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Pretoria, Where I live
(Pretoria Social Events is a Facebook group which I admin.)
Pretoria has a controversial past. It was the seat of the apartheid government for many years before the change to a democratic government in 1994.
Pretoria is still the administrative capital of South Africa and home to many of its civil servants. It is not as cosmopolitan and multi-racial as Johannesburg and lacks the nightlife and 'vibe' of Johannesburg. Although it is neater, it is more conservative. The southern side of Pretoria is the posh side and the northern side is home to the industrial areas.
Pretoria is nicknamed the Jacaranda City after the October blossoming of 70 000 jacaranda trees throughout the inner city and suburbs. Pretoria has a mild, sunny climate, no bizarre winds, no snow, and no flooding (or not terribly recently, anyway). The temperatures in winter are roughly 20°C (60°F) and in summer roughly 30°C (70°F).
One would think Pretoria's entire population of two million would be academics because there are four universities [University of Pretoria, the University of South Africa, Vista University and the Medical University of South Africa (Medunsa)] and a selection of technical colleges, a teachers training college, a technikon and various purpose-driven learning institutions. Nevertheless, the people don't walk around with their noses in the air.
The difference between Pretoria and Johannesburg can be seen by following these two links, a loud contrast, trust me, I have chosen truly illustrative links. On the day I set this up, the headline picture for the Johannesburg page was a bunch of people toyi-toyiing for the right to same-sex marriages. In Pretoria they say "what is the status quo, sir" and in Johannesburg they say "fuck the status quo".
Uber website
SAHistory.org had tons of stuff Pretoria that I never knew (I have lived here 36 years). A fanatic researcher is sitting bug-eyed, with library cards strewn about, in front of his computer. Good stuff. And would you believe - no About us area that I can go to gush.
Government City of Tshwane
Web City of Tshwane
Driving distance to nearby tourist attractions
- 40 minutes from Johannesburg
- 25 minutes from Johannesburg International Airport
- four hours from the Kruger National Park
- six hours from Durban
- sixteen hours from Cape Town
- one hour from the Carousel Casino
- two hours from Sun City
- two hours from the Pilanesburg National Park
Tourist information
- Pretoria Tourist Information Bureau
Old Nederlandsche Bank Building, Church Square, Pretoria
Tel (012) 337-4337
Fax (012) 328-2243
Email jsithole@gpmc.org.za
Internet cafes
- Virtual Cafe
Menlyn Mall
Corner of Atterbury Road and Lois Avenue
Tel (012)348-0778, 9
Email schniet@vcafe.co.za
Casinos
- Carousel Casino and Tourist World
N1 to Pietersburg, Maubane offramp
Restaurants, bars, movies, shops, concerts, cabarets
24-hour Monday-Saturday, Sunday 06h00-12h00, closed on religious holidays
Tel (012) 718-7514
Web Carousel Casino
- Marula Sun Casino
R80 from Pretoria, turn to Rosslyn-Onderstepoort, follow signs
Casino, family entertainment
Daily, 24-hours
Tel (0146) 23320
Resorts
- Derdepoort Recreation Resort
Baviaanspoort Road, Lynn East
115 ha, picnicking, farmyard, adventure park, hiking trail
07h00-24h00 daily
Tel (012) 808-0828
- Lovers Rock Family Resort
Magaliesburg, near Hekpoort
Swimming pool, hiking, fishing, restaurant, horse-riding, super-chute, trampolines, mini-golf
Tel (014) 577-1327
Fax (014) 577-1328
Web Lovers Rock Family Resort
Outings/Day trips
- Loopspruit Wine Estate
20-hectare wine estate
08h00-16h00 Monday-Friday, Saturday-Sunday by appointment only
Tel (013) 930-7024/5
Cell: 072 123 7107
- Margaret Roberts Herbal Centre
R80 Mabopane Highway, Brits offramp, left onto R513
Picnicking, educational
08h30-14h00 Wednesdays
Tel (012) 504-1729
Web Margaret Roberts Herbal Centre
- National Botanical Gardens
2 Cussonia Avenue, Brummeria, Pretoria, 77 ha
Teagarden, winter - Sunday music concerts at 14h00
06h00-18h00 daily
Tel (012) 804-3200
Email info@nbipre.nbi.ac.za
Web National Botanical Gardens
- National Zoological Gardens
Corner Paul Kruger and Boom Streets, city centre
Daily, 08h00-17h30 summer, 08h00-17h00 winter
Tel (012) 328-3265
Web Southern Africa Places
- Lippizaner Stallions
MI Ben Schoeman Highway towards Johannesburg. Take the Allandale offramp in Midrand. Robots turn right towards Kyalami. Robots turn right towards Crowthorne. Second set of robots, bear left and follow the signs to the Lippizaner shows in Kyalami.
