🇿🇦We Investigated If MABONENG Is Really Dead?🤔✔️

[@LivinginSAtv]

Please make sure you watch the video until the end. 🇿🇦🏆✔️

[@BrendaTwala]

I'm happy that Johannesburg CBD is being revamped precinct by precinct. There is still hope for this beautiful city. Proudly South African 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@emilysimelane6376]

Yes I did, and thank you so much for the work you doing. I am very greatful, I know and have confidence in you and your team that you will make Joburg a great place to live. Keep flying our 🇿🇦 high

[@leshegomokganya2416]

it was sold to private companies and no longer ran by the original founder of maboneng, hence the quality started going down over the years

[@LivinginSAtv]

@user-cb4kq3cd3f thank you for your comment & testimony. 🇿🇦🏆

[@LivinginSAtv]

@emilysimelane6376 thank you for your comment & testimony. 🇿🇦🏆

[@RonnieKudau]

Beautiful work. I hope to Join the private sector in Johannesburg city in a year. I will play my part in reviving that Great Old City!

[@LivinginSAtv]

Please do! 🇿🇦🏆✔️

[@thabokabai4188]

Maboneng has become so dilapidated and it’s not what it used to be. Corporates used have year-end functions in Maboneng, brands used to host really cool parties in the area, and that doesn’t happen anymore. It used to be the place to be on the weekend. The market was always packed. That doesn’t exist anymore. What happened?!

[@LivinginSAtv]

Very good question we forgot to ask.

[@leshegomokganya2416]

the area was no longer ran by the original founder, the area was bought by private businesses from the original founder of maboneng

[@emilysimelane6376]

David I'll be brutally honest. I stay around the area and the place has deteriorated compared to 8yrs back. Most of the business people closed shops and Somalians moved in, only a few places still have their original tenants. Yes it is dead, drugs are sold ,the local clientele has changed a lot and don't want name calling it is dirty and the music is so loud. Patrons are sometimes mugged which never happened before. But yes I'm one of those reclaiming our Joburg I'm not moving

[@Ntombelar4sure-db2yl]

Cleanliness, safety, and good customer care will make any business district thrive If we don't realize that especially us Africans if you are not careful criminals will make your business their playground pretending to be your clients remember one incident cant chase thousands of clients in these age of social media it's better to put measures in place to deal with any situation that may tarnish the image of the place.

[@LivinginSAtv]

Thank you for your comment and testimony. Never give up! 🇿🇦🏆

[@BuhleMpakama]

Covid also messed things up for the precinct, businesses closed down and people lost their properties which presented an opportunity for the rogue elements

[@thandisilec835]

I swear wherever non-SA Africans start moving in, it turns to a ghetto. Sad that so many don’t bring development and legit businesses into SA, just destruction. I think it’s because they mostly come from under developed countries so don’t know how to keep spaces clean and inviting

[@Sheri-kp8nr]

David what a great idea to connect the streets, get traffic out. Make the environment clean and safe!

[@Mankind0112]

Good news installing cameras around hope it will increase patrons and new investors, there’s still lots of space to rejuvenate around Maboneng and Jeppetown

[@LivinginSAtv]

Agreed!

[@Sheri-kp8nr]

Wonderful to see Pata Pata. Pity you didn't show the menu. Listen to music of Miriam Makheba, Hugh Masekela, Ebrahim Dollar Brand

[@Sheri-kp8nr]

Wow! Wonderful places full of gems. Bertrand lounge so outstanding. Important to thank people for their hospitality. No one appreciates loud music or behaviour!

[@LivinginSAtv]

Agreed!

[@Sheri-kp8nr]

Yes unemployment is extremely high so the few tourists are not making a difference. Thank you David for your efforts to show our Country. Where are you from? That heavy accent....

[@LivinginSAtv]

Kindly read the channel's bio.

