'We built the city of Johannesburg together'

We are still where our forefathers left us over a century ago when our sub-continent endured a vicious cycle of poverty. In the last quarter of the 19th century, diamond and gold were discovered and exploited in Kimberley and the Witwatersrand respectively and the city of Johannesburg sprang up, thanks to the toils of our forefathers.

All roads led to South Africa. The profitability of the mines depended on cheap and unskilled labour from Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia and Mozambique. The exploitation of minerals made South Africa the economic giant of the region.  Our forefathers toiled from dawn to dusk in the belly of South African earth to generate wealth for South Africa. Our forefathers built the city of Johannesburg when labour mobility was still permissible.