Gauteng Tour, Gauteng Travel Tips
April 18, 2008
Its believed that Gauteng has one of the world’s best climates. Winter days are clear and crisp, while its wind free & warm during summer days. In summer there is frequent rain & in afternoon thunderstorms generally for a short time. With early morning frost, the winters are relatively dry & mild.
Its about 2degrees which Pretoria & Johannesburg differ in temperatures & of the two, Pretoria being the warmer.
Being a place of Gold, Gauteng gets the attention of big business.
The place has many museums, historic battlefields & galleries. Despite of this, its is also an entertainment playground for she has high-class restaurants music venues & shopping malls.
From Johannesburg, its 45km away 4m the human kind cradle. Living in good Sterfo kntein rural valley environment. It’s the worlds heritage site & worlds richest hominid site and its surrounded by great Palaeo anthropological sites.
The Lesedi cultural village is a multi village situated in Prestine bush held & rocky hills with red blankets & well-thatched homes lived the Xhosa & Zulu with their fighting shields, drums, straw pedi & pedi country yards & Basotho with ponces.
The major attraction is the Hartebeest sport with its stunning scenery & approximately near Pretoria & Johannesburg & it’s a recreation area of Gauteng in the North.
The dam walls are the country’s only Roman Triumphal Arch Style wall & open to all. From the times of Apartheid, Soweto is a former township. From Johannesburg its 15km away. Its 63km2 and a total of 3million people are believed to be in the area.
Gauteng Province South Africa
April 18, 2008
Gauteng Province South Africa.
Among the 9 provinces in S. Africa, Gauteng is the smallest, totalling 18810 sq km. The 3 major towns in Gauteng are; Soweto, Johannesburg, and Tshwane (Pretoria).
The province’s history dates back to 218000BC. This is when Meteorite created the Tswaing Crater of Tshwane in the North.
Because of the mined Gold in the area, Gauteng is very known as a Gold province. One of the major economic provinces in S. Africa.
Gauteng Province is a multicultural and cosmopolitan mixed group of people ranging from vibrant Soweto Metropolis then dynamic Johannesburg Gold city to Pretoria’s three-lined diplomacy. Gauteng’s social legacy and cultural heritage is seen as a multi cultural melting pot. This is true because of the many theatres, museums, craft markets, precincts and galleries.
Gauteng province capital Johannesberg offers visitors with a number of recreation historical and cultural attractions. From Johannesberg, it is 50km away.
The city of Pretoria is covered with shrub trees and beautiful colour gardens. This is occasionally seen in spring in Mauve, when jacarandas grow up.
Gauteng history refers to people who suffered in this place and a scar of a crushing meteorite. The people and kingdoms of Gauteng refer to the stories and their oral traditions of their ancestors.
Take time here to discover Gauteng’s history of its people Twana, Pedi and Basotho people who settle in the mountain plains.
Experience the real diverse history by learning about the wars and their ways of living.
Its hard for people in Gauteng to forget telling their stories, yet a gain you can find many monuments to tell regional battles fought.
In Pretoria, it’s the women’s memorial and in Soweto, it’s the Hector Peterson memorial. These are some of the historic testimonies.
Sharpeville memorial reminds us of the protestors that were killed. The hector Peterson memorial pays tribute to the Soweto youth members who died in the 1976 uprising.
