The Guide
From The Report: South Africa 2012
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This section includes an article about urban renewal in South Africa, as well as information on hotels, government and other listings, alongside useful tips for visitors on topics like currency, visas, language, communications, dress, business hours and electricity.

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Overview

Urban renewal: Recent investments are breathing new life into Johannesburg
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For many visitors, Johannesburg is seen as purely a business destination or stopover point. Most guidebooks advise a history-themed day trip to take in a combination of Gold Reef City, the Apartheid Museum and the former township of Soweto, or suggest a drive outside of the city to the Cradle of Humankind or the Krugesdorp Nature Reserve. Recommendations for evening entertainment are mostly confined to wining and dining options in the restaurants and bars of the city’s self-contained northern…