The North West is a peaceful province with a year round, sunny climate, exciting wildlife destinations free of malaria and various cultural and historical attractions. Within the Province lies the famous Sun City leisure resort offering a host of activities ranging from world-class golfing, gambling, games, extravaganzas, a valley of waves with a beach, cinemas and restaurants.
The Platinum ProvincePilansberg Some two hours' drive northwest of Johannesburg, some 10 000 head of game graze, browse, hunt and scavenge on the rolling grasslands and in the dense bush and wooded riverine valleys of Pilanesberg Game Reserve. Madikwe Impodimo is set in Madikwe Game Reserve - an unique escape for those who seek to experience a dawn view of untamed Africa with an aura of almost mystical splendour. Rustenburg There is a large variety of historical and cultural interests to be found in the area, such as the German community of Kroondal, the indigenous Bafokeng, Bakgatla and Botswana tribes with their totemic and other tribal traditions as well as Pilanesberg and Sun City Resort.
Eshowe offers a unique window on history as the oldest town in Zululand, with various secret places to visit and enjoy.
The sound of the breeze rushing through the Dlinza Forest in the heart of the town is the romantic explanation for the town's name. The more scientific is that it is a corruption of the isiZulu word ishongwe, meaning 'milkbush shrubs', also prominent in the area.
The town, lying on a plateau and thus protected from the subtropical humidity of surrouding areas, was proclaimed a magistracy in 1887 upon Zululand's annexation by Britain and became the capital of Zululand.
