Why Cape Town beats Johannesburg

Adrive throughANC Johannesburg, biggest city, can feel dystopian. For-sale signs line suburban lawns; empty offices advertise vacancies; sewage gurgles over uncollected rubbish. Lights are often out at junctions. Potholes circled in paint are labelled , a dig at the African National Congress, the ruling party that many residents .Johannesburg has been at the heart of South Africa’s economy since the discovery of gold in the mid-1880s. Today it is in crisis. Many affluent South Africans are leaving for Cape Town, the country’s second city, and the Western Cape province of which it is the hub. In doing so they are reshaping the country.