Travel Review: South Africa, Botswana, & Zambia Africa Safari, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Table Mountain, Lion's Head, Wine Country

Good question. The trip was fantastic.
Capetown is definitely a must.. hard in a scheduled trip to predict the weather and coordinate activities..... our first 2 days there when we arrived were fantastic weather wise one of which was spent in the wine country which was spectacular.  The cable car up Table Mountain and a hike up Lion's Head was a bust on our last day there due to clouds, not much you can do I suppose.
Joburg is historically and currently of great political and social interest. If the history of apartheid and Nelson Mandela need to be explored and understood on your trip, this is the place. My daughter really was into this and enjoyed being educated in this difficult time of South African history. Seems like the political situation is still difficult. 
Now the Safaris
Botswana is incredible ...the 2 camps we stayed at were from another planet... Mapula and Sable Alley... our guides respectively  were amazing. You will get spoiled there and immersed in the remoteness of it all. So when we ended up in Timbavati out side of Kruger there was a tad of disappointment at Simbavati as there were signs of civilization around, payment for drinks and laundry... although completely reasonable. Nevertheless, we saw rhinos and an incredible scene of wild dogs fighting off a hyena trying to get their kill so I would never suggest removing the Kruger area from a trip. 
That being said I am not sure we should have done the Kruger area first then into the wilds of Botswana or just going into Botswana and getting blown away with the isolation and the animals.
Victoria Falls.. don't let me near that place ... I'm scared of heights. Very impressive.. it was the low season so Devil's Hole was open and our daughter did it.
I heard Victoria Falls when high you can't see anything due to the mist. When low you have the Devil's Hole and a view which we had..
I was more impressed with the majesty of Iguazu Falls in Argentina , that being said, Victoria Falls was a more personalized experience