The view is impressive from the top of the Ponte Town, one of the most famous buildings in the South African city of Johannesburg.
Built in 1975, almost 200 m (656 feet) height, this is a long -created feature of urban horizon, once the highest residential building in Africa.
But, like in the city, he had his ups and falls. In the 1980s, he was captured by criminal gangs, and his hollow core was filled with garbage up to 50 m.
“The building was driven. There were no utilities, so most people actually threw the garbage right into the building until it reached the 14th floor,” said the Dealight Sithole, which conducted a tour of the building.
He added: “There were some corpses, illegal firearms, drugs. The smell, I’m sure it was just awful, just like it, on earth.
“If you asked someone to happen in this round building, someone will be something interesting or scared to say about it,” Syphis said, who works with Mr. Citala in an organization called Dlala Nje, which means “just play” In Zulu.
“People were afraid of the neighborhood,” he said.
Johannesburg was seen as one of the most dangerous cities in the world.
But the building turned about 15 years ago after the FIFA World Cup, which took place in South Africa, and people began to move back.
After Covid, people returned, and the building is now about three quarters.
Not the problems faced by Johannesburg and South Africa face.
Despite the signs of improvement of the most recent statistics, crime is still the main problem.
