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Madikwe Game Reserve

Is a part of the latest park developments in South Africa.It was opened in 1991 and comprises 750 km² of bushland north of the small town Groot-Marico up to the Botswana border.Madikwe lies on what used to be farm land, but owing to the poor soil type, farming was not that successful.After extensive research, the South African Government found that this land would best be utilised as a national park, to economically uplift this otherwise rather poor area.It has recently opened itself up to private farms outside the main reserve. Private users need to abide by parks board rules, animals can roam over any land, but there are restrictions as to where private vehicles can drive. There are 30 lodges on the property, and six lodges in the private farms outside the main reserve. Madikwe has started Community Lodges, which the local villages own and run. All profits are then used to uplift the communities.

SkyDive Rustenburg

Rustenburg, a host city for the 2010 FIFA Wold Cup, is located at the foot of the Magaliesburg mountain range in the North West Province of South Africa.Rustenburg SkyDiving Club operates every weekend and most Fridays, making use of an Atlas Angel (turbine) aircraft to go 12 000 feet up into the big blue playground in the sky.First Time SkyDivers and Tandem Jumpers, Sports SkyDivers and SkyDiving Teams of all disciplines are most welcome at SkyDive Rustenburg.

Royal Bafokeng Stadium

The Royal Bafokeng Stadium will host first and second round matches for the FIFA™ World Cup in 2010. Located in Rustenburg in the North West Province, Royal Bafokeng was opened in 1999 and completely funded by the Royal Bafokeng community.(An administrative entity presiding over the world's richest platinum mines).The capacity of the Royal Bafokeng was increased to 42 44,000 with the construction of two additional rows of seating on the second level. New electronic scoreboards, floodlights and a new public address system completed the requirements for it to host the first and second round matches of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Pilanesberg National Park

which covers some 55 000 hectare, is the fourth largest in southern Africa.This malaria-free park is perched on the eroded vestiges of an alkaline volcanic crater one of only three such craters in the world.The history of the Pilanesberg Park is also unique amongst national parks in South Africa. Pilanesberg National Park's special features of rugged landscape, well-watered valleys and attractive dwelling sites have made it a preferred site for human settlement for thousands of years. Prior to its proclamation as a reserve in 1979, the Pilanesberg National Park Complex was degraded and depleted of indigenous wildlife populations due to fairly intense settlement by commercial farmers.At considerable expense, the land has been restocked with game, the scars of human settlement were removed and tourism infrastructure was developed during the first 15 years (1979 and 1993).This constituted the largest and most expensive game stocking and land rehabilitation project ever undertaken in any African game reserve at the time.

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