Every Sunday: 11am
Tel (011) 702-2103
- Cradle of Human Kind, Sterkfontein Caves
R28 Krugersdorp Highway, turn right at Hendrik Potgieter Road onto the R47. Turn onto R563 and folow signs
Archeological, paleontological and anthropological hotspot, discovery of Mrs. Ples (Plesianthropus Transvaalenis).
Tuesday to Saturday: 9am-4pm
Tel (011) 956-6342
Email bookings@sterkfontein-caves.co.za
Web SA venues
- Cradle of Human Kind, Wonder Caves (Wondergat)
R28 Krugersdorp Highway, Take the DF Malan offramp
Archeological, paleontological and anthropological hotspot
Hours: Daily - 8am-5pm
Tel (011) 957-0l06
Web SA venues
- Rooftop Market
Rosebank Mall, Johannesburg. Take N1, M1, Glenhove offramp, right at robot onto Glenhove, Right into Oxford, left at next robot, right at next robot, Rosebank Mall on left.
Arts, crafts, toys and food
Sundays
- Antiques & Collectibles Fair
Last Sunday of month in Parktown, Johannesburg
Tel (011) 788-9950
Cultural villages
- Gaabo Motho Cultural Village
Stand 1596, Hebron off M 20 road between Rosslyn and Mabopane
Tswana, Ndebele, Venda, Zulu homesteads and a shack
Tel (012) 563-0102/0165
Emial gaabomotho@yebo.co.za
Web Gaabo Motho Cultural Village
- Mapoch Ndebele Village
8 km west off M 35 Tswaing road (past Tswaing Crater Museum)
Curios, Ndebele bead work
10h00-16h00 daily
Tel (012) 563-0102
Tel (012) 790-2302
Fax (012) 790-2302
- Ndebele Village
Nooitgedacht Road, Witbank, Gauteng
08h00-17h00 Monday, 08h00-16h00 Tuesday-Thursday, 08h00-12h30 Fridays, tours
Tel (013) 932-0894
Fax (013) 933-3138
Cell 082 372 4395
- Lesedi Cultural Village
Ndebele traditions, accommodation
Tel (01205) 5 1394
Email marketing@lesedi.com
Web Lesedi Cultural Village
- Loopspruit Ndebele Village
Ndebele traditions, near Bronkhorstpruit
Tel (01212) 2 0894
Tours
- National Zoological Gardens
Customized night tours, for blind and deaf people and wheelchair users, 15 person minimum, booking essential
Tel (012) 328-3265
Web Southern Africa Places
- State Theatre
Corner Church and Prinsloo Streets, city centre
Tours by appointment only
Tel (012) 322-1665
Email admin@statetheatre.co.za
Web State Theatre
- Woodstock Ostrich Farm
30 km from Pretoria, take R513 to Brits, Woodstock is on right-hand side
Guided tours
Tel (012) 504-1084
Fax (012) 504-1084
Cell 082 570 1836
- Bushveld Train Safaris
Depart Pretoria, to Namakwaland, 7 day, August-September
Tel (014) 736-3025
Fax (014) 736-3025 ask fax
Email info@boon.co.za
Web Bushveld Train Safaris
- Trans-Karoo Train
From Pretoria, to Johannesburg, Kimberley, De Aar and Cape Town
Rovos Rail
Tel (012) 315 8242
Web Wanderwomen
- Molepe Tours
Full and half-day tours of Soweto, Pretoria, Gold Reef City, the Carnivore Restaurant, Carousel, Sun City, Heia Safari Ranch, Oppenheimer's Tower
Tel (011) 442-0610
- Premier Diamond Mine
Near Cullinan, 20 minutes from Pretoria
Guided tours 10h30 Monday-Saturday, 14h00 Monday-Friday
Tel (011) 886-8722
Emial info@geosites.co.za
Web Premier Diamond Mine
- Specialized historical tours
Tel (012) 667-2833
- Pretoria Culture Route
Historical tour of Pretoria, daily
Tel (012) 308-7694
Trails
- Fragrance Garden at Optima Training College
Fragrance trail, for disabled people
SA National Council for the Blind
Tel (012) 346-1171
- Groenkloof Day Walk
5-15 km, 2 circular day-loops, average, picnicking, central hut, 12 person maximum
Pretoria City Council
Tel (012) 344-7131
Fax (012) 341-3960
- Rietvlei Day Walks, Hiking Trails and Horse Trails
In Rietvlei Nature Reserve, off the Delmas Road, Elardus Park
Game - white rhino, antelope and small game, picnicking, 15 person maximum Day Walks - 10 km, average, circular. Hiking - 21km, overnight huts, 8 person maximum. Horse trails, horses available, overnight huts, 6-8 persons, weekends
