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JOHANNESBURG ZOO
Located on 55 acres, the Zoo offers a variety of activities and
programmes.
Open from 08h30 till17h30.Contact 646 2000
MANDELA HOUSE
Soweto
Tel:970 1355
PLANETARIUM
A look at the African Skies
Yale Road, Milner Park
University of Witwatersrand Campus
Tel: 717 1392
Braamfontein
Tel: 717 1390
SANTARAMA MINILAND
Features of South Africa in minature (1 in 25 scale)
Rosettenville Road Ext.
La Rochelle
Wemmerpan
Tel: 435 0543
PARKS
& RESERVES
DELTA PARK
Park with dams and bird sanctuary surrounding the Braamfontein Spruit.
Road no 3
Victory Park
Tel: 888 4161
KLIPRIVIERSBERG NATURE RESERVE
Situated 11 km soth of JHB CBD, it covers an area of 680 hectares and
is home to more than150 species of birds, 650 spesies of plants and the
relics of ancient Tswana settlements. Has a number of hiking trails.
Open 2nd Sunday of every month
08h00 to12hoo hrs
Access is via 3 points:off Impala Drive,off Frandaph Drive and off Peggy
Vera Road.
EMMARENTIA DAM
Located where the Braamfontein Spruit abuts on to the Botanical Gardens.Used
by canoeists, scuba divers and the yachting fraternity.
Tel: 407 6111, 470 3639 or 712 6663
MELVILLE KOPPIES
This nature reserve boasts an achaeological site where stone age relics
and two iron age furnaces have been preserved. Open season extends from
September to May.
Open 1st & 3rd Sunday of every month - (14h00 to17h00 )
Open 2nd Sunday of every month - (18h30 to11h30 )
GOLF
COURSES
ROYAL JOHANNESBURG GOLF
CLUB
1 Fairway Ave, Linksfield North - Two 18 hole courses on offer. Contact
640 3021
WANDERERS GOLF CLUB
Illovo area - located near to Wanderers Cricket Club. Contact 788 5010
BRYANSTON COUNTRY CLUB
Bryanston - Championship golf course. Contact 706 1361
CROWN MINES GOLF CLUB
Located near to Gold Reef City. Contact 496 1505
PARKVIEW GOLF CLUB
Emmarentia Ave and Wicklow Rd, Parkview
A par 72 18 hole course
Tel:646 5400
KILLARNEY GOLF CLUB
60 Fifth Street, Lower Houghton
Tel: 442 7411
KYALAMI COUNTRY CLUB
Maple Rd, Kyalami
Tel: 702 1610
THEATRES
JOHANNESBURG CIVIC THEATRE
Includes Pieter Roos Theatre, Tesson Theatre and Peoples Theatre
Civic Theatre Complex, Cnr Loveday & Hoof Streets, Braamfontein
Tel: 877 6800
MARKET THEATRE
Includes the Laager Theatre
Cnr Bree and Wolhuter streets, Newtown Cultural Precinct
Tel: 832 1641
LIBERTY THEATRE ON THE SQUARE
Sandton Square, Cnr Maude and West Streets, Sandton
Tel: 883 8606
JOHANNESBURG YOUTH THEATRE
3 Junction Ave, Parktown
Tel: 484 1584
PIETER TOERIEN THEATRE
Montecasino Complex, William Nicol Drive, Fourways
Tel:511 1988
VICTORY THEATRE
105 Louis Botha Ave cnr Osborn, Houghton
Tel: 483 2793
WITS THEATRE COMPLEX
Jorisen Street, Braamfontein
Tel: 717 1381
WITS DOWNSTAIRS THEATRE
24 Station Street, Braamfontein
Tel: 717 1372
ART
GALLERIES
JOHANNESBURG ART GALLERY
Klein Street, Joubert Park
Open Tues to Sunday ( Closed Mondays )
10h00 - 17h00
Contact 725 3130/3184
STANDARD BANK ART GALLERY
Standard Bank Centre, cnr Simmonds and Frederick Streets
Parking entrance in Harrison St
Open Monday to Friday 08h00 - 16h30
Saturday 09h00 - 13h00
Contact 636 4231
MUSEUMS
AECI DYNAMITE FACTORY MUSEUM
Housed in the original homestead built in 1895, it records the development
of SA’s explosive industry.
Modderfontein
Tel:606 3206
APARTHEID MUSEUM
Noted for its depiction of the hardships under the apartheid regime it
also has a peaceful park with winding paths that lead to a small serene
lake.
Gold Reef City
Tel:309 4700
JAMES HALL TRANSPORT MUSEUM
History of land transport in South Africa. Excellent collection of vintage
vehicles.
Open Tuesday to Sunday, 09h00 to 17h00 hrs
Pioneer House, La Rochelle
Tel: 435 9718
MADIBA FREEDOM MUSEUM
Covers the political history of Nelson Mandela and the struggle.
