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Stokkies is going to be at this wonderful event every night: 23 Nov until 2 Jan.

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Tremolo Sand Frog (Tomopterna adiastola), family Pyxicephalidae, Pretoria East, Gauteng, South Africa

photograph by Johan Marais

[d1anna]

Presidency of South Africa twitter, "International Court of Justice holds its 1st hearing in South Africa's genocide case against Israel" (Ze🇸🇩 in reply to Presidency of South Africa twitter): Wow haha so nice, suing genocidal states while simultaneously shaking hands and giggling with a genocidal Sudanese warlord. (Ze🇸🇩 in thread): I can call out political hypocrisy however I like, especially when it directly affects me. Their country legitimized a genocidal warlord who’s actively butchering my people as WE speak. They have no moral conscious and I don’t believe they’re doing this for Palestinians. (@Kandakat_alhaqq): Did you guys know that Omar Al-Bashir was wanted by the ICC for a genocide when he visited SA in 2015, the same crimes South Africa is suing Isnotreal for and SA refused to arrest him? Did you know that SA met with Hemeti, general of the RSF militia that’s committing all sorts of atrocities just last week? Did you know they called him “President” on a tweet and then deleted it? Did you know Hemeti is also complicit in the same genocide (Darfur) Omar Al-Bashir was wanted for by ICC? No? Well now you know. While SA plays hero in front of the world, they most certainly are not for the Sudanese people.

(Above picture, image description by The East African; Leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Mohamed Daglo (left) when he visited South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at his official residence in Pretoria on January 4, 2024): Sudan paramilitary leader [RSF] holds talk with [South Africa's] President Ramaphosa

[capybaracorn]

Egypt says it will join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at ICJ

Cairo says the move is due to Israel’s worsening attacks against civilians in Gaza.

(12th of May 2024)

[See article for the embedded videos]

Egypt says it will formally join the case filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which accuses Israel of violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention in its war on the Gaza Strip.

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday that Cairo intended to join the case due to escalating Israeli aggression against Palestinian civilians.

“The submission … comes in light of the worsening severity and scope of Israeli attacks against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, and the continued perpetration of systematic practices against the Palestinian people, including direct targeting of civilians and the destruction of infrastructure in the Strip, and pushing Palestinians to flee,” the ministry said in a statement.

South Africa brought its case against Israel in January, accusing the country of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza, which began in October, has surpassed 35,000, and most of the dead are women and children, according to Palestinian authorities.

Israel launched the assault after Hamas led an attack on southern Israel, killing at least 1,139 people, mostly civilians, according to an Al Jazeera tally based on Israeli statistics.

The top United Nations court issued an interim ruling in January that found there was a plausible risk of genocide in the enclave and ordered Israel to take a series of provisional measures, including preventing any genocidal acts from taking place.

The court, which sits in The Hague, rejected a second South African application for emergency measures made in March over Israel’s threat to attack Rafah.

Egypt will join Turkey and Colombia in formally requesting to join the case against Israel. This month, Turkey said it would seek to join the case after the South American country asked the ICJ last month to allow it to join to ensure “the safety and, indeed, the very existence of the Palestinian people”.

Egypt said it is calling on Israel “to comply with its obligations as the occupying power and to implement the provisional measures issued by the ICJ, which require ensuring access to humanitarian and relief aid in a manner that meets the needs of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip”.

It also demands that Israeli forces do not commit any violations against the Palestinian people.

It will likely take years before the court will rule on the merits of the genocide case. While the ICJ’s rulings are binding and without appeal, the court has no way to enforce them.

Israel has repeatedly said it is acting in accordance with international law in Gaza. It has called South Africa’s genocide case baseless and accused Pretoria of acting as “the legal arm of Hamas”.

‘Diplomatic blow’

Alon Liel, former director of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Al Jazeera that Egypt’s move was an “unbelievable diplomatic blow to Israel”.

“Egypt is the cornerstone of our standing in the Middle East,” he said. The connections that Israel has in the Middle East and North Africa today, including with Jordan, the UAE and Morocco, are all “a result of what Egypt did 40 years ago”, he said, referring to the 1979 peace treaty between the two countries.

“With Egypt joining South Africa now in The Hague, it’s a real diplomatic punch. Israel would have to take it very seriously.

