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Recruitment agencies around Johannesburg find work and make it for themselves. Affectionately known to its inhabitants as Jozi the city was founded on gold. The land that is now a city was originally a ridge of lonely hills. They were sparsely populated because the winters are cold on the high veld and there were few sheltering trees. The hunter gatherers who wandered past streams of white water were blissfully unaware of the untold treasures beneath their feet. Johannesburg is a large city in Africa and one of the biggest metropolitan areas on the continent. Like most other cities that began as mining towns it has a distinctive rumbustious character. People who live there seem to quickly pick up 'can do' attitudes. They move quickly, speak in the latest jargon or weasel word terms and drive fast. If they have not already made money they tend to be en route to so doing. But not all people in Jozi are millionaires. For many years migrant workers have come in on trains, worked in mines and sent their earnings home to support families. In some cases they have stayed and become permanent residents, contributing to the expanding population and imbued with the same go-getting spirit of the neighbors. Most of the great mines that were once the deepest and most lucrative in the world are now empty. Their head gear is being dismantled and sold as junk and the golden dumps that were once waste now yield very few grammes per ton as they are re-cycled as waste. Despite this the city rumbles above the empty tunnels carried forward by its own momentum. Unlike other urban giants Jozi is not a port or border town. With its gold gone it has no reason to exist except its population of energetic and enterprising people. They have become its golden resource. Their energy and activity generates the economic life that hums out from the city through a network of roads and routes into the rest of the country. The city and its people form a hub around which the economy of the country revolves. Their initiative spills out from the center into surrounding territories. Banks, insurance companies, green industries and software companies are headquartered in Joburg with tentacles reaching out to touch the remotest corners of the country. The solid network of roads and rails is supplemented now by a much more intricate network of electronic communication channels. In general it has at last dawned on economists that the richness of a culture is more important for economic growth than science and technology are. People who enjoy sport, like art and understand the need for environmental protection created demands. Technology seeks way to satisfy demand and so economies thrive. Recruitment agencies around Johannesburg once sought miners to dig with spades and picks but now they search for more sophisticated and skilled people to serve an economy that has advanced far beyond mining. The wealth generated by gold has been used to build mansions and establish art galleries, theaters and advanced facilities. All these constructions are part of a self-sustaining economy. That needs a constant supply of sophisticated workers in many new economic initiatives.
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