Pretoria City Council
Tel (012) 345-2274
Web SAvenues.com
- Country Horse Trails
Tel (012) 205-1113
Fax (012) 205-1728
Cell 082 437 8087
- Bushveld Train Safaris
2-day, combination train safari and hiking, depart Pretoria
Tel (014) 736-3025
Fax (014) 736-3025 ask fax
Email info@boon.co.za
Web Bushveld Train Safaris
Meanders
- Jacaranda Route
October-November daily
Tel (012) 308-7694
- Crocodile River Arts and Crafts Trail
First weekend of the month
Tel (01I) 659-2486
- Pretoria Cultural Route
Daily tours
Tel (012) 308-7694
Annual events
- February - Tuks Nedbank Film Festival
Tel (012) 43 6351 / 420-2947
Fax (012) 342-2020 / 43 7176
Email dyer@ccnet.up.ac.za
- February - Prickly Pear Festival
Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum. Stalls and entertainment
Tel/Fax (01213) 4 1717
- April - Mampoer Festival
Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum. Traditional Afrikaans food and liquour
Tel/Fax (01213) 4 4171
- May - Pretoria Art Mix
Art and music in and around Pretoria
Tel (012) 343-3861
Fax (012) 343-3861
- July - Veteran Tractor Carnival
Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum
Tel/Fax (01213) 4 4171
Email nchm@nchm.ca.za
- August - Cars-in-the-Park (Veteran Car Festival)
Pioneer Museum Pretoria
Tel (012) 803-6086
Fax (012) 803-5639
Email nchm@nchm.ca.za
- August - Pretoria International Show
Pretoria Showgrounds. Products, funfair, food
Tel (012) 327-1487
Fax (012) 327-1501
- August/September - Sasol New Signatures Art Competition Exhibition
Pretoria Art Museum - corner Schoeman and Wessels Streets
Tel: (012) 344-1807/8
Time: 10h00 to 17h00
- September - Oktoberfest
German School of Pretoria, German cultural festival
Tel (012) 803-4106/7/8
Fax (012) 803-4109
- October - Jacaranda Festival
Activities at Church Square
Tel (012) 342-1660
- November-December - Drakensberg Boys' Choir Noël Concerts
Also in Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg, Durban, Harare and Bulawayo
Tel (036) 468-1012 / 3
Museums
- South African Museum Association
Tel (012) 341-1320
Fax (012) 341-6146
Email sama@futurserve.co.za
Web South African Museum Association (SAMA)
- Tswaing Crater Museum
40 km from Pretoria, take Voortrekkers Road, left to Rosslyn, right on Soutpan Road, follow signs. Eco-museum, salt lake, 22 000 year-old meteorite impact site, ‘environ-museum’, 1.4 km in diameter, Stone Age artifacts, guided tours – book in advance
09h00-l6h00 daily
Tel (012) 790-2302
Fax (012) 790-2302
Cell 082 654 7084
Cell 082 458 4862
Email nchm@nchm.co.za
Web Tswaing Crater Museum
- National Film Video and Sound Archives
Church Street East, Arcadia
Collects, conserves and exhibits audio-visual material on South Africa
08h00-16h00 Monday-Friday
Tel (012) 343-9767
Web National Film Video and Sound Archives
- Eduardo Villa Museum, Old Merensky Library University of Pretoria
Plaster moulds of Villa’s bronze sculptures
Tel (012) 420-4017
Fax (012) 43-7176
Email uwe@ccnet.up.ac.za
- Coin World, South African Mint
Old Johannesburg Road, Gateway, Centurion. Oldest working mint press in the world - the ‘Oom Paul’ - is still striking coins
09h00-15h30 Monday-Sunday
Tel (012) 677-2460
Fax (012) 677-2828
Email numismatics@samint.co.za
Web SA Mint
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Africa
Muckleneuk Ridge, University of South Africa (Unisa), Room 4-160, Theo van Wijk Building. 10 collections and about 27 000 objects, cultural history of southern Africa, including Ndebele and Xhosa artifacts, pottery, Stone Age and Iron Age objects
08h00-16h00 Monday-Friday
Tel (012) 429-6297
Fax (012) 429-6091
Email krugee1@alpha.unisa.ac.za
Web Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
- Mapungubwe Collection
University of Pretoria, Old Arts Building, Main Campus, Lynnwood Road.
