Gentrification in Johannesburg isn’t good news for everyone — america.aljazeera.com

JOHANNESBURG — Stacy has to shout to be heard over the sound of pounding house music and the cheering crowd here at this rooftop bar in South Africa’s latest hip neighborhood: Maboneng. The crowd is young and racially mixed and is buying liquor by the $100 bottle. Stacy, who didn’t give her last name, is a management consultant for an international firm and says this downtown area has been built up quite nicely. But, she warned, “you walk a little too far and you’re in the slums.”

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