Johannesburg is a city that offers something splendid for anyone who comes to see what the fuss is all about.  It’s been a major magnet for some of the most creative and innovative minds in the region for some time, drawn in by the amazingly lively urban life here, along with the easy access to some fantastic natural settings where troubles seem so far away.  But the city itself, and its surrounding townships, has an exceptional heartbeat that is always shifting and always evolving.  It has been this way for quite some time, but it always feels like it’s something that just started happening recently.  There’s really no other place like it on the planet.

There are many excellent choices for accommodations in Johannesburg.  Boutique hotels are perhaps at the very top of the list, because they offer something very unique and individualized for the discerning traveler.  Distinguishing themselves from the carbon copy hotels that are so characteristic of world travel, the boutique hotels here offer the same high level of hospitality, but with amenities and extras, and decor, that is much more unique to the place, so that guests have an experience that is truly local, and truly exceptional.  Johannesburg is no stranger to the exceptional.  There are many exceptional young people living here who have not had an easy time of it, and there are initiatives in place to help make things better.

In Bellavista, a suburb where there are many disenfranchised young people, they have recently set up a technology hub, so they can start to learn how to do things on computers, and possibly have a shot at finding a way out of a bad situation.  Even corporations as substantial as Dell have seen the positives and the potential of the program for this computer clubhouse, and help to fund its operations.  But it’s really thanks to the hard work and efforts of people like Lucky Mabaso, whose work as operations manager puts him in touch with the community, where the real work has just begun.