Features remarkable works from the largely forgotten kingdom of Mapungubwe that flourished near the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers between 1000 and 1300 AD
10h00-16h00 Tuesday-Friday
Tel (012) 420-3146
Fax (012) 420-2262
Email piet@ccnet.up.ac.za
Web South Africa - Official Gateway
- Melrose House
275 Jacob Mare Street, opposite Burger's Park
Victorian mansion, ex-headquarters of the British forces, hosted the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging - the end of the Anglo-Boer War, permanent exhibition of photographs of the Anglo-Boer War
10h00-17h00 Tuesday-Wednesday,10h00-20h00Thursday, 10h00-18h00 Sunday
Tel (012) 322-2805/0420
Fax (012) 320-2742
Email melrosehouse@tshwane.gov.za
Web Melrose House
- National Cultural History Museum
Corner Bosman and Visagie Streets. 2-million-year history, 4-million collected objects
09h00-17h00 Monday-Sunday and public holidays
Tel (012) 324-6082
Tel (012) 328-5173
Email awindow1@nchm.co.za
Web National Cultural History Museum
- Pioneer Museum
Pretoria Road, Silverton.
Thatched roof, traditional dung and peach-pip floor, oven and outbuildings, tanning-pit, wagon shed, water-furrow, threshing-floor, water-mill, farm animals, guided tours
08h30-16h00 Monday-Friday
Tel (012) 803-6086/7
Fax (012) 803-5639
Email nchm@nchm.co.za
- Post Office Stamp Collections
07h30-16h30 Monday-Friday
Tel (012) 323-5078
Fax (012) 323-5078
- Pretoria Art Museum
Schoeman Street. South African Art, international graphics, 17th century Dutch paintings
10h00-17h00 Tuesday, 10h00-20h00 Wednesday, 10h00-17h00 Thursday-Saturday, 10h00-18h00 Sunday
Tel (012) 344-1807
Fax (012) 344-1809
Email art.museum@tshwane.gov.za
Web Pretoria Art Museum
- The Puppet Museum
Pretoria University (Tukkies),
Education Law Building, Main Campus
Tel: (012) 420-3031
- Sammy Marks Museum
N4 to Witbank, take Hans Strijdom offramp, left, follow signs. Restored Victorian home of diamond magnate Sammy Marks, teagarden
09h00-16h00 Tuesday-Friday, 10h00-16h00 Saturday-Sunday
Tel (012) 803-6158
Fax (012) 803-5308
Cell 082 754 0944
Email nchm@nchm.co.za
Web Southern Africa Places
- Smuts House Museum
Nelmapius Road (M31), Irene. Preserved home of Jan Christiaan Smuts, international statesman, philosopher, scientist
09h30-16h30 Monday-Friday, 09h30-17h00 Saturday-Sunday
Tel (012) 667 1176
Fax (012) 667 1213
Web Southern Africa Places
- South African Police Museum
Corner Pretorius and Volkstem Streets. Dioramas of famous cases
