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South Africa’s administrative centre is a handsome city, with a number of gracious old houses in the city centre, large, leafy suburbs, and wide streets that are lined with a purple haze of jacarandas in October and November... Read More

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Where to celebrate the dawn of democracy in South Africa

When South Africa goes to the polls this April, the country also commemorates the momentous general election that took place here on 27 April 1994. This was the first time all eligible South African citizens, regardless of the colour of their skin, could exercise their right to vote. Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the dawn of democracy in South Africa by following this trail of locations associated with the country's long walk to freedom.
Simon Richmond
Lonely Planet Writer

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