“Israel has to … listen to the world – not only to the Israeli public opinion asking now for revenge.

“We have to look overall in the wider picture, in the long-term security of Israel, not only in the next few weeks in Gaza.”

The latest legal development comes as Israel engaged in new battles with Hamas in northern Gaza and ordered tens of thousands more people to evacuate from the southern city of Rafah, which lies close to Gaza’s border with Egypt.

Israeli forces seized the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing on Tuesday, a day after Hamas said it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari mediated ceasefire proposal, which Israel quickly rejected. The crossing had been the main entry point for aid into Gaza, but it has been closed since Israel took control of it.

Tanks and planes pounded several areas and at least four houses in Rafah overnight, killing 20 Palestinians and wounding several others, according to Palestinian health officials.

The city is crammed with more than one million displaced Palestinians living in dire conditions, and the international community has warned Israel that a full-scale Israeli ground assault would trigger a humanitarian catastrophe for civilians.

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the Rafah offensive was needed to defeat Hamas.

About 110,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah in recent days, according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).

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2024 olympics South Africa roster

Archery

Wian Roux (Pretoria)

Athletics

Adrian Swart (Caledon)

Akani Simbine (Kempton Park)

Phatutshedzo Maswanganyi (Soweto Township)

Benjamin Richardson (Pretoria)

Wayde Van Niekerk (Kraaifontein)

Zakithi Nene (Ladysmith)

Lythe Pillay (Benoni)

Edmund Du Plessis (Pretoria)

Tshepo Tshite (Pretoria)

Ryan Mphahlele (Johannesburg)

Adriaan Wildschutt (Ceres)

Bayanda Walaza (Pretoria)

Bradley Nkoana (Potschefstroom)

Sinesipho Dambile (Dimbaza)

Gardeo Isaacs (Cape Town)

Antonie Nortje (College Station, Texas)

Stephen Mokoka (Mahikeng)

Elroy Gelant (Pacaltsdorp)

Brian Raats (Tshwane)

Jovan Van Vuuren (Bloemfontein)

Cheswill Johnson (Johannesburg)

Kayle Blignaut (Rome, Italy)

Francois Prinsloo (Worcester)

Victor Hogan (Vredenburg)

Cian Oldknow (Johannesburg)

Miranda Coetzee (Phokeng)

Prudence Sekgodiso (Gauteng)

Marioné Fourie (Vanderbijlpark)

Zenéy Geldenhuys (Pretoria)

Rogail Joseph (Worcester)

Irvette Van Zyl (Sandton)

Gerda Steyn (Bothaville)

Miné De Klerk (Welkom)

Jo-Ané Van Dyk (Worcester)

Badminton

Johanita Scholtz (Cape Town)

Canoeing

Hamish Lovemore (Durban)

Andy Birkett (Pretoria)

Tiffany Koch (Cape Town)

Esti Olivier (Bloemfontein)

Climbing

Mel Janse-Van Rensburg (Lephalale)

Josh Bruyns (Pretoria)

Lauren Mukheibir (Bryanston)

Aniya Holder (Gqeberha)

Cycling

Ryan Gibbons (Johannesburg)

Jean Spies (Randburg)

Alan Hatherly (Durban)

Vincent Leygonie (Krugersdorp)

Ashleigh Pasio (Pretoria)

Tiffany Keep (Durban)

Candice Lill (Port Shepstone)

Miyanda Maseti (Johannesburg)

Diving

Julia Vincent (Johannesburg)

Equestrian

Alexander Peternell (Roodepoort)

Fencing

Harry Saner (Johannesburg)

Field hockey

Andrew Hobson (Somerset West)

Mustapha Cassiem (Cape Town)

Abdud Cassiem (Cape Town)

Jacques Van Tonder (Bloemfontein)

Bradley Sherwood (Pietermaritzburg)

Keenan Horne (Cape Town)

Tevin Kok (Kokstad)

Matthew Guise-Brown (London, U.K.)

