The Bridge of Time facing the Entertainment Centre

Sun City is a luxury South African casino resort, situated in the North West Province. It is located about two hours' drive from Johannesburg, close to the city of Rustenburg. The complex borders the Pilanesberg National Park. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... The Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. ... Categories: South Africa stubs | North West Province | Provinces of South Africa ... , City motto: Unity in Development Province Gauteng Mayor Amos Masondo Area  - % water 1,644 km² 0. ... Rustenburg (place of rest) is a large town situated in at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range in North West Province of South Africa. ... The Pilanesberg National Park is located in North West Province in South Africa, west of Pretoria. ...

Sun City was developed by the hotel magnate Sol Kerzner as part of his Sun International group of properties. It was officially opened on 7 December 1979; at the time it was located in the bantustan of Bophuthatswana. Sol Kerzner (born 1935) is a South African hotel and gambling magnate. ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Map of the black homelands in South Africa as of 1986 Map of the black homelands in Namibia as of 1978 Bantustan refers to any of the territories designated as tribal homelands for black South Africans and Namibians during the apartheid era. ... Flag of Bophuthatswana Bophuthatswana was a former Bantustan (homeland) in the north of South Africa. ...

As Bophuthatswana was classified as an independent state by South Africa's apartheid regime (although unrecognized as such by any other country), it was allowed to provide "immoral" (in the eyes of the South African government) entertainment such as gambling and topless revue shows, which were banned in South Africa. These factors, as well as its relatively close location to the large metropolitan areas of Pretoria and Johannesburg, ensured that Sun City soon became (and stayed) a popular holiday and weekend destination. Many famous musicians such as Queen and Elton John also performed at the Sun City Super Bowl, a large auditorium which seats 6,200. A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ... // Gambling has had many different meanings depending on the cultural and historical context in which it is used. ... Line art depictions of a man and a woman designed to educate extraterrestrials about the appearance of the human body. ... City motto: Praestantia Praevaleat Pretoria (May Pretoria Be Pre-eminent In Excellence) Province Gauteng Area  - % water 1,644 km² 0. ... Queen is a British rock band created by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon from the remains of Smile. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Sun City became the subject of considerable controversy in 1985 when E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt made it the focus of his music-industry activist group, Artists United Against Apartheid. Forty-nine top recording artists, including Ringo Starr, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Run DMC, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Duke Bootee, Afrika Bambaataa, Kurtis Blow, Big Youth, David Ruffin, Pat Benatar, Eddie Kendrick, George Clinton, Joey Ramone, Jimmy Cliff, Daryl Hall, Darlene Love, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Bonnie Raitt, Ruben Blades, John Oates, Lou Reed, Bobby Womack, Jackson Browne, Peter Garrett, Nona Hendryx, and Kashif collaborated on a song called "Sun City" in which they pledged they would never perform at the resort. This article is about the year. ... The E Street Band is a backing band that has toured and recorded with rock musician Bruce Springsteen since 1972. ... 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Sun City has continued to flourish since Bophutatswana was re-incorporated in the new South Africa in 1994. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

The resort has four hotels:

• Sun City Hotel
• Cascades Hotel
• The Cabanas
• The Palace of the Lost City

Sun City also has two international-standard 18-hole golf courses, the Gary Player Country Club and the Lost City Golf Course, both designed by Gary Player. The Gary Player Country Club is home to the prestigious Nedbank Golf Challenge (formerly the Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Challenge). The Lost City Golf Course is noted for the 38 real crocodiles in the water feature of the 13th hole. Golf (gowf in Scots) is a sport where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ... Gary Player on the cover of a 1999 golf instruction video. ... The Nedbank Golf Challenge is an annual golf tournament played over the Gary Player Country Club Course in Sun City, South Africa. ... Genera Crocodylus Osteolaemus Tomistoma A crocodile can be any of the 14 species of large, water-loving reptiles in the family Crocodylidae (sometimes classified instead as the subfamily Crocodylinae). ...

The resort was also the site of the Sun City Agreement. The Sun City Agreement was an agreement that was signed between some of the warring parties in the Second Congo War on 19 April 2002 at the luxury South African casino resort of Sun City, as a result of the Inter-Congolese dialogue (ICD). ...

External links

• Sun International Website