Gauteng · South Africa Capital

Joanesburgo

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What to expect from Joanesburgo.

Johannesburg is South Africa’s largest city and the capital of Gauteng, founded in 1886 with the Witwatersrand gold rush. For visitors it is the city of apartheid history and of Nelson Mandela: the Apartheid Museum, Mandela House and the Hector Pieterson memorial in Soweto, Constitution Hill and Liliesleaf farm. Northwest lies the Cradle of Humankind, with the Sterkfontein caves and the Maropeng visitor centre.

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The local experience

What to see in Joanesburgo

Museum

Museu do Apartheid

Museum south of central Johannesburg that tells the story of apartheid, from 1948 to the 1994 elections, with films, photos and objects — a long, intense visit.

House museum

Mandela House

Brick house on Vilakazi Street in Soweto where Nelson Mandela lived from 1946 to 1962, converted into a museum with the family's objects and photos.

Memorial

Memorial e Museu Hector Pieterson

Memorial and museum in Soweto about the student uprising of 16 June 1976, when 12-year-old pupil Hector Pieterson was killed by police.

Historic site

Constitution Hill

Former prison in central Johannesburg where Mandela and Gandhi were held; today it houses the Constitutional Court, with museums and guided tours.

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Museum

Fazenda de Liliesleaf

Former farm in Rivonia that served as a hideout for leaders of the movement against apartheid until the police raid of 1963, now a museum.

World Heritage

Berço da Humanidade

Region of limestone caves northwest of Johannesburg, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with the Maropeng visitor centre and the Sterkfontein caves.

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