Story of Gold
The tour includes Alexandra Township, Old Johannesburg, downtown Johannesburg, Rand Club, and the Apartheid Museum. After a brief introductory talk drive to Alexandra township, where you visit Nambuhla Hostel, sample the staple food of the township, and learn more about the ZCC (Zion Christian Church). Some of the old buildings and streets are visited and the excitement of this warm and welcoming community, shared. Then drive through the Northern suburbs of Johannesburg, pointing out the homes of the Randlords, past the original beacon of Randjeslaagte- the boundary of old Johannesburg. We pass the old Fort and the Constitution Court. Down town Johannesburg is toured as well as the site of the first Stock Exchange and original buildings shown. Mandela and Ghandi’s offices are pointed out and a visit to the Rand Club is made. Then continue on to the site where gold was first discovered by George Harrison in 1886.
Visit the Apartheid Museum. The background to Apartheid is given as well as examples of discrimination which had existed here since the 17th Century. The early years of South Africa, the Zulu Wars, the South African War, the migrant Labour System, the Gold Mines, Miners strikes, Broederbond, Sophiatown, Sharpville, Afrikaner Nationalism, life under Apartheid, Resistance, Violence from 1978- 1994, release of Nelson Mandela, CODESA, and the first democratic elections in 1994 all explained. After visiting this Museum visitors are fully aware of the effects of Apartheid on the country today.
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