Ryan Julius (Cape Town)

Daniel Bell (Johannesburg)

Nic Spooner (Hamburg, Germany)

Zenani Kraai (Johannesburg)

Nqobile Ntuli (Durban)

Sam Mvimbi (Plettenberg Bay)

Gowan Jones (Durban)

Calvin Davis (Botha's Hill)

Stephanie Botha (Oudtshoorn)

Anelle Lloyd (Bethal East)

Celia Seerane (Pretoria)

Edith Molikoe (Gqeberha)

Kristen Paton (Cape Town)

Thati Zulu (Pretoria)

Dirkie Chamberlain (Pretoria)

Paris-Gail Isaacs (Bloemfontein)

Taheera Augousti (Bloemfontein)

Erin Christie (Johannesburg)

Ntsopa Mokoena (Bethlehem)

Hannah Pearce (Johannesburg)

Ongeziwe Mali (Gqeberha)

Marié Louw (Bloemfontein)

Kayla De Waal (Clermont)

Quanita Bobbs (Cape Town)

Kayla Swarts (Bloemfontein)

Golf

Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Johannesburg)

Frederik Van Rooyen (Johannesburg)

Ashleigh Buhai (Johannesburg)

Paula Reto (Cape Town)

Gymnastics

Cait Rooskrantz (Johannesburg)

Judo

Geronay Whitebooi (Gqeberha)

Rowing

Christopher Baxter (Johannesburg)

John Smith (Germiston)

Paige Badenhorst (Benoni)

Rugby

Chris Grobbelaar (Durban)

Ryan Oosthuizen (Stellenbosch)

Impi Visser (Pongola)

Mogamat Davids (Cape Town)

Quewin Nortje (Pretoria)

Tiaan Pretorius (Stellenbosch)

Tristan Leyds (Somerset West)

Selvyn Davids (Jeffrey's Bay)

Shaun Williams (Mooinooi)

Rosko Specman (Makhanda)

Siviwe Soyizwapi (Nqanqarhu)

Shilton Van Wyk (Bloemfontein)

Ronald Brown (Pretoria)

Mathrin Simmers (Somerset West)

Zintle Mpupha (Xesi)

Sizophila Solontsi (Durban)

Veroeshka Grain (Stellenbosch)

Kemisetso Baloyi (Soshanguve)

Nadine Roos (Cape Town)

Liske Lategan (Groblersdal)

Byrhandré Dolf (Bloemfontein)

Ayanda Malinga (Pretoria)

Libbie Janse-Van Rensburg (Lephalale)

Marlize De Bruin (Johannesburg)

Maria Tshiremba (Johannesburg)

Skateboarding

Dallas Oberholzer (Durban)

Brandon Valjalo (Johannesburg)

Boipelo Awuah (Kimberley)

Surfing

Jordy Smith (Cape Town)

Matt McGillivray (Jeffery's Bay)

Sarah Baum (Durban)

Swimming

Pieter Coetze (Pretoria)

Chad Le Clos (Durban)

Matt Sates (Pietermaritzburg)

Tatjana Smith (Johannesburg)

Kaylene Corbett (Bloemfontein)

Erin Gallagher (Durban)

Aimee Canny (Knysna)

Rebecca Meder (Cape Town)

Triathlon

Henri Schoeman (Vereeniging)

Jamie Riddle (Stellenbosch)

Vicky Van Der Merwe (Cape Town)

Wrestling

Nicolaas De Lange (Bloemfontein)

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Prepare for lifting, securing, transferring and positioning of loads.

Operate the forklift.

Perform post-lifting, securing, transferring and positioning activities.

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FORKLIFT Operator training 1 Week R1800

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« Music Wama Colourd » by GemValleyMusiQ 🎹 is now OUT ! [Link in bio] 👀 🔝 After last year’s « Abu Wronq Wronq », their first and awesome LP on PSSNGR, Mamelodi East’s GemValleyMusiQ are already back with a new album called « Music Wama Colourd ». This new collection of tracks keeps the Rough MusiQ / Rough Amapiano style alive and kicking, but twists it in different ways. There’s a more dancey, trancey, spacey vibe, sometimes coming with a live feel. The clunk bass is still there but most of the time blends with other elements in the mix, resulting in material that deals more with mesmerizing the dancefloor than making it rock right away. It’s Rough MusiQ but with a little less roughness to it. Lovely pads, warm vocals, ecstatic feelings, delicate percussion patterns, slow build-ups : this is what « Music Wama Colourd » is about and this is beautiful and surprising new turn in GemValleyMusiQ’s career. Among the guests, friends from Toxicated Keys are co-producing one track, as well as the mighty female singer DJ Fonzi. 🔊 Written, produced, mixed by @gem_valley_musiq_012 💻 Digital distribution by @idol.io ✍️ Artwork by @simonycago {{{+}}} @pssngr :cc: @datopten @grandmusiquemanagement @etiennemenu @kingsofroughmusiq012 @team_toxicated_keys @instajessbfox @djfonzi @gwam_ent_musiq @dr_kay98 @pascal_radiofragile @thejaneherself @leobfs @alexraytabet @valery_de_vreese @owgee_burgundy :tags: #gemvalleymusiq #pssngr #amapiano #roughamapiano (à Pretoria,South Africa.) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpa-nCyL53A/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Here is a list of country names along with their capitals:

