Johannesburg - Pretoria, South Africa

In Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa, visited the Voortrekker Monument that commemorates the ‘Great Trek’ of the 1830s and the Union Buildings, designed by the famous colonial English architect, Sir Herbert Baker, that house the offices of the President and Ministers.
In Johannesburg, visited Constitution Hill is a well-known South African historical and cultural heritage site. Previously the location of the infamous Old Fort Prison Complex or Number Four, it is today the home of South Africa's Constitutional Court. Where in the past it was the site of brutal punishment, even afflicting political activists such as Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi, it is now an institution for the protection of freedom and rights.

Alzu Petroport N4

Situated halfway between Middelburg and Belfast, exactly 35km from both, the Alzu Petroport is a convenient stop-over for the traveller, a comfortable rest-haven for the tourist and a trucker's dream-stop. Overlooking the game enclosure containing 6 rhino, fifty buffalo and a host of eland, blesbok, ostriches and even an emu or two.

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Constitution Hill

Constitution Hill is a living museum that tells the story of South Africa’s journey to democracy. The site is a former prison and military fort that bears testament to South Africa’s turbulent past and, today, is home to the country’s Constitutional Court, which endorses the rights of all citizens.
There is perhaps no other site of incarceration in South Africa that imprisoned the sheer number of world-renowned men and women as those held within the walls of Constitution Hill’s Old Fort, Women's Jail and Number Four. Nelson Mandela. Mahatma Gandhi. Joe Slovo. Albertina Sisulu. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Fatima Meer. They all served time here. But the precinct also confined tens of thousands of ordinary people during its 100-year history: men and women of all races, creeds, ages and political agendas; children too; the everyman and the elite. In this way, the history of every South African lives here.

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Union Buildings

The Union Buildings form the official seat of the South African Government and also house the offices of the President of South Africa. The imposing buildings are located in Pretoria, atop Meintjieskop at the northern end of Arcadia.

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Voortrekker Monument

The Voortrekker Monument is located just south of Pretoria in South Africa. This massive granite structure is prominently located on a hilltop, and was raised to commemorate the Voortrekkers who left the Cape Colony between 1835 and 1854.

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