The air in Joburg doesn't smell like oppression.

another thing for me was that there's just something in the air that makes you want to hustle and get your life. Cape Town on the other hand is more relaxed. idk.

My first time visiting Cape Town from the U.S., I was SHOCKED and disappointed to find myself the only Black person sitting at a restaurant sometimes. I agree, when in Joburg, Black people take up more space and that feels comforting.

I was telling my American friend the other day (who is currently staying in Cape Town) that Joburg is a more progressive place to live than in Cape Town for a young black person. After one weekend in Joburg I was like, entlek entlek, why can't I play house music in my car in Cape Town? Why can't I chat about why I think traditional weddings are important and that yes, I want to have one one day. I know it seems like a silly revelation to have, but for those of us remaining this side (even though I grew up in the North West), I think we should be okay enough with ourselves to be in white spaces and not try to act otherwise than being ourselves. We could all chase the convenience and 'comfort' of Joburg, but some of us have been graced to switch things up a bit in Cape Town. Love your channel by the way.

The one thing i noticed about Cape Town is that the taxi drivers there are more personable than the ones here in Jo'burg.

This was very informative. That part where you spoke about all the restaurant clientele being white after a certain time of the day, was very interesting. Also, as soon as you become aware of the microaggressions you start to notice them EVERYWHERE. Great video!

On point! From a former Capetonian!

This is so true, I noticed this on my trips to capetown, proudly a joburg girl 🙌🏾

As someone who lives in Cape Town, don't come here guys xD Property prices are high af

Cape Town is more of a holiday destination and Joburg is more of a cosmopolitan city

Hey man, brazilian guy here. I'm going to visit South Africa and almost planned my english course on Cape Town, but after your video, some additional research and tips from friends, I've chosen Joburg! I'll be there for 1 month to study, thank you very much for all the info!

Thank you for your video. I am currently studying abroad in Cape Town at UCT and I see the differences you touched on. Before I go back to the US I plan on visiting Johannesburg

I am from Joburg and I visited Cape Town a couple of months ago and I must say I noticed every single thing that you mentioned here about Cape Town, how different it is from Joburg, and I must say it was extremely unfriendly and I would NEVER live in such a place. Call me racist too, but it feels like you have invaded their (white people) territory and everything of enjoyment is for white people's pleasure. Like they don't wanna face the reality that they are in the AFRICAN CONTINENT!

I'm a Black American from Chicago and probably will visit Joburg extensively...while visiting Cap Town on a holiday. Thanks for the opinion.

I love your comments. I am South African and I live in the UK. I find when talking to people who want to visit SA they say automatically Cape Town and not mention Jo'burg. The way you compared the two is really good and makes the viewer think about their choices. Btw your comment about Jo'burgers being friendlier that is so true; I think we are way friendlier. I have lived with Capetonians here in the UK and ok they friendly and laid back but there is definitely a difference. Thanks for putting up a great video makes me a bit homesick!

This is so true... WOW I am from joburg and studying in Cape Town so I can relate.

that 2nd last point is the gospel truth🙌 I feel like racism is palpable in the air in CPT.😶

i live in Pretoria & I absolutely love the turnup Life in Jozi as well as the creative openness we have amongst the young people. if you need hookups let me know

Proudly Capetownian but I fully agree.In my opinion CapeTown is the most segregated city in South Africa .

good! I know people that are tourists to South Africa are often "oh Joburg, I was more afraid" (because no white little enclave!) But it is so good because much of my family lives there in Joburg, and they really like it. When I mention that to people in the US they are "oh NOT CAPE TOWN?" (yes my daughter lives there, but the rest of the family is in Joburg area). Plus a lot of the industry and big companies are in Joburg. It's a financial and economic center. It is where things HAPPEN.

I found this very helpful before I come visit both cities. I am excited to experience what each city has to offer, especially I grew up in a very diverse city in California, and then moved to a not so diverse city in Georgia, USA. The 'stereotypical advice' I was told was that I should spend 'more time in Cape Town and avoid Joburg'. WHAT??? Made no sense to me. Joburg in my opinion is the epi-center of history and culture and life of S.A. in a positive way. It was interesting to hear what you had to say about both cities and then compare it to what people from my country told me about both cities. I will see for myself when I arrive. I am looking forward to my experiences in your beautiful cities. Thank you for your honest opinion and sharing it with the world.

I especially agree with your last point. As a whole, I love every chance I get to SA, but you can still feel the tension/apartheid in Cape Town. CPT is beautiful, aesthetically, but overall, I wasn't impressed. Just a lot of cold stares from non black people if you were in certain areas where they didn't expect you to be. Give me Durban any day of the week.

yeah absolutely spot on man, before you even mentioned your number 1 difference, i was wondering wether you were gonna mention that because that was certainly the number one difference in my mind as well. Its a shame that capetown isnt more afro centric or as afro centric as johannesburg. I mean if you arrived in cpt on a direct flight from anywhere outside of africa, you probably wouldnt even know you were in africa...not much african art, cutlure around etc

Cape Town IS an Apartheid Museum😂😂😂😂😂😂

that last one is totally true, people talk more languages in Jozi

I love your new videos, the vlogs and challenges, but I miss these videos from you. I am a South African living abroad and love your view of things in SA. Keep up the good work.

