Located in Johannesburg, a World class African city, the D'oreale Grande is near the entertainment capital of South Africa, hosting a variety of both national and international acts year round.

Johannesburg is a cauldron of theatres, museums, clubs, eclectic shops, large green areas, wildlife and a unique blend of entertainment and excursions that include apartheid-crafted townships that offer heart and soul and most importantly 'hope'. A vibrant energy and unique attitude being the final additive to this fierce cocktail that is emerging as one of South Africa's hottest spots.

Bold History
Johannesburg's history is kept alive in the many vibrant and heart wrenching museums in and around Josi, the Apartheid Museum being one of the latest additions to this list. Funded as part of a casino's bid a few years ago, the Apartheid Museum captures the energy and intense lifestyle endured by so many during the apartheid years. It is described by Lucille Davie (Johannesburg News Agency) as, "an extraordinary powerful museum .... With its large blow-up photographs, metal cages and numerous monitors recording continuous replays of apartheid scenes set in a double volume ceiling, concrete and red brick walls and grey concrete floor ..."

One of the most chilling accounts of our history can be experienced first hand during a township tour into Alexandra or Soweto. Whilst township tours are a mix of people, fun and the meaning of life, the subject and atrocities of the past are bound to surface - heart wrenching stories that describe accounts of those years that are still fresh in so many peoples lives; stories that can bring both tears of sorrow and joy.

Melting pot of Culture
Olav Andre Manum, a Norwegian journalist in South Africa, described Johannesburg in an account written by Philppa Garson (Johannesburg News Agency). "Once you start exploring you realise that Johannesburg emerges as a vibrant, culturally rich and diverse city with a most fascinating history. You have black, white, Indian, Muslim, Jewish ... this is something I'm really not used to".

Cultural diversity is a subject that you could immerse yourself in and experience via conducted tours or self-made tours that would include heritage trails, museums and cultural visits. Whilst theatre is a stage that often includes stories of Josi's diverse cultures, one can experience a different everyday theatre that unfolds on the city's streets, whether at the markets or simply whilst sightseeing in the city.