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CONGRATULATIONS...
The Joburg Tourism Company (JTC) has
been named by the World Travel Awards
as Africa’s leading City Tourist Board,
while the CEO, Lindiwe Mahlangu, received
the Africa Travel Personality of the year
award.  The
awards were held in Durban, at the Inkosi
Albert Luthuli Convention Centre
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Congraulations to you and your team
on your award for Africa’s Leading City
Tourist Board at the recent World Travel
Awards. Very well deserved and certainly
a fantastic recognition ahead of 2010!
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Welcome to Joburg
Johannesburg, Joburg, Jozi
or Egoli. Our city has
as many names as it does faces. Vibrant,
energetic and dynamic,
its diversity is both
intriguing and exciting;
this is a city of contrasts where the
soul of Africa is fused with
eastern and western influences.
One of the 40 largest metropolitan
areas in the world, our city
is the financial and commercial
hub of Africa; cultures
from every nation unite in this
city that attracts people from all over
the globe drawn by economic opportunity
and a fast-paced urban lifestyle.
Whether for business
or pleasure, whatever
the length of your stay, Joburg
has something for everyone; the very best
conference venues, spas
of spendour, colourful
casinos, amazing golf
courses, majestic malls
and trendy hotels, all
fused with a unique urban African
essence.
Fall in love with Joburg
- the sound, the rhythm,
the soul and the passion
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Latest Releases
Confed Cup showcases Joburg's best
As the leading host city of the one of
the world’s premier football events on
African continent, the City of Johannesburg
is wasting no time in showcasing itself
as a vital platform for business opportunities
in the future. .........
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Spring into Joburg and Shop in the City
with the Golden Touch
With slightly more than three planning
months remaining until the launch of the
inaugural Joburg Shopping Festival (JSF),
plans are crystallizing on all fronts.
After nearly eight months of planning,
meetings and correspondence with the various
stakeholder components of the Festival,
things are rounding into shape.
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This
Week's Attractions
Apartheid Museum:
 After
a few hours at the apartheid museum you
will feel that you were in the townships
in
the 70’s and 80’s, dodging bullets, arching
and playing with thousands of school children,
or carrying a body of a comrade into a
nearby house This extraordinary powerful
museum has become an obligatory stop for
tourist and residents alike. “It is appropriate
that the first apartheid museum in South
Africa should open in Johannesburg, where
at the turn of the century there was a
convergence of people for a range of different
reason. Black people were displaced from
the land through colonial wars and the
imposition of poll taxes; white farmers
were displaced through the Anglo Boer
War. Tel: 011 309 4700 (Local)
or +27 11 309 4700 (International)
http://www.apartheidmuseum.org/
Hector Pieterson Memorial Museum:
 The museum
is intrinsically linked to the origins
of the Soweto Uprisings and its aftermath.
By 10:30am on 16 June 1976, thousands
of students had gathered in Orlando West
around Vilakazi Street and the precinct
where the Hector Pieterson Museum is presently
located to begin a protest march against
the imposition of the Afrikaans language
as the medium of instruction in Soweto’s
schools.
8287 Khumalo Street, Orlando West, Soweto,
011 536 0611/2 Visit:
www.soweto.za
Gold Reef City
This is where visitors can taste life
in turn-of –the-century Johannesburg
and discover how miners worked, lived
and were entertained in the early 1900s.Jozi’s
Story of Gold compromises of Rich beginnings
the introductory movie, Museum houses,
Ohlthaver’s House (mine official),
Dowse House (home schooling) and Oosthuizein
House (Afrikaner Home), Gold pour demonstration,
Underground mine tour and gold panning
at your leisure.
Northern Parkway, Ormonde, (011)248 6896
Email: tour@goldreefcity.co.za
Website:
www.goldreefcity.co.za
Visit the Johannesburg ZOO
Enjoy a relaxing day with the entire
family wandering through the 54 acres
of lush gardens. The wide variety of wildlife
will enthrall and entertain you. Tours
are available to enrich your zoological
experience and the highly acclaimed night
tours allow you to discover the mysterious
world of nocturnal creatures.
Jan Smuts Avenue, Parktown, 011 646 2000,
Email: info@jhbzoo.org.za
Visit: www.jhbzoo.org.za
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Visit
Johannesburg's Big 4 Convention Centres
Sandton Convention Centre is Southern
Africa’s international leading and most
prestigious, multi-purposes exhibition
and convention centre.
www.saconvention.co.za
As South Africa's largest exhibition,
convention and events venue, Expo Centre
Johannesburg is the most versatile facility
you will find. www.expocentre.co.za
 One
of Africa's Largest one stop conference
and exhibitions facilities, of international
standing, Gallagher Convention Centre
is capable of hosting from 2 - 12 000
delegates at any one time, in style and
comfort. www.gallagher.co.za
 Exquisite
banqueting rooms have classically elegant,
understated ambience that is suitable
for any occasion. www.coca-coladome.co.za
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