Was in Jozi for only 1 week and I can agree with everything you're saying here 100%

South African living in Perth.I liked your video.Thumbs up.

I enjoyed this. I'm also from Cape Town and everything you spoke about is so true

Wow dude - I am been looking for a fresh perspective and this is it man! Thank you for sharing : )

100% Accurate Sibu. I live in Cape Town but have family in Joburg. I travel to Joburg every now and then and spend holidays there too. Trust me, the difference is huge. The quality of life black people live in Joburg is waay better than what black people have in Cape Town. From the number of black people in model C schools. To the number of black people in top management positions. To the number of black people that live in the burbs. Lastly just getting stuck in traffic in Joburg paints the whole picture, ,see the cars black people are driving. Cape Town will take forever to catch up. Every time I come back from Joburg, I feel blaaah being in Cape Town.

If you can drive in Jo'burg... you can drive anywhere in the world. Standard!!! Jo'burg driving you need an advance driving course. Taxi to CBD dont play... I love jozi maboneng

Thanks for this informative video! Greetings from the Middle East!

Didn't think I would agree with anything and landed up agreeing 100%

New subbie :) Very impressed with the quality of content you put up. Brief,to the point & very entertaining!

Guys Cape Town is pretty chilled ,it is possible to live in Cape Town without experiencing a racial incident. One thing that I do notice is that there seems to be a resistance against the building of affordable houses for people of color in Cape Town(particularly in urban area's).

Hi Sibu, it has been 5 years since you put out this video. This video has transformed my life. Can you kindly please put out a follow up or reflection video on this? It would really capture the essence of all you mention in the video! Thank you in advance, much love.

Cape Town is honestly overrated. But I have heard that crime is just as bad as what people make it out to be in Johannesburg

Spot on. Esp number 1...I'm from JHB and literally, that is the biggest shock factor everytime I go home! 😞

I am staying in Cape Town, you are definitely right. You know exactly what you are talking about.

I love that you love our city ♡ Definitely would love to see more work with Anarchadium and some stuff on location.

I love your bomber jackets man lol. And the videos aint bad either :p Keep em coming

I'm originally from Joburg but currently living Cape Town and one of the biggest differences I came across when I first moved here was the pace. Everything in Cape Town is just slow. Was very frustrating at first but I kinda just got used to it to the point where Joburg's pace of things overwhelms me now :(

Thank you for your honesty.

Thanks for the video. How do safety levels compare in terms of criminal activities

Great Video, Your presentation was quick and eye opening. All the best!!

That was very informative. The longer people live with one another, the better they will tend to get along. Eventually they become like each other and become one people. I don't know anything about the history of South Africa, but I wonder if Joburg has had a longer history of living in a bi-racial society?

Thank you for making this video and blessing my life 😍

You are right but cape town is mainly home to colored population.

Thank you.. I was trying to decide which one to visit.. Joburg it is

As I prepare to visit, by doing research first, this video was helpful and comical.

WOW!!! The further you go out of the circle... the darker the people get! WOW!!!

Great video. Im coloured and first time I went to Jozi when I was younger it was the first thing I noticed as back.in eighties early nineties one did not see that many black professionals in CT bearing in mind I was teen/student then... and then going to Jozi and seeing.sophisticated proper black people back then was ok this is different. But in Jozi I find the opinion of coloured people some times can be that we are thieves. Why I would want to work for a short period in Jozi is I love the entrepeneurship and confidence in the city

I went to joburg once for 3 days and that was only to get my passport to come to the USA I really need to check it out because I never knew there was so much differences between the two cities

Okay Sbu...this video surprised me profoundly!! Yet Again I haven't been to Cape Town as in live Ever!! So your review about Jozi surprised me...or maybe I've been just ignorant.

