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Smit Street, running north of Joubert Park, marks the boundary with infamous and densely populated Hillbrow , dominated by multistorey apartment buildings, all crammed with people. Traditionally, Hillbrow attracts the city's new immigrants. Immediately after World War II, the typical immigrant was English, Italian or East European. These days, Africans from all over the continent are arriving in numbers, lending the area a uniquely pan-African atmosphere, with music from Lagos to Kinshasa pumping from the bars and clubs. Along the many side streets, the scene is distinctly seedy, with drug pushers loitering outside gaudy strip joints. The main thoroughfares, with their markets, clubs and bars, teem with activity, but the suburb is widely recognized as a no-go area for tourists; your best chance to experience it is to visit one of the better-known nightclubs or bars in a group, accompanied by a knowledgeable local.

If you're in the area, keep an eye out for Hillbrow's most famous apartment building, the

Ponti or "le petit Kinshasa", the round tower visible from miles around that is home to many of the suburb's Congolese immigrants. Also worth a look is the lovely mock-Tudor Windybrow Theatre , tucked away on the corner of Nugget and Pietersen streets.

Berea is mostly residential, dominated by tower blocks crammed with people. Its streets are increasingly monopolized by drug dealers and prostitutes, and most people who can afford to move away are doing so.

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