‘Johannesburg in the late 1940s’

An aerial view of Johannesburg in the late 1940s shows a prosperous young city fed by gold mining. It doesn't show the daily suffering and indignity of the black labour needed to mine the gold. (SA Ports and Railways Archive / View from Above)

An aerial view of Johannesburg in the late 1940s shows a prosperous young city fed by gold mining. It doesn’t show the daily suffering and indignity of the black labour needed to mine the gold. (SA Ports and Railways Archive / View from Above)

An aerial view of Johannesburg in the late 1940s shows a prosperous young city fed by gold mining. It doesn’t show the daily suffering and indignity of the black labour needed to mine the gold. (SA Ports and Railways Archive / View from Above)