Olivia is right...Marcie, you may want to look into a private tour instead of hanging around the airport if you have a long wait.

It was no Capetown....but the tour was wonderful and you see a town that went from rich mixed...to all white VERY wealthy to an all black slum...with white people moving out and creating American like suburbs, wealthy blacks continuing to live in the townships, with a segregated environment still present in more subtle ways and not always black vs. white. It opens your eyes.

Incredible wealth and incredible poverty side by side. Very little, if any, middle class.

Folks discouraged us from staying in Johannesburg at all. I am not adverse to coming and going again through Johannesburg. There is still more to see and I would again stay at the Westcliff. So, folks needn't be concerned that it is nothing but an unsafe slum with nothing to offer. I recommend this as a good alternative to Capetown.