Often referred to as the 'City of Gold' due its to rich gold-mining heritage, or simply 'Jo'burg', Johannesburg is a striking city, filled with contrast and considerable wealth, despite its relative youth, being founded just over 120 years ago, in 1886. The Johannesburg of today is South Africa's financial capital and a truly vast city, being one of the biggest in the whole of Africa, after only Cairo (Egypt) and also Lagos (Nigeria). In fact, Johannesburg is growing at such a rate that it is soon expected to make an appearance on the list of the largest ten cities on the planet.

Currently the world's biggest inland city, Johannesburg features a number of fortified suburbs, along with a modern city centre which is teeming with towering skyscrapers, huge shopping complexes and much excitement, with a number of new high-rise projects taking place in the districts of Midrand and Sandton.