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Johannesburg is known as the City of Gold, Cape Town as the Mother City, Port Elizabeth as the Friendly City and Pretoria as Jacaranda City - or, to some, Snor City … Explore the world-class cities of South Africa.

The cities of South Africa

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Johannesburg, Gauteng: satellite view Johannesburg, Gauteng: the largest man-made forest in the world Johannesburg, Gauteng: panoramic view Johannesburg, Gauteng: skyline at night from the southwest
Johannesburg, Gauteng: Johannesburg Hospital and the city skyline, looking east Johannesburg, Gauteng: Zoo Lake, with the Hillbrow Tower and Johannesburg Hospital Johannesburg, Gauteng: Diamond Building and old Johannesburg Stock Exchange at night Sandton, Gauteng: central business district
Soweto, Gauteng: aerial view Soweto, Gauteng: Orlando Towers Soweto, Gauteng Cape Town, Western Cape: satellite image
Cape Town, Western Cape: Table Mountain from Milnerton Lagoon Cape Town, Western Cape: aerial view Cape Town, Western Cape: aerial view Cape Town, Western Cape: panoramic view of the city and Table Bay at night
Cape Town, Western Cape: the city bowl Cape Town, Western Cape: Table Mountain Cape Town, Western Cape: Bakoven from Kasteelpoort, Table Mountain Pretoria, Gauteng: jacaranda season
Pretoria, Gauteng: aerial view with the Union Buildings Pretoria, Gauteng: jacaranda season Pretoria, Gauteng: night view with the Union Buildings Durban, KwaZulu-Natal: trek fishermen
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal: beachfront at night Durban, KwaZulu-Natal: harbour Durban, KwaZulu-Natal: yacht basin Durban, KwaZulu-Natal: beachfront at dusk
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal: aerial view of beachfront Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal: city hall Bloemfontein, Free State: city hall
Bloemfontein, Free State Bloemfontein, Free State: night view Bloemfontein, Free State Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape: beach
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape: city hall and market square Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape: aerial view Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape: freeway at night East London, Eastern Cape: Latimers Landing
Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape: main street with old church in background Grahamstown, Eastern Cape Port Alfred, Eastern Cape: aerial view Kimberley, Northern Cape: the big hole, the result of years of hand-dug diamond mining
Knysna, Western Cape: aerial view Sasolburg, Free State: cosmos, sunflowers and industrial cooling towers Stellenbosch, Western Cape: Gilbeys in the foreground and Jonkershoek mountains in thebackground
   
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