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   Satyagraha House

   Satyagraha House, commonly known as Gandhi House, is a museum and guest house located in Johannesburg. The house belonged to Mahatma Gandhi: he lived and worked there between 1908 and 1909.

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   Apartheid Museum

   The Apartheid Museum is a museum illustrating apartheid and the 20th-century history of South Africa. The museum, part of the Gold Reef City complex in Johannesburg, was opened in November 2001.

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   Hillbrow Tower

   The Hillbrow Tower (officially the Telkom Joburg Tower, and formerly JG Strijdom Tower) is a tall tower located in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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   Kliptown

   Kliptown is a suburb of the formerly black township of Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa, located about 17 km south-west of Johannesburg.

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   Thokoza

   Thokoza, alternatively rendered Tokoza, is a township in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Thokoza is at the location of the now-defunct Palmietfontein Airport.

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   Johannesburg Art Gallery

   The Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) is an art gallery in Joubert Park in the city centre of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was once the largest gallery on the continent with a collection of more than 9000 artworks.

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   Johannesburg Zoo

   The Johannesburg Zoo or Joburg Zoo is a 55-hectare (140-acre) zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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   Gold Reef City

   Gold Reef City is an amusement park in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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   Diepmeadow

   Diepkloof is a large section of the Soweto township in the Gauteng province, South Africa.

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    Gandhi Square

    Gandhi Square (formerly Van Der Bijl Square and Government Square) is a plaza located in the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is named after the political activist and pacifist, Mahatma Gandhi.

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   Johannesburg CBD

   The Johannesburg Central Business District, commonly called Johannesburg CBD, is one of the main business centres of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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   Hector Pieterson Museum

   The Hector Pieterson Museum is a museum located in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa.

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   Melville

   Melville is a bohemian suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

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   Nelson Mandela Square

   Nelson Mandela Square is a shopping centre in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. It includes a large open area built to resemble a traditional European town square, and an office complex.

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   Johannesburg Botanical Garden

   The Johannesburg Botanical Garden is located in the suburb of Emmarentia in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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   Regina Mundi

   Regina Mundi (Latin for "Queen of the World"), designed by architect Anthony Noel Errol Slaven, is the largest Roman Catholic church in South Africa.

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   Johannesburg South Africa Temple

   The Johannesburg South Africa Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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   Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication

   Walter Sisulu Square, formally known as the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, is located in the heart of Kliptown in Soweto, South Africa.

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   Anglo-Boer War Memorial

   The Anglo-Boer War Memorial was originally called the Rand Regiments Memorial and dedicated to the men of the Witwatersrand who joined as British soldiers in the Rand Regiments and who had lost their lives during the Second Boer War (1899–1902).

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    MuseuMAfricA

    Museum Africa or MuseuMAfricA (formerly known as the Africana Museum) is a historical museum in Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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