08h30-15h30 Monday-Friday, 08h30-16h30 Saturday-Sunday, closed on public holidays
Tel (012) 353-6770/1
Fax (012) 324-4853
- South African Air Force Museum
Air Force Base Swartkop, Voortrekkerhoogte, Old Johannesburg/Pretoria Road (R101). Military aviation museum
09h00-15h30 Monday-Friday, 10h00-16h00 Saturday-Sunday, closed public holidays
Tel (012) 351-2153
Fax (012) 351-2346
Email friends@saafmuseum.org.za
Web South African Air Force Museum
- Transvaal Museum
Paul Kruger Street, city centre. Natural science museum, Austin Roberts Bird Collection fossils of pre-historic man, geological, archaelogical material, guided tours
09h00-17h00 Monday-Saturday, 11h00-17h00 Sunday and public holidays
Tel (012) 322-7632
Fax (012) 322-7939
Cell 083 228-5488
Email scott@tm.up.ac.za
Web Transvaal Museum
- Van Gybland-Oosterhoff Collection
Old Arts Building 2-8, University of Pretoria. Historical culture of Dutch, documents and artifacts, paintings and publications
08h00-16h00 Monday-Friday, weekends by appointment
Tel (012) 420-3100/2200
Fax (012) 420-2262
Email piet@ccnet.up.ac.za
- Van Tilburg Collection
Old Arts Building 2-9, University of Pretoria. Paintings, graphics, furniture, Persian carpets, Oriental and European ceramic
08h00-16h00 Monday-Friday, weekends by appointment
Tel (012) 420-3100/2200
Fax (012) 420-2262
Email piet@ccnet.up.ac.za
- Voortrekker Monument Museum and Fort Schanskop
Eufees Road (M7), off Fountains Circle, on Monument Hill. Commemorates the Great Trek, symbol of Afrikaner identity, Anton van Wouw's sculpture of a Voortrekker mother and children, 30m-high Hall of Heroes, 27 marble panels - combined length is 92m, granite cenotaph - a ray of sunshine falls on the inscription at noon on 16 December yearly (the Battle of Blood River), ever-burning flame
09h00-16h00 daily, closed Good Friday and Christmas Day
Tel (012) 326-6770
Tel (012) 323-0682
Fax (012) 341-6146
Email nchm@nchm.co.za
Web Voortrekker Monument
- Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum
Off the N4 to Witbank at Exit 27. Living museum farmstead, traditional farming activities, annual events - prickly pear festival, mampoer festival and the Agricultural Museum Show
08h00-16h00 daily
Tel (012) 736-2035/6
Fax (012) 736-2037
Email nchm@nchm.co.za
Web Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum
- Miriammen Temple
Sixth Street, Asiatic Bazaar, city centre.
Oldest Hindu Temple in Pretoria, goddess who controls infectious diseases, remove your shoes when entering the cellar or assembly hall