Country    -   capital

Afghanistan - Kabul

Albania - Tirana

Algeria - Algiers

Andorra - Andorra la Vella

Angola - Luanda

Antigua and Barbuda - St. John's

Argentina - Buenos Aires

Armenia - Yerevan

Australia - Canberra

Austria - Vienna

Azerbaijan - Baku

Bahamas - Nassau

Bahrain - Manama

Bangladesh - Dhaka

Barbados - Bridgetown

Belarus - Minsk

Belgium - Brussels

Belize - Belmopan

Benin - Porto-Novo

Bhutan - Thimphu

Bolivia - La Paz (administrative capital), Sucre (constitutional capital)

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo

Botswana - Gaborone

Brazil - Brasília

Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan

Bulgaria - Sofia

Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou

Burundi - Bujumbura

Cabo Verde - Praia

Cambodia - Phnom Penh

Cameroon - Yaoundé

Canada - Ottawa

Central African Republic - Bangui

Chad - N'Djamena

Chile - Santiago

China - Beijing

Colombia - Bogotá

Comoros - Moroni

Congo (Democratic Republic of the) - Kinshasa

Congo (Republic of the) - Brazzaville

Costa Rica - San José

Croatia - Zagreb

Cuba - Havana

Cyprus - Nicosia

Czech Republic - Prague

Denmark - Copenhagen

Djibouti - Djibouti

Dominica - Roseau

Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo

East Timor - Dili

Ecuador - Quito

Egypt - Cairo

El Salvador - San Salvador

Equatorial Guinea - Malabo

Eritrea - Asmara

Estonia - Tallinn

Eswatini - Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (royal and legislative)

Ethiopia - Addis Ababa

Fiji - Suva

Finland - Helsinki

France - Paris

Gabon - Libreville

Gambia - Banjul

Georgia - Tbilisi

Germany - Berlin

Ghana - Accra

Greece - Athens

Grenada - St. George's

Guatemala - Guatemala City

Guinea - Conakry

Guinea-Bissau - Bissau

Guyana - Georgetown

Haiti - Port-au-Prince

Honduras - Tegucigalpa

Hungary - Budapest

Iceland - Reykjavik

India - New Delhi

Indonesia - Jakarta

Iran - Tehran

Iraq - Baghdad

Ireland - Dublin

Israel - Jerusalem

Italy - Rome

Jamaica - Kingston

Japan - Tokyo

Jordan - Amman

Kazakhstan - Nur-Sultan

Kenya - Nairobi

Kiribati - South Tarawa

Korea (North) - Pyongyang

Korea (South) - Seoul

Kosovo - Pristina

Kuwait - Kuwait City

Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek

Laos - Vientiane

Latvia - Riga

Lebanon - Beirut

Lesotho - Maseru

Liberia - Monrovia

Libya - Tripoli

Liechtenstein - Vaduz

Lithuania - Vilnius

Luxembourg - Luxembourg City

Madagascar - Antananarivo

Malawi - Lilongwe

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

Maldives - Male

Mali - Bamako

Malta - Valletta

Marshall Islands - Majuro

Mauritania - Nouakchott

Mauritius - Port Louis

Mexico - Mexico City

Micronesia - Palikir

Moldova - Chisinau

Monaco - Monaco

Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar

Montenegro - Podgorica

Morocco - Rabat

Mozambique - Maputo

Myanmar (Burma) - Naypyidaw

Namibia - Windhoek

Nauru - Yaren

Nepal - Kathmandu

Netherlands - Amsterdam (capital), The Hague (seat of government)

