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The economic capital of both South and sub-Saharan Africa, Johannesburg began life as a gold-mining town in the 1890s. The gold mines are long exhausted but there is a new way to get rich in Johannesburg: property. An economic boom is transforming what was once South Africa's former crime-ridden city into a vibrant metropolis, with skyscrapers and leafy suburbs.And, as South Africa celebrates the 10th anniversary of its new constitution, the city's northern suburbs are reinventing themselves with hot new bars, air-conditoned shopping malls, restaurants and chic boutiques.
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