Historic sites
Apartheid Museum and Soweto, Johannesburg
Johannesburg, Gauteng
A powerful museum telling the story of apartheid and the struggle against it.
Historic sites in South Africa
Historic sites
Robben Island
City of Cape Town, Western Cape
The island prison where Nelson Mandela was held for 18 of his 27 years in prison, a UNESCO site.
Historic sites
Bo-Kaap, Cape Town
City of Cape Town, Western Cape
A neighbourhood of brightly painted houses and cobbled streets on the slopes of Signal Hill, the historic home of the Cape Malay community.
Historic sites
Cradle of Humankind
Gauteng
A UNESCO site of limestone caves that have produced many of the world's early human fossils, including 'Mrs Ples'.