,came aal the way from morocco ,well peace and love .

[@RMF76]

Bellas?

[@topcat8891]

@@RMF76 I lived in the flats directly across the street from Bella Napoli in 1989 great days 🙂

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@sfisobuthelezi3054]

Dirty streets of joburg that ANC fault

[@polishbox8762]

Grasmere Court looks like an interesting building (39:32) .. quite "Art Deco"

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@alibarron7558]

The saddest sight in the video is that no where do I see anything new since I lived in Jo'burg in 1999.

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@Neo_Rain146]

I see new piles of garbage everywhere

[@Bhebe40]

I lived there in tbe 90s, Hillbrow, Berea and Yeoville

[@PeterPrevos]

I lived in Hillbrow in 1991 and loved it.

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@Servantandson888]

I see everyone's comment but nobody seem to realise that there are 1st World countries who look like this and even worse. Hillbrow itself is so diverse in culture and race you'd be surprised. There are still a few white people living in beyween the zulus, pedis, greater Africa (Ghana, Cameroon, Zim, Nigeria, Congo, Eritrea, Tanzania, Angola) coloureds, indians. Poverty has a way of demonizing a place and it's people. You'd be surprised on the hard working, honest, God fearing and loyal people you'd meet. Ten to 1 if you've ever bedn to Jozi, you met them as your waiter, gardener, maid, nurse, call centre, restaurant staff, taxi driver and minors to name but a few. Let's unite in love and acknowledge the injustice that occurred in SA leading to the status quo and help to make a difference.

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@smizijoy4529]

people speaking about the government not doing it job , but how can the government interfere in private property , the buildings has owners

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@mo_sonofthesouthernsun]

Some truth here :) apparently when Hillbrow started becoming more mixed towards the end of apartheid there were new residents who weren’t always able to stay up to date with rates payments which led to a lot of negative changes coming about there... better off people (usually but not always white) left for the plushy suburbs (maybe sadly a few emigrated then too) and the area stopped being ‘socially controlled’ race-wise. The poor and less well off, the desperate even, started entering into these formerly white openly places and things changed because the community changed... I wish people looked at it like this opposed to being racists (as people often are when they look at these issues). I disagree somewhat on the government point you make... I agree that the buildings owners have responsibilities, but if the city or higher government departments had plans to fund inner city living and upkeep from the 80s when things started changing, perhaps the poorer (often Black, now newer migrants) people and better off white peoples could have all lived in sustainable, well maintained and supported inner city neighborhoods/ communities. Of the course the apartheid gov wasn’t going to offer support to keeping Hillbrow afloat and maintained when it was becoming mixed, but today what is the excuse? If there was a financial plan to help with rents and rates, with better policing, basic basic basic maintenance and services, & in creating job opportunities or supporting those who could create jobs, things could be so much different! But we sadly have a government and political class that has no experience with governing a society and country like ours with these complexities of inequality and alternative realities that different classes and groups live in. But hopefully we can all progress and things will get better :)

[@jabukamashobane2315]

I know it's a different story at night

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@GoneViral_Channel]

You hardly see South Africans mostly our African brothers around downtown jhb

[@rainbowtrust6347]

I'm sure government has given up on this city. It is ravaged and it doesn't look SAn

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@rainbowtrust6347]

I'm glad I see hillbrow as a calmer clean place now than I used to see videos of dirt and very buzzing place, but I see some of street corners look shady and dirty. Looks like bachelor's hostels, so scary. Never have seen so many people in one location. But all people seem free and happy, that's the important part. This is all African nations part of jozi Jo'burg SA

[@smizijoy4529]

it all the fucken western media shit

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@t4sturm]

You should do some tours of the insides of some of the buildings.

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@TheFujac]

the chelsea hotel was the first place i and my family stayed when we first moved to SA from the UK in 1982..... it was ok back then, fairly safe if you were white but definitely not safe for a black person after dark......but it wasn't run down like it is now.....the shit streets and general urban decay are simply the result of the government not doing its job properly....having said that the future might be bright as many areas in many cities around the world go through good and bad patches....unfortunately for africa it seems bad patches are more prevalent and seem to last forever......cheers for the video though, it was cool seeing all the buildings i remember from better days....

[@catanaman1]

You still live there ?

[@TheFujac]

@@catanaman1 in hillbrow? no chance!!! i refused to give up on hillbrow for years though...i felt confident walking there until about 98 or so.....i got mugged twice in a month and realised that no matter how confident i was or how much i wanted things to be different it had become a hot-spot for the poor and desperate...

