 Kunyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekuumbwa kweFederation yeMalaysia muna 1963, Johor Bahru akaramba ari guta guru renyika uye kumwe kuvandudzwa kwakaitwa, nekuwedzera kweguta uye kuvakwa kwemataundi matsva nemaindasitiri. Kurwisana kweIndonesiahaina kukanganisa Johor Bahru zvakananga sezvo nzvimbo huru yekumhara yeIndonesia muJohor yaive muLabis neTenang mudunhu reSegamat pamwe nedunhu rePontian. Kune sangano rimwe chete revasori reIndonesia rinoshanda mutaundi, rinozivikanwa se Gerakan Ekonomi Melayu Indonesia GEMI. Vaiwanzosangana nevanhu vokuIndonesia vaigara ikoko kuti vape mashoko kumakomando eIndonesia kusvikira pakaputika bhomba paMacDonald House muSingapore muna 1965. Pakutanga kwema1990, guta rakanga rakura zvikuru muhukuru, uye rakapihwa zviri pamutemo chinzvimbo cheguta musi wa1 Ndira 1994. Johor Bahru City Council yakaumbwa uye nzvimbo huru yeguta iripo, Dataran Bandaraya Johor Bahru, yakavakwa kurangarira chiitiko ichi. Nzvimbo yepakati yebhizinesi yakagadziriswa pakati peguta kubva pakati pemakore ekuma1990 munzvimbo yakatenderedza Wong Ah Fook Street. Hurumende yenyika nehurumende yemubatanidzwa yakapa mari yakawanda yekusimudzira guta - kunyanya zvakanyanya mushure megore ra2006, apo Iskandar Malaysia yakaumbwa. Zvisinei, makore anopfuura 10 okuvakwa kwezvivako zvisingadzorwi muIskandar, zvikurukuru dzimba dzokugara dzakakwirira zvikuru nedzimba dzokutengeserana, zvakatungamirira kukuwanda kwakakomba kwezvivako zvakadaro munharaunda. Vanhu vanogara mudzimba dzakakwirira vanofungidzirwa kuti vachaderera kusvika pa50 muzana, uye vezvokutengeserana pa65 muzana, panopera gore ra2019 nekuda kwekuramba vachiuya. 