Around the world, and particularly in major countries, there are often lists produced of the best cities to live in. Other variations of these lists include the best cities to raise a family in, the best cities for young people, etc. We are a much smaller country, and that is probably why we have not seen such a survey, but one would find it very hard to imagine that any city other than Johannesburg, or potentially Pretoria, could win such a survey in South Africa.

Cape Town has a lot of natural beauty, but no really big business and Durban – well it just has the sea. Johannesburg certainly does not have too much in the way of natural beauty, but if you love the bush, the natural Highveld vegetation at this time of the year, particularly with the green trees and the brown grass really is very eye-catching for me anyway! We certainly have all the businesses, all the politicians, all the action, all the big sports finals, all the major sports teams, the Stock Exchange and basically everything of major importance that happens in South Africa from the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg to the various seats of power in Pretoria, happens within these two cities, 60 km apart.