New Zealand - Wellington

Nicaragua - Managua

Niger - Niamey

Nigeria - Abuja

North Macedonia - Skopje

Norway - Oslo

Oman - Muscat

Pakistan - Islamabad

Palau - Ngerulmud

Panama - Panama City

Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby

Paraguay - Asunción

Peru - Lima

Philippines - Manila

Poland - Warsaw

Portugal - Lisbon

Qatar - Doha

Romania - Bucharest

Russia - Moscow

Rwanda - Kigali

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre

Saint Lucia - Castries

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown

Samoa - Apia

San Marino - San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tome

Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

Senegal - Dakar

Serbia - Belgrade

Seychelles - Victoria

Sierra Leone - Freetown

Singapore - Singapore

Slovakia - Bratislava

Slovenia - Ljubljana

Solomon Islands - Honiara

Somalia - Mogadishu

South Africa - Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)

South Sudan - Juba

Spain - Madrid

Sri Lanka - Colombo (executive), Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative)

Sudan - Khartoum

Suriname - Paramaribo

Sweden - Stockholm

Switzerland - Bern

Syria - Damascus

Taiwan - Taipei

Tajikistan - Dushanbe

Tanzania - Dodoma

Thailand - Bangkok

Togo - Lomé

Tonga - Nuku'alofa

Trinidad and Tobago - Port of Spain

Tunisia - Tunis

Turkey - Ankara

Turkmenistan - Ashgabat

Tuvalu - Funafuti

Uganda - Kampala

Ukraine - Kyiv

United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom - London

United States - Washington, D.C.

Uruguay - Montevideo

Uzbekistan - Tashkent

Vanuatu - Port Vila

Vatican City - Vatican City

Venezuela - Caracas

Vietnam - Hanoi

Yemen - Sana'a

Zambia - Lusaka

Zimbabwe - Harare

Abkhazia - Sukhumi

Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) - Stepanakert

Cook Islands - Avarua

Kosovo - Pristina

Niue - Alofi

Northern Cyprus - North Nicosia

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic - El Aaiún

Somaliland - Hargeisa

South Ossetia - Tskhinvali

Transnistria - Tiraspol

Catalonia - Barcelona

Kurdistan - Erbil

Scotland - Edinburgh

Tibet - Lhasa

West Papua - Manokwari

Please note that the status and recognition of some of these regions may vary, and they may not be universally recognized as independent countries or have widespread international recognition.

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15th November 1899 - Winston Churchill became a prisoner of war.

Churchill was covering the Boer War as a reporter for the London Morning Post. He arrived in Cape Town in October 1899 accompanied by his Valet, and an enormous cocktail cabinet which included 18 bottles of Scotch whisky!

On this fateful day, Churchill was on a train with British troops which was ambushed by the Boers. His military training came into play, and Churchill apparently "took charge" and helped many of the soldiers to escape. Winston, however was one of he men who was captured and transported to a prisoner-of-war camp in Pretoria.

Just four weeks later, Churchill managed to escape. He had no map, no money and no food except for a few melting chocolate bars and a crumbling biscuit in his pocket. He hid during the day and travelled by night. If the Boers had caught him, they would almost certainly have killed this son of an English Lord who had humiliated them. At one point, Winston hid in a coal mine with rats scuttling past his pillow at night.

Eventually, Churchill reached safety in the Portuguese territory of East Africa.

[herpsandbirds]

Rock Monitor (Varanus albigularis), family Varanidae, Pretoria East, Gauteng, South Africa

photograph by Johan Marais

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Johannesbourg - South Africa

Transports

Johannesbourg est reliée à toutes les villes principales du pays par voie aérienne ou par la route.

Aéroports

L'aéroport international OR Tambo (qui porta le nom de Jan Smuts de 1952 à 1995) est la porte d'entrée principale des voyageurs étrangers en Afrique du Sud. Doté d'une aérogare ultramoderne, il a vu passer 21 millions de passagers en 2019, faisant de lui le premier aéroport d'Afrique. Depuis le 27 octobre 2006, l'aéroport international de Johannesbourg porte le nom d'Oliver Tambo. Cette décision, qui fait suite à une longue polémique, a été perçue par les opposants comme une remise en cause de l'argument utilisé en 1995 par le gouvernement de ne donner dorénavant que des noms de lieux géographiques aux aéroports sud-africains.

