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A Sightseeing Tour Around the Earth : Gauteng South Africa

By Salvatore and GabriellaHomeschooled in Johannesburg South Africa by

PennyiLearn ppm1- Places and Perspectives

January – May 2008

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GAUTENG SOUTH AFRICA

We live in Bedfordview, which falls into Ekurhuleni. Click on the link below:http://www.youtube.com/visitgauteng?target=

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GAUTENG FACTSCapital: Johannesburg

Languages: 21.5% isiZulu, 14.4% Afrikaans, 13.1% Sesotho, 12.5% EnglishPopulation: 9 525 571 (2006)

Share of SA population: 20.1%

Area: 16 548 square kilometers

Share of total SA area: 1.4%

Population density: 576 people per square kilometers

Gross regional product: R413.6-billion

Share of total SA GDP: 33.3%

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History of Gauteng

Click on these links for a history of Gauteng:

http://www.xtimeline.com/events.aspx?q=Bif200804260253058128281&p=1

http://www.southafrica.co.za/history_28.html

Views of Johannesburg skyline

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Historic Buildings of Johannesburg

Johannesburg was founded in 1886 and

is the largest and most populous city in South Africa. It is the provincial capital of

Gauteng, the wealthiest province

in South Africa, having the largest economy of any

metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan

Africa. The city is one of the 40 largest

metropolitan areas in the world, it is Africa's most

advanced city, and one of Africa's only

two global cities, the other being Cairo.

Arial view of the city centre

Anglo-American HO Barbican Building

Ansteys Tower, located at 59

Joubert Street is now a national

monument. This building was once the home of Cecil Williams (actor, playwright, and

member of Umkhonto we Sizwe). Nelson Mandela was

disguised as Cecil Williams' driver when he was captured on 5 August 1962.

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Johannesburg City Hallnow houses the Gauteng provinciallegislature

While Johannesburg does not form one of South Africa's three capital cities, it does house the Constitutional Court- South

Africa's highest court.

Johannesburg is the source of a large-scale gold and diamond trade, due to its location on the mineral –rich Witwatersrand

range of hills.

Johannesburg is also served by O.R Tambo , the largest and busiest airport in Africa and a gateway for international air

travel to and from the rest of southern Africa.

Soweto is situate in the south west of Johannesburg. Soweto is a township that the apartheid government established to

accommodate the large number of migrant workers who came to Johannesburg from their villages and towns to work

on the mines of Witwatersrand.

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The Hillbrow Tower is the highest structure in Johannesburg, and is probably the city's

most recognisable landmark. The Hillbrow Tower (previously known as the JG

Strijdom Tower) was built over three years, between June 1968 and April 1971, and is 269m high. It is owned by Telkom

(previously by the Post Office) and is used as a microwave tower. It used to boast a revolving restaurant, but was closed in January 1981 for security reasons. The

tower had a blue illuminated Telkom sign installed on 31 May 2005, and was

renamed as the Telkom Joburg Tower. It is interesting to note that the height of the Hillbrow Tower is virtually the same as

the length of the Titanic (269m).

The Standard Bank building is unique in Johannesburg, in that it was built from

the top down. After the central core was built, the floors were suspended from three cantilevered arms, with the top floors added first, followed by each

lower floor. The building is organised into three hanging volumes of nine

office floors each, with air conditioning plants housed between the sections. Photograph on right courtesy of

www.joburg.org.za

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Since 2007 with all the new investments into the city centre, the money is being poured into restoring

Joburg's CBD.

Johannesburg Art Gallery, Astor Building and WLD High Court Witwatersrand

For more on the restoration of Johannesburg inner city click onto these interesting links:

http://www.joburg.org.za/content/view/1902/203/http://www.joburgnews.co.za/nov_2002/nov22_heritage.stm

http://www.joburg.org.za/content/view/126/58/

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Sir Herbert Baker buildings

Stone House, Sir Herbert Baker’s home in Parktown Johannesburg

http://www.southafricaholiday.org.uk/culture/fp_herbert_baker.htm

Rodean Girls School, Johannesburg

St John’s College for Boys, Johannesburg

Northwards,Johannesburg

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GOLD REEF CITY

Built around the No. 14 shaft of Crown Mines, this city is an authentic

reproduction of Johannesburg at the beginning of the 1900s.