Hey I wanna go to South Africa for my gap year and I don't know if I wanna go to cape town or joburg. What would you recommend (I'm black/eastafrican btw). The school I will work at in joburg is predominantly white bur still diverse tho whereas in cape town its very black. idk if this info is important but idk where to go lmao

hi bro great video just got a new sub. from Barbados 🇧🇧🇧🇧

If im going ti S africa to visit better to go to joburg? Im a mauritian black please advice i may go. In dec

Totally agree

Wow I'm currently studying in CPT and the segregation is in your face you know. Sometimes it feels like CPT is just a nice tourist place only because of all the beautiful places you can visit, it's nice because of that. You have to have money to see the good side of this city. I hated cpt when I got here, my faith helped a lot coz after a while I just felt really uncomfortable living with resentment in my heart for a place I'm always in. So I decided to explore the other sides of cpt and there are good place and there are places you have to be extra careful, not in a way that gives away that you scared. Believing that my safety is really in God helps get out of Res. Now I don't hate it at all but I won't settle here. The transport system is another problem sometimes. I never used a train back in JHB but because its fast (sometimes) here in CPT I use it everyday. At first it was uncomfortable but now I enjoy it more that taking a bus or a taxi. I guess for me there is more tension in the bus, sometimes you feel like people don't want to use it but they don't have a choice coz the transport system is just not good. Thanks for the video ❤️❤️

Whites aren't in the middle.They are mostly in the western parts of Cape Town.Once you go more to the east the darker the people get.

i'm trying to plan a honeymoon and i'm not sure which place to visit...help!? We enjoy seeing a country for how it is but with some comfort and of course safety

So Joburg is the same as Johannasburg?

Even me! grew up in JHB, went to Wits for a year then ended up at UCT and was shook. The difference can be seen at both Universities as well. I couldn't believe I was still in an African city. If I went out in JHB I would probably be 1 in 6 white people at a party, as per demographics of the country obvs. But in Cape Town, wow, the inverse is palpable. My dad and my oupa still calls it 'the colony' or 'die kolonie' (my whole family is Afrikaans, we are all v white, which makes this more about the Anglo-Boer War). Thought it was too on the noes when my dad said that. JHB is a better city than CPT. full stop. soz for the rant.

The things about Cape Town are kinda true.As wonderful as it is.Cape Town is not the only great thing about South Africa.And I get angry when people say it is safe.I have lived in the Northern Cape but moved to Cape Town a few years ago.I loved Cape Town when I visited.But when I started to live here in Cape Town.I do not think of it the same way.The mountain and beach gets boring.But is tourist place.I get angry when people criticize Durban,Pretoria and Port Elizabeth.Pretoria and Port Elizabeth gets bad press for being boring.Durban gets bad press for being dangerous are smells bad.But I know those cities are great too.I just wish people could learn to appreciate.And don't have unrealistic expectations about the lifestyle.Cape Town is not really the clean and safe place you think.There are parts that are dirty and ugly.And there is a lot of crime.But if I say talk about how dangerous Cape Town is I am not only ruining the city but also the country

Cape Town is like an apartheid museum HAHAHAHHA true.Im actually more fearful in Cape Town because i'm always scared that a racial incident might happen to me :(

Oh yeah. We call Metrorail MetroFail in Cape Town.

i love your accent

Lol "the white people in jhb are much for more nicer than white people in cpt" 😂.

You right

Cool show.Please do more eps.

it's true.born in ct.the whites are more uptight there.the further north you go they more open to others

cool man

FACTS!!!! From Cape Town

It's all true shame what you say about Cape Town - Sad but true🙈🙈🙈 Still love Cape Town though; it's become like my second home🙂

can you just elaborate on how crazy the hobos in cape town are , theyre like CRAZY crazy

lol the last point killed me

Cheers from Brazil

You are so funny! I love this

johan looks super huge and cape town looks really nice and advanced esp for africa.

Thanks for addressing the racial difference between the two cities. Just don't let white people dominate South Africa/Africa. That fact that you said the white people are nicer in Joburg than CT tells me Cape Town is more racist and the structure of things has a lot to do with race. White people are natural born conquerors and they show their true colors when they don't have to be nice. White people are all about looking out for their people/white first above anything else/equality. This means they will build business in CT, hire only white people for important $$$ position and hire black people for slave labor, while trying not to look racist by employing blacks. I saw the Tariq Nasheed video on South Africa truth. BLACK PEOPLE, you can't let white people dominate AFRICA as a whole, they already dominate the rest of the world. When will you get tired of being treated like second class citizen and less than equal around the world and even in your own countries???!!! I'm tell you black people, Julius Malema is your only hope in South Africa in the long run. He is willing to fight racism and actually do something about it. He is the racist white man's worst nightmare in SA.

"the further you got out the circle the darker people get" LMAO

soo accurate

soo true!

I am so glad there is no sewerage pouring out of the pavements in Cape Town, like one experiences in Johannesburg, oh! By the way, all restaurants accept all races in Cape Town, in case you missed that!!

Broooooo your vids are amazing

Did he just say gautrain is affordable? 😂😂😂😂😂

SO TRUE ABOUT CAPE TOWN THOU!!

Metrorail is a train smash LOL

Li have definitely made my decision now joburg here I come

this is true

Here from the UK

Is JHB faster then CT?

Joburg is life

English access great

the weather sibu

What are you Sibu Black?

is joburg the same s johanusbug

Lol I love you dude

Morning! Happy VEDIM kids 💛