[@smizijoy4529]

RSA is moving forward quickly and hillbrow isn't taken of because the buildings are private property

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@Neo_Rain146]

It’s interesting how you avoid making the correlation of it being safe back then for white people at night but don’t point out it’s because black people were supposed to be out the CBD by a certain time

[@vmutuma]

What type of camera are you using? Is it concealed?

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@BuhlebzNetwork]

There is crime in Hillbrow but not as the exaggerate it I've been walking passing Hillbrow to work from 2003 to 2019 I never experience any problems or witnessing someone being robbed but there is a lot of illegal things happening there and the over crowding the dangerous place is downtown Johannesburg.

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@societyssista6179]

Tbh it's statistics; personally as a white female I wouldn't do it (unnecessarily) but it is just a case of wrong place/wrong time when things happen (anywhere in the world)...

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@Mabobo333]

You are so brave.

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@isabelnavaro6322]

Pretty! Nice buildings!

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@stoltmain123]

Myn familie is in suid afrika pretoria sy was in 70,s en 80,s in hillbrow sy heb my geseg het was paradise op aarde die tyd hiilbrow.... groet aan suid afrika van holland ek wil kom kuier.

[@onesexyo]

THANKYOU DE KLERK, LOOKS GREAT HEY.

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@mateuszmateo6731]

Visiting a nice city

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@4horsemen990]

The camera is too shaky.

[@LAfunk750]

the camera most likely had to be hidden. perhaps strapped to his chest. not advisable to hold a camera and walk the streets of hillbrow.

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@lehlohonolomahlong3075]

Poverty, decay, mistrust, unsafety. All captured in a video.

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@michaelwillis7667]

Looks no different from Hackney in London with the empress lady dianne abbot the mapogo henchman who runs the joint.

[@virtuallyeverywhere8831]

That’s really interesting , I’m eager to have a look at Hackney

[@lameduck3630]

Hackney was gentrified some time ago.

[@neilboulton9813]

As stated above Michael the Hackney of your imagining in the 70 & 80s maybe has been extensively gentrified, in the last 25 years. This is an ongoing process as the council estates and poor quality buildings are demolished and replaced with better housing.

[@piotrm9616]

Hard to believe that 30 years ago it was a white neighborhood.

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@ma.ku.520]

Same Video by night please😀

[@virtuallyeverywhere8831]

Done it 😉 go have a look

[@azaniaafrika9862]

Looks like NYC

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@wilfriedvandaele432]

Johannesburg: the Paris of Africa !!!!!!!!

[@neilboulton9813]

I think you would find Paris Texas would reject the comparison!!

[@AfricaTekk]

How Hillbrow looks in 2022 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jISZd6WZhbagoLM

[@ma.ku.520]

Kensington Philadelphia

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@worth5475]

Answer - this is Hillbrow now kzbin.info/www/bejne/apybe4mKqdSbo6s

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@isabelreinhold1476]

Why do people have to litter? 😢

[@yohighness]

Man, I hate this city! Got mugged several times, almost got shot once. I'm glad I don't live there anymore.

[@anujmohan6528]

Looks like London endz

[@neilboulton9813]

@Anuj Mohan - If you are being disparaging then you could not be more wrong as the comparison is ridiculous. However if you think Joburg looks nice then you really need to visit London one day or do virtual walks on KZbin as the difference in architecture, wealth, infrastructure, cleanliness as you would expect is stark.

[@anujmohan6528]

@@neilboulton9813 endz bruv the estates, not the city centre

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@laurastan9904]

looks like kabul to be honest, or even worse in some angles

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@5thdimension625]

Is it safe there?

[@LAfunk750]

no

[@MrFlava1982]

😄😄😄

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@alexhart4763]

Why so much rubbish on the streets? Almost like nobody cares.

[@AfricaTekk]

How Hillbrow looks in 2022 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jISZd6WZhbagoLM

[@isabelreinhold1476]

True! They need a cleaning crew!

[@johnlucas8523]

No, it is absolutely NOT safe.

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@mmvandermerwe7221]

I could also give a black man a camera and tell him where to walk and how long he should film. I whitey would not do that because we know of better.

[@zaahidgarda]

Maggie Maggie what’s the point of this comment exactly ?

[@yolandanxesi5463]

This comment is not necessary old lady.

[@azaniaafrika9862]

Stay locked up then.

[@dalejenkins1558]

Saggy Maggie what a silly comment

[@diegosalazar5188]

Rip south africa from mexico 💔

[@yuliyazhevakina7157]

poor and destroyed

[@AfricaTekk]

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