Johannesburg Rises Amid Inequality as Gateway to Africa
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Trent Barcroft and his wife Cathy were headed home from grocery shopping in a Johannesburg suburb when their car was rammed from behind. Barcroft stepped out and was shot in the stomach. As he lay on the roadside three men stole the couple’s mobile phones and jewelry.
A few months after the February 2013 assault, he was back at work and still in South Africa’s commercial hub.