Daily
- Pierneef Museum
18 Vermeulen Street, city centre, Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (artist).
Art and artifacts, coffee shop
08h00-16h00 Monday-Friday
Tel (012) 323-1419
- Paul Kruger House Museum
60 Church Street West, city centre.
Modest, single-storied home of former President, Paul Kruger, personal artifacts, Kruger received his subjects informally on the verandah
08h30-16h00 Monday-Saturday, 09h00-16h00 Sunday and public holidays
Tel (012) 326-9172
Fax (012) 341-6146
Email nchm@nchm.co.za
- Engelenburghuis Art Collection
Paintings, sculptures, silver and bronzeware, furniture, porcelain, carpets and ceramic ware
08h00-16h00 Monday-Sunday, public holidays
Tel (012) 328-5082/3/4/5
Fax (012) 328-5085
- African Window
Visagie Street, living cultural museum, dedicated to the preservation and communication of the culture and heritage of all South Africans, 3 million objects - permanent and temporary exhibitions, hosts film festivals, arts and crafts exhibitions, seminars, conferences, festivals and other cultural events, guided tours, craft shop, coffee shop
Tel (012) 324-6082
Fax (012) 328-5173
Cell 083 271-5759
Email awindow1@nchm.co.za
- Burgers Park
Jacob Mare Street, opposite Melrose House, city centre. Oldest park, gazebo
08h00-18h00 daily
Web Burgers Park
- Church Street Cemetery
Corner Church Street and DF Malan Drive, near city centre. Heroes' Acre in the centre of the cemetary
Daily
- Church Square
Church Street, city centre. Anton van Wouw's statue of Paul Kruger at centre, buildings on the square represent the old town centre, guided tours
Tel (012) 346-3226
Web South African History
- Claude v Malan
160 Lynnwood Road, Hillcrest, corner Duncan and Lynnwood Roads. Collector's showroom, military items, bric a brac, coffee shop, bar
08h00-16h00 Monday to Friday, 08h00-12h00 Saturday
Tel (012) 362-0654
- Coert Steynberg Museum
465 Berg Avenue, Pretoria North. Preserved home of sculptor Coert Steynberg, studio
10h00-13h00 Tuesday-Friday, 11h00-17h00 Sunday
Tel (012) 546-0404
Fax (012) 341 6146
- Correctional Service Museum
Prison Reserve, Central Prison, Potgieter Street, city centre. Local history of penal system, illegally-made items, prisoners' hobbies, prison culture
09h00-15h00 Tuesday-Friday, closed on public holidays
Tel (012) 314-1766
Fax (012) 323 4441
- Geological Survey Museum
Paul Kruger Street, city centre. Precious and semi-precious stones
09h00-17h00 Monday-Saturday, 11h00-17h00 Sunday
Tel (012) 322-7632
- Strijdom Square
Corner Church and Andries Streets, city centre. Strijdom Square was old produce market, bronze bust of Advocate JG Strijdom (former Prime Minister of South Africa) was created by South African artist Coert Steynberg, the bust collapsed through to a parking garage below in 2001
Web Brian J McMorrow
- Museum of Science and Technology
Didacta Building, 211 Skinner Street
Multi-media displays, Physikon - interactive physics-playground
08h00-16h00 Monday-Friday, 14h00-17h00 Saturday
Tel (012) 392-9300
Fax (012) 320-7803
Email info@saasta.ac.za
Web Museum of Science and Technology
- The Museum Mall
Visagie Street between Van der Walt and Schubart Streets, city centre.
Will be the largest focal point of cultural resources in Africa, non-formal education, recreation, will encompass Melrose House, Burgers Park, Transvaal Museum, the City Hall, a Children's Museum, the Museum of Culture, the Museum of Science and Technology and the State Library, like the Smithsonian.
- Transport Technology Museum
Forum Building, Bosman Street, Pretoria city centre. Meteorology, antarctic expeditions, civil aviation, national roads transport, road safety
08h00-16h00 Monday-Friday, closed on weekends
Tel (012) 309-3631
- Union Buildings
Church Street, Arcadia. Administrative headquarters of South Africa, on Meintjieskop, cost of £1 180 000, built by Sir Herbert Baker, crescent-shaped red sandstone edifice, inauguration site of nelson Mandela, First World War and Police memorials, statues of Prime Ministers General Louis Botha (on horseback), JBM Hertzog and JC Smuts, Garden of Remembrance, Delville Wood
All hours
- Museum of Culture
Historical, last 2 million years
