Car hire is easy to do, and car hire from car hire in Johannesburg, South Africa could not be simpler. All our airports and major cities have car hire offices. O. R. Tambo International Airport and Johannesburg, Pomona is relatively near the city and has easy access by way of major hi-ways, from any point on the compass. Once you have settled in take a trip around Johannesburg. Joburg as the locals know it has the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is also one of the 40 largest metropolitan areas in the world. It is also the source of a large-scale gold and diamond trade, due to its location on the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range the stretches through it. The mining in this area is what made the city so great on the Southern part of Africa. Soweto is an acronym for "South-Western Townships", Soweto originated as a collection of settlements on the outskirts of Johannesburg populated mostly by native African workers who worked in the gold mining industry. Many tourists may find the air a little thin here, as the city is 1,753 m above sea level. Various sportsmen and teams usually have to acclimatise to the thin air before they play any matches.