There are fully furnished miner's houses with original furniture and fittings,

including pressed ceilings.

The museum exhibits include antique clothing and children's toys, which take

the visitor back 100 years to the city that was. A train encircles the park and

many shops offer interesting curios.

You can also visit the original gold mine in a lift that goes down to 220 meters below the surface. An on site casino is open 24

hours daily.

http://www.goldreefcity-mint.co.za/

http://www.goldreefcity.co.za/theme_park/index.asp

Authentic mining equipment in

museum

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APARTHEID MUSEUM,Johannesburg

The Apartheid Museum was built to celebrate the triumph of the human spirit over adversity, inequality and

humiliation.

Beginning in 1948, the white elected National Party government implemented the policy of apartheid which turned 20 million people into second class citizens,

damning them to a life of servitude, humiliation and abuse.

Their liberation in 1994 with the election of Nelson Mandela, the prisoner who

became president, is a climax in the saga of a nation's resistance, courage

and fortitude.

The Apartheid Museum , the first of its kind, illustrates the rise and fall of

apartheid.

Click on this link to a video introduction to the museum:

http://www.nowmediawebcasting.co.za/

clients/apartheid/

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MANDELA FAMILY MUSEUM, Soweto Johannesburg

With FW de Klerk, with whom he was

awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Nelson Mandela's humble little house in Orlando West, Soweto, now called the Mandela Family Museum, is an

interesting stopover for those who want to peep into the life of the “Black Pimpernel”, the world's most famous former

prisoner.

http://www.sa-venues.com/attractionsga/mandela-museum.htm

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NEWTOWN CULTURAL PRECINCT,

Johannesburg

Newtown is central to all-year Jozi culture and the annual highlight, Arts Alive International Festival, held every September – decidedly, a high point on Johannesburg’s arts and culture calendar, when patrons

of the arts spill in and out of every available venue.

For a map of Newtown click on this link:www.joburg-archive.co.za/maps/IMS_NEWTOWN.pdf

Market theatrehttp://www.markettheatre.co.za/

The indelible Kippies Café celebrating the

contributions of musicians to African

Jazz. It is named after jazz legend Kippie

MoeketsiMoyo (the Swahili word for soul...  )

Restaurant at the Market Theatrehttp://www.moyo.co.za/

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NEWTOWN CULTURAL PRECINCT,

Johannesburg

Brenda Fassie, South Africa's undisputed queen

of pop, Dubbed the "Madonna of the Townships" in a 2001 Time Magazine interview,

Fassie emerged at the height of the anti-

apartheid struggle in the 1980s to

give a voice to marginalised black South

Africans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrinswnda3Q&feature=related

A bronze statue of Brenda Fassie outside Bassline

Jazz Club

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NELSON MANDELA BRIDGE

Paris has its Eiffel Tower, New York its Statue of Liberty, Sydney its Harbour

Bridge. On 20 July, Johannesburg opened the largest cable-stayed bridge in southern Africa. Who else to name it after but Nelson Mandela, the man who led South Africa across the apartheid

divide?

Together, the Newtown and Braamfontein developments form a "cultural arc" linking the Newtown

Cultural Precinct with the Constitution Hill precinct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela_Bridge

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SOPHIATOWN,Johannesburg

Originally called Sophiatown, it was destroyed, and a white

suburb called Triomf (Triumph) was established in

its place by the apartheid government, before the name Sophiatown was

officially restored in 2006.

Sophiatown became the symbolic center of black

culture around Johannesburg in the 1940s and ‘50s. It was a focus of arts, politics, religion, and

entertainment.

In the early hours, heavily armed police entered Sophiatown to force

residents out of their homes and load their belongings onto government

trucks. The residents were taken to a large tract of land, thirteen miles from

the city centre, to the aptly-named empty fields of Meadowlands (now

part of Soweto) Resistance was only peaceful.

