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The Free State soil is rich and the climate pleasant for a thriving agricultural industry. The province is high lying, with most land being 1,000 meters above sea level. The Drakensberg and Maloti Mountains foothills raise the terrain to over 2,000 meters. The Free State lies in the heart of the Karoo with minerals like gold and diamonds being of particular importance, mostly found in the north and west of the province.The cheetahs were reintroduced in the Free State for the first time in June 2013 after a hundred years of regional extinction. With an adult female cheetah reintroduction in early 2016, three wild cheetah cubs were born for the first...

Gauteng is the smallest province in South Africa and accounts for only 1.5% of the country's land area. But it is home to more than a quarter of South Africa’s population with the largest city Johannesburg which is the largest city in the world and a 25 minutes drive from Pretoria. Gauteng is the wealthiest province and financial hub of South Africa. It also contains the administrative capital Pretoria and other large areas such as Montana, Pretoria East, Waterkloof, Midstream, Midrand, Ekurhuleni, Sandton, Fourways, East Rand, and Vanderbijlpark. Gauteng is the most attractive province with a population of approximately 16.1 million....

Limpopo is the northern province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River which forms the province's western and northern borders. The capital and largest city in this province is Polokwane.The Limpopo province was established as one of nine provinces after the name was first "Northern Transvaal", later changed to "Northern Province" on 28 June 1995. And then changed again in 2002 to the Limpopo Province.This province is cattle country, where extensive ranching operations are often supplemented by controlled hunting. About 80% of South Africa's game hunting is in Limpopo around Thabazimbi, Lephalale,...

Mpumalanga is the eastern province of South-Africa and its surroundings have a history that extends back thousands of years.The Drakensberg divides Mpumalanga into a high-altitude grassland called the Highveld and an eastern half in a low altitude that’s subtropical Lowveld /Bushveld mostly savanna habitat. The Drakensberg exceeds heights of 2000 m in most places, with this central region of Mpumalanga being very mountainous.The Kruger National Park and its southern half bordering Mpumalanga that’s an hour’s drive from Mbombela previously Nelspruit. Mbombela is a city in the north-eastern side of South...

The province is located to the west of the major population center of Gauteng and south of Botswana.Most of the areas in the province are flat areas with scattered trees and grassland. The Magaliesberg mountain range in the northeast extends about 130 km from Pretoria to Rustenburg. The Vaal River flows along the southern border of the North West province.The most important part of the North West Province is mining, which secures more than half of the jobs to the population in providing work. The minerals are gold, mined at Orkney and Klerksdorp, platinum mined at Rustenburg and Brits and diamonds...