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Quick facts
The Johannesburg Zoo is on Jan Smuts Avenue, in Parkview. The main entrance is in Upper Park Drive, Forest Town. For more information, contact 011 646 2000. It has its own website.
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Overview
FROM a small public park that opened in 1904 with an odd mix of animals - including a male lion, a female leopard and a male baboon - the Johannesburg Zoo has grown to become the most popular public venue in the city.
It is now a sprawling 54 hectares in central Parktown, with plenty of trees, water features and beautiful walks.
The stars of the show are, of course, the animals and the collection is impressive. There are lions, tigers, elephants, gorillas, chimpanzees, sable antelope, bat-eared foxes and polar bears among the 2 070 animals, representing 365 different species.
While its core business is the accommodation, enrichment, husbandry and medical care of wild animals, the Johannesburg Zoo also offers a variety of educational and entertainment programmes.
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PARTICIPANTS at the fourth annual South African Music Conference learned about the dance music industry, and were treated to a demonstration by international maestros DJ Rocco and Manoo from France.
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BURN victims find their fighting spirit again through the gentle persuasion and loving encouragement from the emergency management service's public information, education and relations unit and its volunteers.
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PRE-SCHOOL children are being taught pre-literacy skills, which will help them to read and write once they enter formal schooling, through the City libraries' Ready to Read programme.
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NELSON MANDELA turns the grand old age of 90 this month, and there are several events planned to celebrate this milestone, among them tours, exhibitions and a rugby test.
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FRESH from the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, the South African Ballet Theatre is performing its two act show, Don Quixote, at its studio in Braamfontein.
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