Is Johannesburg the most dangerous city in the world? This is the question asked by the very serious The Guardian a few years ago.
Murders, kidnappings, armed attacks: tourists who would like to visit the economic capital of South Africa are the subject of numerous warnings by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In this travel diary, Christophe Hondelatte, the true crime specialist shows us around the city.
Accompanied by South African journalists specializing in crime, Christophe Hondelatte multiplies the strong experiences: he embarks with police officers launched into a chase at more than 120mph, participates in a clandestine rodeo with stolen cars, visits a prison where the detainees cram sixty into each cell or even roam a nature reserve threatened by poachers...
But Johannesburg also has its specificities: satanic crimes, “corrective” sexual assaults on lesbians, sorcerers who protect criminals… So many dark facets of Johannesburg that Christophe Hondelatte and director Lionel Langlade will introduce us to, by meeting culprits and victims, repentant criminals , mercenary police officers and thugs…
Sometimes frightening, sometimes moving but always powerful, these encounters tell us a lot about South African society and about Johannesburg, a multicultural city which never really recovered from Apartheid...
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