[@kissmlungu7883]

There's a police station a few meters there, but still a dangerous spot

[@OfentseMaja]

1:23:00 There's definitely life in Gauteng Maboneng - Deciding to have the drive, to develop, for the now generation is, for me, the risk factor and for me, that's a good thing 🙂

[@zusibone]

The business people in Maboneng let it fall apart. It started by allowing criminality our phones snatched coming out from clubs. Then things started to get messed upm

[@LivinginSAtv]

Thank you for your comment and testimony. 🇿🇦🏆

[@G-ManWaseKasiInManchester]

Maboneng is alright to be honest. The weekends are nice there. The business owners just need to take more responsibilities regarding security as the guy was saying in the video.

[@LivinginSAtv]

@@G-ManWaseKasiInManchester we will follow up very soon to see what happened. 🇿🇦🏆

[@mzikayisentuli4449]

I am glad I went there many times while it was still clean,and full of wonderful things .

[@LivinginSAtv]

Give it a try, we had an incredible experience and tons of tourists were walking there.

[@maxine6933]

For me cleanliness and safety and stopping people from urinating everywhere can really help improve the area🙈

[@LivinginSAtv]

Every comment and suggestion, please post here so business owners can act on it. 🇿🇦🏆✔️

[@Ntombelar4sure-db2yl]

I am proud of these business people who took it upon themselves to clean their spaces for us to enjoy I hope all the businesses all over the country, especially in our black communities where we don't care about our environment, hope those who like to come to this place and litter on the street will stop because I don't what a point of buying liquor somewhere and come to drink it next to other businesses after that you leave your bottles and urinate on the street make it dirty I really don't those who are doing that what is their wish about the place and businesses who invested so much in this area it is really selfish.

[@LivinginSAtv]

Thank you for your comment and testimony. 🇿🇦🏆

[@maxine6933]

Love what I am seeing on the video...

[@LivinginSAtv]

Thanks for watching!🇿🇦🏆✔️

[@Phila_fx]

Maboneng is not dead, I was just there two weeks back and had fun at Jojo, the only thing we need to work on with your assistance mbovu and the entire team, is the security more especially at night, the robing, cars that go around taking peoples phones at night, that one of the thing that pushes people away from visiting this beautiful part of the city. However besides this, work well done gents, I love it!!!!

[@nkululekongubane6004]

Thank you Matomela for the feedback, and your practical suggestion. We will definitely escalate this to the business collective at the precinct. As you have seen in the video, there are initiatives that are already afoot to address some of the challenges you have observed. Maboneng is indeed a very important precinct and we can't allow it to fail. Thank you for your support Nomafu. 🙏

[@Phila_fx]

@@nkululekongubane6004 Well noted Ngcukumane and thank you again for such wonderful work, its surely needed to bring back the city.

[@nkululekongubane6004]

@@Phila_fx Mbovu!!

[@LivinginSAtv]

Thank you for your comment and testimony. 🇿🇦🏆

[@waynestrydom91]

This place looks amazing! I wanna go there when we visit from NZ!

[@LivinginSAtv]

You should! There are tons of tourists walking around like we mentioned on the video.

[@ianmiles2505]

Don't be fooled. It is a s'h*le.

[@thabangmabitsela]

GOOD SHOW...

[@LivinginSAtv]

Glad you enjoyed it 🇿🇦🏆✔️

[@maxine6933]

I went to view a property at living moad and parked in the street. To my anger a guy stood behind my car and peed right there.. I shouted at him. I love living moad apartments shame I wanted to do the Airbnb thingy ne but rubbish outside people urinating everywhere just turned me off.. Maboneng is not the same as before hence even the decline in property prices or values. The city needs to reinvest in Maboneng. Nightlife is still 👌

[@LivinginSAtv]

Thank you for your comment and testimony. 🇿🇦🏆

[@mackyj7801]

definitely not dead its now more established class of people, most of the people i know are co-working from their or have offices in the area. Thou covid did really hurt the area a lot of smaller business had to close.

[@LivinginSAtv]

Thank you for your comment and testimony. 🇿🇦🏆

[@TerriTerriHotSauce]

Also the xenophobia there is on another level. A Tswana and Pedi guy were attacked by Kwa Mai, for speaking to each other in English. The Zulu guy attacking them even called his friends and it almost turned into a big fight.