Erikson Diamond Centre, Monument Road
Kempton Park
Tel 970 1355/69
SA BREWERIES CENTENARY CENTRE
The history and production of beer from early times. Enjoy a drink in
the typical Victorian pub or a typical 1960s style Soweto Shebeen.
15 President Street
Newtown
Tel:836 4900
MUSEUMAFRICA
Located in the halls of the Old Fresh Produce Market it chronicles the
history of Johannesburg from the time of the discovery of gold in 1886
until the end of apartheid in 1994.
121 Bree Cnr Wolhuter streets, Newtown Cultural Precinct
Tel:833 5624
MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY
Witwatersrand University
Braamfontein
Tel: 717 6540
RAILWAY SOCIETY OF S.A.
PRESERVATION CENTRE
Historic locomotives and railway equipment
223 Northcliff House
Cnr Beyers Naude and Hocky Avenue
Tel:888 1154
SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM OF
MILITARY HISTORY
Over 44 000 exhibits including the only remaining example of the worlds
first jet fighter, the ME262
Saxonwold
Tel:646 5513
WORKERS MUSEUM
Newtown
Tel: 838 5672
LIBRARIES
ALEXANDRA
TEL: 443 8302
BOSKRUIN
TEL: 792 7424
BRIXTON
TEL: 837 4201
BRYANSTON LIBRARY
TEL: 706 3518
CORONATIONVILLE
TEL: 673 2530
CRESTA
TEL; 678 6926
DAVIDSONVILLE
TEL: 763 2914
EMMARENTIA
TEL:646 5821
FLORIDA
TEL:672 0433
GARDEN COURT
TEL:870 1222
GLENANDA
TEL:6821614
HILLBROW
TEL:643 1419
HORISON VIEW
TEL:763 2770
JOHANNESBURG PUBLIC
TEL:8701222
KILLARNEY
TEL:646 3088
LINBRO PARK
TEL:608 3804
LINDEN
TEL:888 5682
MALVERN
TEL:615 3031
MAYFAIR
TEL:837 4005
MELVILLE
TEL:726 7702
MURRAY PARK
TEL:614 9718
NEWLANDS
TEL:673 1806
NOORDGESIG
TEL:935 1051
NORTHCLIFF
TEL:678 1424
NORWOOD
TEL: 728 6207
OLIVEDALE
TEL:462 6285
ORANGE GROVE REFERENCE
TEL:640 4124
RHODES PARK
TEL:615 4510
RIVONIA
TEL:803 1227
ROODEPOORT
TEL:763 1031
ROSEBANK
TEL:442 8988
ROSETTENVILLE
TEL: 435 3960
SANDRINGHAM
TEL:887 0350
SAVOY
TEL:887 0350
SANDOWN
TEL:881 6440
SOUTH HILLS
TEL:613 5111
SOUTHDALE
TEL:680 2110
STRUBENS VALLEY
TEL:475 0569
WELTEVREDEN PARK
TEL:679 3406
WESTBURY
TEL:447 5762
WILRO PARK
TEL:764 1603
WITPOORTJIE
TEL:762 1417
YEOVILLE
TEL:648 4804
EDENVALE
TEL:456 0222
MODDERFONTEIN
TEL: 608 0421
MIDRAND
Gallagher Drive
TEL:315 4343
IVORY PARK
Makhaya Drive
Tel: 261 5122
OLIFANTSFONTEIN
Mason Street
TEL:316 1231
RABIE RIDGE
Korhaan Street
TEL:310 1227
ADULT LENDING
TEL:870 1222
AFRICAN STUDIES
TEL: 870 1222
ART
TEL:870 1222
CENTRAL LENDING
TEL:870 1222
CHILDREN
TEL:870 1222
MULTIMEDIA
TEL:870 1222
NEWSPAPER/PICTURE
TEL:870 1222
PERFORMING ARTS
TEL:838 5110
PHOTOGRAPHIC
TEL:833 5624
REFERENCE
TEL:870 1222
YOUNG ADULT REFERENCE
TEL:870 1222
MUNICIPAL
SWIMMING POOLS
BLAIRGOWRIE
TEL: 787 2121
BRIXTON
TEL: 837 2440
ELLISPARK
TEL: 402 5565
FLORIDA NORTH
TEL: 672 5088
HILLBROW
TEL: 375 5000
LINDEN
TEL: 888 3750
MAYFAIR
TEL: 837 2448
NEWCLARE
TEL: 477 4076
NEWVILLE
TEL: 477 8912
NOORDGESIG
TEL: 375 5555
OCHSE SQUARE
TEL:673 1461
ROODEPOORT
TEL: 760 2237
ROOSEVELDT PARK
TEL: 375 5555
SYDENHAM
TEL: 640 5817
VREDEDORP
TEL: 837 5190
VERITY PARK
TEL: 442 9559
WINDSOR EAST
TEL: 476 6277
YEOVILLE
TEL: 375 5555
EDENVALE
TEL: 453 8241
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