More and more African cities are expanding quickly. Experts predict their populations will increase by millions within the next few years. Faith Lapidus has more in this report from s Anita Powell in Johannesburg.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised the urbanization of Africa to the mayors at the C40 gathering.
In , there were 52 African cities with a population higher than one million people. By 2016, in only two years, there will be around 65. And thats a good thing.
However, the executive mayor of Johannesburg, Mpho Parks Tau, says this kind of growth creates its own issues.
As people are coming to the city there isnt always adequate accommodation to have those people coming to the cities. A lot of them find themselves in inadequate accommodation in slum environments.
Like many people who live in Johannesburg, 24-year-old student Simphiwe Kahla came from somewhere else. He left his town in the rural Eastern Cape province to live in Johannesburg. The city is an important trade and transport center for Africa.
Here, you actually stay on your toes. It keeps you on your toes, its all about hustling, its all about business. I think I would really get bored if I would have to return to the Eastern Cape.
Songezo Mcapukisi is also new to Johannesburg. Like many others there, she says she came to the city -- not for the culture, the mix of people or the restaurants -- but for the money.
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