A section of the Apartheid Museum at Gold Reef City in Johannesburg,
a visit is highly recommended by Africa Deluxe Tours.

As the name indicates, the Apartheid Museum (opened in 2002) aims to preserve the Apartheid history of South Africa's recent pass. It is a sorely needed addition to not only the South African tourism scene, but more importantly to our country's challenge of dealing with the past. While most of our citizens are focused on the future and actively building the new non-racial South Africa, we cannot afford to forget our past - nor can the rest of the world.

In the Apartheid history is embedded important lessons for the world and humanity. It tells of the horrors that can flow from discrimination and prejudice, but also of the strength of the human spirit in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. One only needs to follow global news events to realise how relevant these matters are in our day and time.

A grim reminder of those executed by the Apartheid Government.

The museum uses a potent mix of multi-media presentations and archive material to not only communicate the facts of Apartheid to the visitor, but also to let one experience a small sample of what life in Apartheid South Africa was like. For example, as you enter the museum you are given a card which classifies you as white or non-white (irrespective of your actual race). On the basis of your newly awarded racial classification you must then enter the museum through the "whites only" or "non-whites" entrance. While all visitors get to see and hear everything in the Museum they are often segregated according to their nominally classified race - thus experiencing first hand the absurdity of racism as practiced under Apartheid.

The Apartheid Museum is located on the grounds of the Gold Reef City Theme Park, just south of Johannesburg. Africa Deluxe Tours recommends a visit to the Apartheid Museum to anyone and everyone, it may very well provide you with the most lasting and enriching experience of your whole trip. It is also a thoroughly educational experience for teenagers.

(Also see: Kwamuhle Museum)