• Africa’s shopping Mecca: Sandton City, Nelson Mandela Square, Mall of Rosebank, Eastgate, Greenstone Mall, Hyde Park, Cresta, Melrose Arch, Northgate, Southgate, The Glen, Clearwater Mall, Maponya Mall, Dobsonville, Fourways Mall, Westgate and Carlton Centre. • Museum Africa and Market Theatre complex are steeped in South African cultural history. • Constitution Hill including the new Constitutional Court on the site of the Old Fort Prison. • The Nelson Mandela Bridge joins Constitution Hill to Newtown as a symbol of hope and renewal. • The Cradle of Humankind is a World Heritage Site and home to the Sterkfontein Caves where nearly half the world’s hominoid fossils have been discovered including Mrs Ples, the first identified “missing link”. • The Wonder Cave is two billion years-old.
• The Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve and The Ann van Dyk Cheetah Centre are popular places to view Africa’s big cats and the endangered rhino. • The Union Buildings are an architectural masterpiece designed by Sir Herbert Baker in Pretoria, or the ‘Jacaranda City’. • The Voortrekker Monument was completed in 1949 as a tribute to the pioneering Boer families. • Pretoria’s National Zoological Gardens is home to 4,300 animals from every continent. • The Tswaing Meteorite Crater is a salty wetland conservation area and home to numerous bird, plant and small mammal species. • The FNB Stadium, also known as ‘Soccer City’, is an impressive stadium that was the home of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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