[@Executive_Essy]

That is not Xenophobia, it is tribalism. Totally two different things

[@Kholmi.28]

@@Executive_Essy bayathanda eli gama. Just use it for whatever disagreement😂

[@Executive_Essy]

@@Kholmi.28 lol too much. 😂😂😂

[@lungelofoxxy8038]

Stop lying, Kwamai Mai is not for certain tribe or Race , that why it's always full from Friday to Sunday every week of the month , all kinds of tribes and all ganders no one bothering anyone so long as you not bothering anyone you cool

[@LivinginSAtv]

@lungelofoxxy8038 exactly the experience we had also.

[@mattiehunley4366]

Maboneng is very much alive ! I live in Joburg as an expat from the USA . I really will be looking to invest in Joburg. Thank you all for showing me the different areas. I have something to show some African Americans in the USA where they can invest!!!1

[@Blairgowrie_Forest_Railway]

The Closure of the M2 freeway in 2019 did not help the Maboneng Precent. the M2 made it easy to get into the area. I don't think the 2020 and 2021 lockdowns helped at all.

[@LivinginSAtv]

Thank you for your comment and testimony. Please give it a try. 🇿🇦🏆

[@NthibiLeboko]

❤❤❤

[@LivinginSAtv]

🇿🇦🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@pholohanijefferey3462]

Extra Cooooooooooool ne must come perform live on the night clubs , I have to send Numbers for bookings me and my crew

[@Hotandspicy00]

People complaining about Maboneng clearly don't know town. Maboneng is in town guys you will obviously get robbed, standard procedure. It's not good but it happens everywhere in joburg. Another problem is these businesses like to hire cheap labour(foreigners) which is a problem as there is a high unemployment rate in South Africa, if they can beef up security and hire South Africans that would be great.

[@LivinginSAtv]

The majority of the people employed there are South Aftican students.

[@havocthehobbit]

kind of looks like its a patient in the emergency room, not dead but with some care from the doctors, it could light up again . Just dont see enough street vendors and artists on the sidewalk . I dont see advertising to draw people there , could do with some street lights strung up between the buildings over the street, like parades streets do. It should become like Burbon street South America, showing the flavours of south african art and culture in a modern safe aesthetic. The streets and sidewalks are the life blood while the jazz bars , restaurants and shops should be the main body , never ignore the life blood ,since there are so many artists that would book spots to show off there work if it didnt cost an arm and a leg, just create a queuing system and restaurant/pub/lounge owners just need to create a spot in front by their entrances for artists and vendors , with the deal that they sweep and pickup garbage and recommend people go into the bar/lounge and try out the food or a have a drink or look at the art etc...

[@Manhattanranger93]

This place has drastically deteriorated in the last 5 years. Very unsafe.

[@Desert_Person]

ayakha... the plug

[@LivinginSAtv]

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[@leanolaone6431]

Im so scared of going there now. Even on a Sunday afternoon,cos then i have to drive out before it gets dark. It just doesn't look & feel the same anymore So sad really cos its like any/everything god abt JHB cbd is dying out. Its so upsetting mahn

[@tlhaketaioe1601]

Please ask your guy to stop touching people when he interview them. We respect the channel, we come a long way with it, and we will continue to support it, the last and not list please have two microphones incase you have to interview a person, not to change one mic around.

[@LivinginSAtv]

We will do that as soon we have the funds. Thanks for your comment and continuous support. 🇿🇦🏆✔️

[@ianmiles2505]

​@@LivinginSAtvHe dont need funds to keep his blerry hands to himself. Yerrrrrr.

[@INTER.NET_TONY]

Shout out 2 bheki Maboneng is dead ... Rosebank is alive

[@lungelofoxxy8038]

Maboneng is not dead come on Friday night till Monday

[@NkosikhonaMdluli]

This container thing is ugly

[@LivinginSAtv]

@NkosikhonaMdluli its unique in the inner city 👌

[@Ritesh-yy1zr]

JHB is dead

[@LivinginSAtv]

Please make sure you watch the video until the end. 💪✔️🏆

[@thabo3866]

Your comments are always negative. I can easily what type of South African you are