Destination: South Africa
Be Entertained Cape Town - Nightclubs & Live Music Durban - Nightclubs & Live Music Johannesburg - Nightclubs & Live Music Pretoria - Nightclubs & Live Music Theatres - Theatres Cape Town - Theatres Durban - Theatres Johannesburg - Theatres Pretoria - Theatres Bloemfontein - Theatres Spectator Sports - Spectator Sports Ballooning - Ballooning Canoeing & Rafting - Canoeing & Rafting Cycling & Mountain Biking - Cycling & Mountain Biking Fishing - Fishing Golf - Golf Gyms - Gyms Hiking - Hiking Horse Riding - Horse Riding Running - Running Watersports - Watersports	Music Mix With its mix of cultural styles, South Africa has a rich tradition of musical performance. Styles include the township sounds of kwaito, mainstream and African jazz, African-Western fusion, Western classical music, indigenous traditional drumming, minstrel banjo-strumming and alternative Afrikaans rock. You don't have to go to a club or theatre to hear live music: talented buskers of all kinds perform in public during the summer. Opening Times Clubs and live music venues are generally open from 8pm until early morning. Drama Today Under apartheid, politically engaged protest theatre flourished locally while the best international artists boycotted the country. Nowadays good theatre from all over the world is again available, and local playwrights are beginning to explore the new feelings of optimism and anxiety abroad in South Africa. Forms such as comedies and musicals, which might have been thought frivolous a decade or two ago, are once more becoming popular. Sports in South Africa South Africa's warm climate makes it an ideal place for outdoor activities. Just about all the major team and individual sports are practised here, apart from winter sports. Many sports clubs welcome visitors who would like to play tennis or a round of golf, or to go diving, boating or waterskiing. Simply enquire at your hotel or guest house, make a phone call and ask what facilities are available. A Sports-mad Nation If you talk to the locals you will soon discover that they are passionate about their sport. Ask blacks which soccer team they support - the Chiefs (Kaiser Chiefs), the Buccaneers (Orlando Pirates) or the Birds (Moroka Swallows) - or how Bafana Bafana (the Boys, nickname for the national team) are doing. A good all-purpose question for whites is, 'What do you think of the Bokke?' (Springboks, now the name only for the national rugby team, but still widely used of any national team.)	COUNTRY South Africa   Viewing   Top Ten   What To See   Where To ...     Eat & Drink     Stay     Shop     Take The Kids     Be Entertained     What's On When   Practical Matters REGION CITIES MAPS World Europe TRAVEL BOOK