La compagnie nationale South African Airways, disposant d'une importante flotte de gros porteurs, a un réseau mondial très étendu vers l'Europe, l'Extrême-Orient et l'Australie. Elle dessert aussi plusieurs villes américaines, telles Washington et New York. Sa filiale, Airlink, dessert, comme d'autres compagnies low-cost, l'ensemble des villes sud-africaines.

La ville est également connectée avec l'aéroport de Johannesbourg-Lanséria.

Chemin de fer

Le chemin de fer urbain de Johannesbourg connecte Johannesbourg central à Soweto, Pretoria, et à la plupart des villes satellites le long du Witwatersrand. Il transporte un nombre important de passagers chaque jour. Cependant, son infrastructure date de la fin du XIXe siècle et couvre seulement les plus vieux secteurs du sud de la ville. Johannesbourg a grandi en grande partie au nord et aucun des secteurs du nord, y compris le quartier des affaires, non plus que ceux de Sandton, Midrand, Randburg et Rosebank, ne sont desservis par le chemin de fer.

Gautrain

Le Gautrain, liaison ferroviaire rapide, est conçu pour soulager le trafic sur l'autoroute N1 entre Johannesbourg et Pretoria, laquelle enregistre un trafic journalier de 160 000 véhicules. Sa construction a commencé en octobre 2006 ; l'inauguration a eu lieu le 8 juin 2010, quelques jours avant le début de la coupe du monde de football. Il relie Johannesbourg à Pretoria, Sandton et l'aéroport international de Johannesbourg. Il comporte des stations souterraines et aériennes. Il traverse le parc Joubert, Rosebank, Sandton, Midrand et pénètre dans Pretoria. C'est le premier système ferroviaire innovant construit en Afrique du Sud depuis 1977.

Bus et taxis

Johannesbourg est desservie par une flotte d'autobus exploitée par Metrobus, une association d'entreprises. Elle possède un parc d'environ 550 bus simples, ainsi que des bus à impériale, assurant 84 itinéraires différents. Cela inclut 200 bus modernes (150 autobus à l'impériale et 50 simples), fabriqués par Volvo, Scania et Marcopolo/Brasa en 2002. La flotte de Metrobus transporte environ 20 millions de passagers par an. La compagnie exploite aussi un certain nombre de bus ouverts-supérieurs dans la City Slicker, les utilisant pour faire des visites guidées autour de la ville.

De plus il y a un certain nombre d'opérateurs privés qui se concentrent essentiellement sur les itinéraires interurbains en autocar et les voyages en groupe.

Il y a également à Johannesbourg des taxis-minibus qui représentent le mode de transport le plus utilisé par la majorité de la population. Ces taxis sont souvent de qualité médiocre et les chauffeurs sont inexpérimentés. Cependant, eu égard à la forte demande, ils constituent le moyen de transport principal pour les moins favorisés.

Autoroutes

Johannesbourg est au cœur d'un réseau autoroutier complexe qui la relie à la capitale Pretoria en 25 minutes, à la seconde ville du pays, Le Cap, ainsi qu'à la capitale parlementaire, Bloemfontein, par la N1. Les villes côtières de l'océan Indien telles que Durban, Port Elizabeth ou East London sont desservies par la N2. D'autres destinations, lieux de safaris, parcs nationaux, réserves naturelles… sont situées au bout de routes secondaires à voies rapides.

Johannesbourg, tout comme Los Angeles, est une ville jeune et adaptée au transport automobile privé. Elle manque d'un système adapté de transports en commun. Un nombre significatif de résidents de la ville dépend des taxis ou des minibus informels.

Le fait que Johannesbourg n'ait pas été construite autour d'une rivière navigable conditionna le mode de transport à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur de la ville ; c'est par la route que la majorité du transit des personnes et des marchandises s'effectue.

Le périphérique de Johannesbourg est composé de trois autoroutes qui convergent sur la ville, formant une boucle de 80 kilomètres autour d'elle : la déviation N3 orientale, qui relie Johannesbourg à Durban ; la déviation N1 occidentale, qui relie Johannesbourg à Pretoria et Le Cap ; la déviation N12 méridionale, qui relie Johannesbourg à Witbank et Kimberley. Le périphérique est fréquemment congestionné. L'échangeur du Gillooly est considéré comme le plus fréquenté de l'hémisphère sud.