The government bulldozed Sophiatown by the end of 1963(except for the

Anglican Church of Christ the King and rebuilt it as a white only suburb

named Triomf (Afrikaans for triumph). The ANC government restored the

name Sophiatown in the late 1990s, although the name change was only

completed in February 2006.

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OLD FORT, CONSTITUTION HILL Johannesburg

The Constitutional Court is a

groundbreaking building that not only houses the 11 judges

who guard South Africa's Constitution

but also which stands as an icon of our new culture of democracy and human rights.

It is fitting that the Court, a symbol of the democracy that replaced apartheid, has been built on the site of

the Old Fort, Johannesburg's notorious prison - symbolising the triumph of hope over a troubled

past.The building, which reflects the values of our new

culture of constitutionalism, needed a court chamber, public areas, a library, public reading

space and rooms for 11 judges and other staff. Few modern South African buildings have inspired as

much awe and excitement as this one.

http://www.constitutionalcourt.org.za/site/home.htm

http://www.concourt.gov.za/text/tour/main.html

http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/media/1997/9707/

s970714b.htm

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http://www.jhbzoo.org.za/

The main purpose of the Johannesburg Zoo is the accommodation,

enrichment, husbandry and medical care of wild animals. The

Johannesburg Zoo contributes to the quality of life of the citizens of Joburg through education, conservation, research and recreation of wild animals.

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JOHANNESBURG BOTANICAL GARDENSAs Joburg started as a fast growing, rough

and raw mining camp little attention was paid to the provision of parks for its

residents. Joubert Park, the first established park in the city and later

home of the Johannesburg Art Gallery. A parks department was established only after the Anglo-Boer South African War (1899 – 1902) when a start was made

with the development of parks and recreational spaces.

As land along the main Witwatersrand gold reef was being mined for gold, it was hard to find land for recreational purposes. ‘The Wilds’ – a reserve for

indigenous shrubs and flowers in Houghton – was established in 1938. Bezuidenhout Park, on the eastern

outskirts, was developed in 1945. The homestead and cemetery of the original

owners, the Bezuidenhout family, still exists. Many other parks and

sanctuaries followed all over the city and its suburbs.

The Botannical Gardens opened in 1968.

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The Crocodile Ramble, Magaliesburghttp://www.theramble.co.za/

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Croc City Crocodile Farm provides the

opportunity to observe one of the world's most spectacular predators at close range. You are also given the chance to HOLD a

hatchling. On display we have croc hatchlings to large adults of up to

five meters in length.

The maze is now 30%

larger and the beautiful Garden of Reflection is filled with poetry and roses and things

spinning and dancing in the

wind!

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The Lion Park offers terrific close-up views and other experiences with lions, as well as rare white lions.

Other large predators at the Lion Park include cheetahs, brown and spotted hyenas, wild dogs and jackals. Superb

filming and photographic opportunities are also possible.

http://www.lion-park.com/

“Dangerous Liasons “A story about dangerous

companionshttp://www.lion-park.com/c

ompanions2.htm

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The colourfully painted homes of the Ndebele villagers are an irresistible photo opportunity, and

you must buya beautiful Ndebele doll!

The sensational handcraft beadwork of the Ndebele woman folk make for a special addition to you curio

collection.

http://www.lesedi.com/

This is a charming, authentic and earthy African

experience in the heart of the bush, a cultural village with exciting traditional dance display, craft market, pub, restaurant, junction venue

and conference centre.

Lesedi Ndebele VillageMAPOCH VILLAGE

This living cultural village (a “kraal”) offers fascinating

history and an environment where modern cultures blend naturally with the values and norms of the Ndebele people.

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CONCLUSION

There are many more fascinating and beautiful places to visit in South Africa, but we have

chosen places which we really enjoy visiting, and which are of historical importance for us.

Visit this blog and have a look at the tour you are taken of around Johannesburg.

http://johannesburgdailyphoto.blogspot.com/

http://gardkarlsen.com/johannesburg_south_africa_2004.htm Bruma Craft Market

Beautiful art and crafts in Newtown Cultural Precinct

We hope that you have not only enjoyed our tour of Gauteng, but that you have learnt about of interesting, beautiful country and in particular, the province where we live.

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