{"id":209949,"date":"2017-11-09T18:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=209949"},"modified":"2017-11-09T18:06:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T16:06:17","slug":"how-south-africas-biggest-cities-have-changed-over-the-past-70-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/209949\/how-south-africas-biggest-cities-have-changed-over-the-past-70-years\/","title":{"rendered":"How South Africa’s biggest cities have changed over the past 70 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa has many old cities that have gone through some massive changes over the past few decades.<\/p>\n

Notably, the country’s oldest cities are also some of its biggest, not only in their respective regions, but also in the country as a whole.<\/p>\n

The pictures below show how these South African cities have changed over the last few decades,\u00a0using Google Earth\u2019s 3D mapping technology to replicate the same frames as archived images of the city.<\/p>\n

For a look at how some specific cities have changed over the past few decades, be sure to check out:<\/p>\n