A few of 33 things about Johannesburg, South Africa
NO. 32: Men sitting beside traffic lights making extraordinary sculptures of elephants, lions and antelopes any animal, really from wire and small colorful beads. (Robyn Dixon / Los Angeles Times)
NO. 19: Black gardeners or maids with their employers dogs, standing on street corners, chatting happily in the sun (Robyn Dixon / Los Angeles Times)
NO. 25: Pickup trucks, the back crammed with workmen on any road in any weather. (Robyn Dixon / Los Angeles Times)
NO. 1: Electric fences and security cameras on towering suburban walls. NO. 2: Walls being rebuilt to make them 10 feet or 12 feet high instead of just 8. (Robyn Dixon / Los Angeles Times)
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NO. 3: Wide, manicured strips of lawn lining the streets, with concrete planters, pompom-shaped roses, hedges trimmed into fancy balls or cones. But no sidewalks. (Robyn Dixon / Los Angeles Times)
NO. 6: Middle-aged maids wearing matching uniforms, kerchiefs and aprons in pastel colors: pink, pale blue, light green, buttercup yellow. (Robyn Dixon / Los Angeles Times)
NO. 4: Black people walking in the roads. NO. 5: White people not walking, but zipping around in fancy cars (preferred color: silver). (Robyn Dixon / Los Angeles Times)
