Cities
Pretoria
The country’s capital is Pretoria, founded in 1855. Impressive office buildings and wide squares give Pretoria a front view. There is a university and scientific institutes here. Johannesburg (population — almost 2 million people) is called “Little America” for the pace of life and appearance and pace of life. The 20-30-storey buildings housed offices, banks, and hotels. Many beautiful buildings, parks, swimming pools, tennis courts, golf courses. Cape Town, with a population of over a million people, is the capital of the Cape Province, picturesquely spread out at the foot of Table Mountain. The city has a clear layout, many beautiful buildings of modern architecture, museums. Here is the oldest university and library in South Africa. Developed tourism infrastructure. Of the cities in the interior of the country, Kimberley is famous — the capital of diamond mining, where tourists willingly visit a huge pit more than half a kilometer in diameter and almost the same depth, from which more than 15 million carats of diamonds have been extracted over forty years of development. Durban, located on the east coast, attracts with comfortable hotels and beautiful beaches. Other major cities are Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, Petersburg, East London and others.
Cape Town
The very first city of South Africa — Cape Town — is comfortably located at the bottom of the plateau of Mount Table (lit. “table”), one of the most wonderful places on the planet. Competing with Table Mountain is only the port and waterfront of Cape Town, home to a kaleidoscope of bistros, bars, specialty shops and museums.
