REPLY ON COMMENTS ON THE PAPER "PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITOID ROCKS OF THE JOHANNESBURG DOME, CENTRAL KAAPVAAL CRATON, SOUTH AFRICA" BY D.M.VAN TONDER AND H. MOURI (SAJG, 113, 257-286).

The article presents a response to a commentary on a paper concerning the petrology and geochemistry of the granitoid rocks of the Johannesburg Dome (JD) in Central Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa. The authors of the paper explain the basis for the subdivision of the JD granitoids proposed in the paper. They also suggest a reexamination of the JD granitoids.