See the Sights, Hear the Sounds TSHWANE EXPERIENCE BUCKET LIST the CAPITAL EXPERIENCES DISCOVER THINGS to ESSENTIAL ADVENTURE TRAVEL INFO ACTIVITIES SEE & DO
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A VISITORS’ GUIDE See the sights, hear the sounds TSHWANE EXPERIENCE BUCKET LIST THE CAPITAL EXPERIENCES DISCOVER THINGS TO ESSENTIAL ADVENTURE TRAVEL INFO ACTIVITIES SEE & DO discovertshwane.com @DISCOVERTSHWANE www.DiscoverTshwane.com - 4 - CONTENTS Experience Discover Jacaranda the Capital 6 our Gems16 City 20 Adventure Things To Bucketlist Activities18 See and Do30 Experiences38 -8- -9- -10- -12- -22- About City of Map of Essential Discover Tshwane Wonders Tshwane Travel Info Mamelodi -27- -46- -48- -52- -54- Tshwane Tshwane Taste of Travelling 10 Reasons Neighbourhoods on a Budget Tshwane in Tshwane to invest in Tshwane DISCOVER TSHWANE - 5 - FOREWORD GREETINGS FROM THE CAPITAL CITY! Welcome to our very first issue Immerse yourself in Tshwane’s of the Discover Tshwane visitors’ diverse tourism experiences and guide, the go-to magazine that then begin planning your next trip provides visitors with information on to our warm, vibrant and welcoming the City of Tshwane and its tourism city. offering. For more comprehensive Many people always ask what information about our destination, makes our city & region different, please access our website on: the answer to that question lies discovertshwane.com or get in touch in-between the covers of this with us through #discovertshwane magazine. on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. It is full of great tips and ideas Enjoy your time in the City of that will help you maximize your Tshwane! experience of Tshwane when you get to visit. Through it, you will fall in love with our rich natural, cultural Immerse yourself and heritage resources, a number of in Tshwane’s beautiful buildings and attractions - “ from Church Square to the Palace of diverse tourism Justice, The Voortrekker Monument, experiences. Freedom Park, the Union Buildings and the Nan-Hua Buddhist temple ” just to name a few. THE DISCOVER TSHWANE TEAM Published by the Tshwane Economic Development Agency (TEDA). Editorial Team: Mandla Ndlovu, Sibulele P. Mbalo, Hulisani Thabela, Noxolo Greaver, Kholiswa Mokone and Ayanda Thabede TEDA is a municipal entity of the City of Tshwane. Visit www.teda.org.za and DiscoverTshwane.com DISCOVER TSHWANE - 6 - EXPERIENCE THE CAPITAL Welcome To Tshwane Tshwane is a thriving, cosmopolitan park that promotes a culture of city that is home to some three innovation and competitiveness million residents. within its associated businesses and knowledge-based institutions. The city is the country’s capital It focuses on growth in the city – most of the government biosciences, smart industries and administrative departments are green and sustainable energy based in Tshwane. We are the sectors. country’s diplomatic centre – we are home to the second-largest To put it into a few words, a visit contingent of diplomats (134 to Tshwane is a visit to the whole embassies and high commissions). country, here you will meet the Only Washington DC has a larger diverse and friendly people of the diplomatic community. country, where you can experience the African outdoors in our many We are the country’s knowledge hub nature and game reserves and – some would say the continent’s where you will be able to trace our knowledge capital. Some 60% of the dramatic history and our walk to country’s research and development freedom. takes place in Tshwane. Within easy reach of our central We are home to tertiary institutions business districts are game reserves including the University of South within the Dinokeng area, where you Africa, the University of Pretoria and will be able to go on game drives to Tshwane University of Technology. see the Big Five. You will also find the Council for To put it into a few Scientific and Industrial Research words, a visit to here, along with the South African “ National Space Agency based at the Tshwane is a visit Innovation Hub. to the whole The Innovation Hub itself is a top- level science and technology country.” - 7 - Freedom Park will give you a depth important business events of understanding of the road South destination. Annually, we are Africa – and, indeed, Africa – has host to a number of international travelled while the Voortrekker conferences and exhibitions, and our Monument will shed light on the infrastructure is world-class. We are history of the Afrikaners. within easy reach from OR Tambo International Airport by the Gautrain When spring arrives, we celebrate rapid rail link. the blossoming of the jacaranda trees. Our central business district takes on a delicate purple hue as these trees come to life after winter. The City of Tshwane is also an Photo Courtesy of: South African Tourism - 8 - ABOUT TSHWANE Tshwane is the seat of government, a Another one of Tshwane’s natural meeting place of the world and capital treasures is the Tswaing Meteorite Crater, of the “Rainbow Nation”. It is the largest which is some 220 000 years old and is municipality domestically (and the 3rd one of the youngest and best preserved largest in the world after New York and small, bowl-shaped meteorite craters Tokyo), when measured by land area. The in the world. It is 100m deep and 1,3 km city has a population of approximately 3,5 wide and its site has been developed million residents and its main economic into an enviro-museum and a national sectors include community services, destination for eco-tourism. government, finance and manufacturing (with the automotive industry The Nan Hua Buddist Temple is one representing the most significant among old and modern cathedrals, component of the manufacturing sector). mosques, temples and churches found here that give a sense of the diversity of Tshwane is home to over 130 embassies, this place and its inhabitants. representing the second largest concentration of these after Washington The City of Tshwane is the largest DC. Tshwane is a knowledge hub, with provider of free Wi-Fi in South Africa with 8 of the 9 South Africa research and capacity for 1 million users at hotspots development institutions based here. It is in public spaces. The free wi-fi internet the only city in Africa with a Big 5 nature connectivity provides opportunities for reserve, the 90 000 - hectare Dinokeng citizens in previously disadvantaged Game reserve, where the brave can areas to access information and research walk among the lions and the rest of the through the provision of 1GB of data per animals. user per day on a complimentary basis. DISCOVER TSHWANE - 9 - THE CITY OF WONDERS TSHWANE POPULATION – 3 555 741 (source: cogta.gov.za) TOTAL LAND AREA - 6 298km2 Approximately 134 diplomatic missions & 26 international organisations represented in Tshwane. Approximately 60% : an estimate of all research and development in South Africa conducted in Tshwane. Largest provider of free Wi-Fi in South Africa. Dinokeng Big 5 Game Reserve: makes Tshwane the only city in the world with a big-five game reserve within city boundaries. Home to the Nan Hua Buddhist Temple, the largest in the southern hemisphere and the only one in Africa. Home to the Tswaing Crater, a 220 000-year- old meteor impact site. 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