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Gauteng
Province, South Africa Travel Guide
If money makes the world
go round, Gauteng is one of its major axes. Meaning 'the place where the
gold is' Gauteng is the economic powerhouse of Africa. It is South Africa's
smallest, wealthiest and most frenetic province. Everything moves fast
- cars zoom down the highways, people walk fast through the malls and offices,
and new buildings spring up on the drab brown Highveld like so many glass
and chrome mushrooms.... |
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Johannesburg
Travel Guide
Johannesburg is about money.
It's a city built on dreams of great wealth - literally built on gold.
And while the gold mines are now on the outskirts of the city itself, it
is money that drives this vibrant city that is widely accepted to be the
economic powerhouse of Africa. Not many visitors actually put Johannesburg
on their itineraries but most end up spending a day or two here anyway,
as it is the main air traffic hub of southern Africa - in fact, of Africa... |
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Cradle
of Humankind Travel Guide
A mere hour's drive from
Johannesburg, the Cradle of Humankind is a place of major significance.
It was here we first became human. Here where we first stood upright on
our own two, rather oddly shaped, feet, explored the uses to which we could
put our usefully opposed thumbs, and experimented with more and more sophisticated
grunts as we tried to make sense of our environment. Its also the place
where 1.8 million years ago we first "domesticated" fire.... |
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Magaliesburg
Travel Guide
The Magaliesberg is a beautiful
low range of hills not far from the city of Johannesburg and close to the
town of Magaliesburg. Note the spelling. Magaliesburg is the town, Magaliesberg
is the range. But, hey, what’s in a name? Magaliesberg is a fun little
centre with a very countrified feel to it and loads of bucolic pleasures.... |
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Pretoria
(Tshwane) Travel Guide
Affectionately known as
the Jacaranda City for all the purple blossom-bedecked trees, which line
its thoroughfares in summer, Pretoria is an elegant, quiet city that's
a perfect contrast with its more frenetic neighbour, Johannesburg, just
half an hour away. Pretoria has a long, involved and fascinating history
- first as the capital of the independent Boer republic of the Transvaal,
then as one of the three capitals of South Africa, it became an international
synonym for apartheid.... |
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Business
Tourism in Johannesburg by Sarah Manners
Johannesburg: The City
of Gold The discovery of gold in what is now known as the city
of Johannesburg sparked off one of the fastest South African urban developments.
Johannesburg or the 'city of gold' as it is fondly referred to, is one
of the most diverse areas in South Africa. It is South Africa's premier
business destination and is as rich as the cultures and heritages made
up by its 5 million inhabitants... |
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Province |
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Limpopo
Travel Guide
Limpopo Province is Africa
undistilled. It is raw and wild and wonderfully enigmatic. With about half
of the Kruger National Park and many other game reserves, it has miles
and miles of untamed wilderness where the Big Five and other animals roam
in a space so large it may almost be considered unfenced. This low-lying
area, which is generally referred to as the Lowveld, is archetypical Africa
- broad-leafed open forest interspersed with grassy plains dominated by
huge bulbous baobab trees.... |
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South
Africa and The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park by Edward
Kirwan
South Africa has become,
in recent years an increasingly popular tourist destination. For many tourists
the size and diversity is so huge that the whole is difficult to grasp.
The National Game Parks have long been a favourite tourist destination.
The formation of the The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park takes this to
a new era.... |
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Northern
Cape Travel Guide
The Northern Cape is South
Africa's biggest and least densely populated province. Consisting mostly
of Karoo semi-desert and Kalahari thirstland, it's all about wide open
spaces, big skies and immense distances. But it's not all drab and dusty
by any means. The Orange River, which flows through the province, is a
long, luscious, linear oasis where the combination of generous irrigation
and
year-round sunshine produces succulently sweet grapes for the fashionable
tables of the world as well as a significant crop for wine production.... |
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Conflict
Diamonds And The Kimberley Process by John Pollard
As the world's most concentrated,
portable and anonymous form of wealth, diamonds make an ideal vehicle to
launder money from and raise money for criminal and terrorist operations.
Throughout the 1990s, murderous rebel factions in Angola and Sierra Leone
used their country's diamond riches to buy arms and wage war against legitimate
governments... |
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Kimberley
- a diamond in the wilderness! by Suzanne Whitby
On the border of the Northern
Cape and Free State, 177km west of Bloemfontein, lies Kimberley, the capital
of the of the Northern Cape. When you think of Kimberley and its Diamond
fields, it is easy to imagine a wonderland of romance and riches... |
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Kimberley
Travel Guide
The most notable thing about
Kimberley is a huge hole in the ground, but it’s not just any hole – it’s
what’s left over after the removal of about three tons of diamonds. Measuring
over a kilometre deep, with a surface area of 17ha, it’s the world’s largest
hand-dug hole – a monument to the lengths (and depths) humans will go in
search of wealth.... |
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Namaqualand:
The Floral Kingdom of Africa by Bronwen E. Roberts
Foreigners and locals return
time and again to this wonderland of colour. The miracle of a parched landscape
slowly evolving through the seasons into a huge carpet of wild flowers
is breathtaking. The best time to view this unique floral display is from
mid-August to October... |
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Travelers
fascinated by World Renowned Meerkats by Gillian Meier
 Famous
for being the world’s largest man-made hole, Kimberley (South Africa’s
historic mining town) is becoming increasingly popular to tourists not
only for having been blessed with some of the world’s most precious diamonds,
but also for being a sacred haven for the creator’s beautiful Meerkat species.... |
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West Province |
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North
West Province Travel Guide
The North West Province
is mostly pretty close to the urban conurbation of Johannesburg and Pretoria.
While vast areas are dedicated to maize and cattle farming, and the mining
industry is very well developed, there are some wonderful destinations.
The fantastic Madikwe Game Reserve, right on the Botswana border is a wonderful
place with all of the Big Five and - major bonus - a large population of
the gorgeous and endangered African wild dog.... |
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Vredefort
Dome, World Heritage Site Travel Guide
South Africa’s most recent
UNESCO World Heritage Site is Vredefort Dome, a dramatic landscape formed
by the impact of a massive meteorite impact structure, called an astrobleme.
Situated roughly 120km south west of Johannesburg in the Free State, it
dates back 2,023 million years and is the oldest astrobleme on the planet.
Not only is it the granddaddy of meteorite craters, Vredefort Dome is also
the deepest and largest with a radius of 190km.... |
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National Park and Sun City |
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Pilanesberg
National Park
The Pilanesberg National
Park is located in North West Province in South Africa, west of Pretoria.
The park borders with the entertainment complex Sun City. The park was
originally owned by three local tribes, and now by the north west parks
board... |
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Sun
City, North West Province, South Africa
Sun City is a luxury South
African casino resort, situated in the North West Province. It is located
about two hours' drive from Johannesburg, close to the city of Rustenburg.
The complex borders the Pilanesberg National Park. Sun City was developed
by the hotel magnate Sol Kerzner as part of his Sun International group
of properties..... |
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