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JOHANNESBURG
INTRODUCTION
Vibrant, exciting Johannesburg,
the provincial capital of Gauteng offers visitors a large selection of
recreational, cultural and historical attractions. The history of
Johannesburg extends back to 1886 when George Harrison discovered gold on
the farm Langlaagte. Gold Diggers and fortune hunters arrived in droves
and soon a tent town had sprung up, which later became the city that is
now South Africa's main commercial centre.
ATTRACTIONS
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The area contains
archaeological sites dating to the Early, Middle and Late Stone Age, the
Early and Late Iron Age
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Boer War
relics.
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The Cradle
of Humankind also boasts a show cave which dates back some 2 200 million
years.
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Wonder Cave has features such as 15 m
formations, cave pearls, rimstone pools and stalactites.
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There's also one
of the first gold mine in the Witwatersrand, the old Kromdraai Gold Mine
dating back to 1881
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