Gauteng Province
This province is the commercial heart of South Africa containing the important cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria. Despite the urbanization of the Johannesburg region, opportunities for getting back to nature bound. Game farms, dams lakes and rivers (for water sports and fishing, hiking trails), and picnic spots are plentiful and the Vaal River area is a particularly popular recreational area.
The province is described as The Heartbeat of Africa. Johannesburg, known as the City of Gold or Egoli, is the commercial powerhouse of South Africa.
Pretoria is about 30 miles north of Johannesburg is the countrys administrative capital, is known as Jacaranda City after the purple-blossomed trees which bloom in such profusion in later September-October, the South African spring time. It is a fascinating melting pot of different culture - South Africa is one city. Outside the city are bushveld game farms as well as more than 100 nature reserves and bird sanctuaries of which the Rietvlei Nature Reserve is the largest.