Talk:Suburbs of Johannesburg

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[edit] Regions

I am very familiar with Johannesburg having lived there for a few years in the 1990s but this concept of Regions did not exist then and I find their use in this article confusing. The article does not introduce them or provide an overview of the whole regional system and numbering structure. Is it "official" or just some convenient nomenclature derived (and I must say elegantly too) by the article's author(s).

I suspect that it is "official" but some introduction would be wonderful.

(In true wikipedia fashion I decided to answer my own question and to post my findings here.)

[edit] Hillbrow

Minor minor nitpick. Hillbrow used to be one of the 'nicest' suburbs around? Is their a more...dictionary style word for this?

ManicParroT 04:23, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sentiment for Apartheid?

"A street in central Hillbrow. Under apartheid Hillbrow used to be one of the nicest suburbs in the city; however, it is now extremely dangerous." This image description reveals a thinly-veiled racist agenda. The wording should be changed. VarunRajendran