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GAUTENG PROVINCE

◊ Maropeng or Cradle of Human Kind

and interactive displays is partially underground and
partially above ground, covered in soil and planted
to make it blend into the grassland and rolling hills.
Structural engineers obviously had to calculate
carefully to ensure that this unique facility stands up
to the stresses and strains.

25°55’31.35” S, 27°46’02.56” E

Several other important projects include:

• Kliptown upgrading in Soweto.

26°16’22.15” S, 27°53’15.49” E

• Constitution Hill where the South African Consti-
tutional Court is now situated at the site of the old
Fort in Hillbrow and where political prisoners such as
Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi were once im-
prisoned.
26°11’23.19” S, 28°02’35.23” E ◊ Constitution Hill

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