08h00-16h00 Monday-Friday, 14h00-17h00 Saturday
Tel (012) 341-1320
Fax (012) 328-4075
- Museum of the Council for Geoscience
Minerals, rocks, moonrocks, meteorites
09h00-17h00 Monday-Saturday, 11h00-17h00 Sunday
Tel (012) 322-7122
Fax (012) 322-7939
Web Museum Park
Arts and crafts
- African Window
Tel (012) 341-1320
Fax (012) 341-6146
Email nchm@nchm.ca.za
- Hatfield Flea Market
Corner Burnett and Hilda Streets
09h00-17h30 Sunday, public holidays
Tel (012) 342 3769
- Arts for Africa
Tel (012) 320-3958
Fax (012) 202-2149
- Arts for All
Tel (012) 320-3958
Fax (012) 202-2149
- Badisha Art Association
Tel (012) 320 3958
- Pretoria Art Museum
Corner of Wessels and Schoeman Streets. Pierneef, Anton van Wouw, contemporary South African art, international graphic art, 17th century Dutch art
10h00-17h00 Tuesday-Saturday, 14h00-18h00 Sunday, 10h00-20h00 Wednesday
Tel (012) 344-1807
Email art.museum@tshwane.gov.za
Web Pretoria Art Museum
- Creature Pots Veld Studio
Tel (012) 205-1082
Fax (011) 358-0612
Cell 082 745 9086
Email tort@elink.co.za
Web Creature Pots
- Dietmar Wiening Art Gallery
Tel (012) 205-1193
Fax (012) 205-1026
Cell 082 891 9987
Email wiening@icon.co.za
Web Dietmar Weining Art Gallery
- Unisa Art Gallery
10h00-15h45 Monday-Friday, 14h30-16h30 Saturday
Tel (012) 429-6255
Fax (012) 429-3221
Email randam@unisa.ac.za
Web Unisa Art Gallery
- Irene Market
Smuts House Museum
09h00-14h00, second and last Saturday of the month
Tel (012) 667-1659
Email irenemkt@mweb.co.za
Web Irene Village
- Pretoria Art Museum
Corner Johan and Schoeman Streets
10h00-17h00 Monday-Saturday, 13h00-17h00 Sunday
Tel (012) 344-1807
Email art.museum@tshwane.gov.za
Web Pretoria Art Museum
- Schweickerdt Art Galley
Brooklyn Circle
10h00-17h00 Monday-Friday
Tel (012) 346-5414
Theatre
- Mamelodi Theatre Organization
Tel (012) 805-9212
- State Theatre
Tel (012) 322-1665
Fax (012) 322-3913
- PACT (Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal)
Tel (012) 322-1665
Fax (012) 322-3913
Adventure
- Paddle Power
Tel (011) 794-3098
Fax (011) 794-3098
Cell 082 742 1922
Cell
082 956 3597
- On-the-Bit Horse Riding
Plot 73, Melody on the R513. Horse-riding, champagne breakfasts
Daily, book 24 hours in advance
Tel (0121) 59-0249
- The Hot Air Balloon Company
Tel (01205) 51021
Food
- Restaurant Meintjieskop
A-la-carte restaurant, at the Union Buildings, booking essential
Tel (012) 323-5649
- The Baker's Dozen
Tel (012) 344-3197
- The Ring Wagon Inn
Hartbeespoort Dam
Traditional Afrikaans 'boerekos, among ox wagons
Tel (012) 259-1506
Gay venues
- Bellgables Country Restaurant
DF Malan Drive, 6 km from the R28, gay-owned
Tel (011) 659-0430
Email belgable@global.co.za
Web Bellgables Country Restaurant
- Dusk Till Dawn Country Lodge
R28 to Krugersdorp, DF Malan off-ramp, gay-owned
Cell 082 851 1565
Nature reserves
- Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary
Corner George Storrar and Melk Streets, Nieuw Muckleneuk. Restaurant - South African cuisine
07h00-17h00 Saturday-Sunday and public holidays
Tel (012) 440 8316
Web Southern African Birding
- Chamberlain Bird Sanctuary
Corner of North and Keiser streets, Rietondale. Community-created water habitat to attract indigenous birds
Daily
Tel (012) 348-1265
Web Chamberlain Bird Sanctuary
- Meyerspark Bird Sanctuary
Moreleta Spruit, Watermeyer Street, Silverton
Daily
Tel (012) 348-1265
- De Wildt Cheetah Research and Breeding Centre
Off the R513, no children under 6, booking essential, rare and endangered species - cheetah, wild dog, brown hyena
08h30-12h00 and 14h00-1630, guided tours 10h00 Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
Tel (012) 504-1921
Email cheetah@dewildt.org.za
Web De Wildt Cheetah Research and Breeding Centre
- Faerie Glen Nature Reserve
General Louis Botha Road, Faerie Glen. Small game, 2-hour hiking trails
Tel (012) 308-8820
Web South African Birding
- Rietvlei Nature Reserve
Off the Delmas Road, Elardus Park, Pretoria
Rhino, antelope and small game, 3 000 ha, fishing - licence and permit from Pretoria City Council
07h45-18h00 Monday-Friday, 06h00-18h00 Sunday, closed Saturday
Tel (012) 345-2274
Web South African Birding
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