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Background: After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjugation of the native inhabitants. The Boers resisted British encroachments, but were defeated in the Boer War (1899-1902). The resulting Union of South Africa operated under a policy of apartheid - the separate development of the races. The 1990s brought an end to apartheid politically and ushered in black majority rule.

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By colindn
January 3rd 2010

Durban Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Durban

Total flying hours = 21.5 Total Airport Hours = 21 Current Status = Tired Movies Watched = The Reader, Star Trek Movies Aborted = Swingers, Public Enemies Video Games Played = Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box Books Read = Young Stalin Airport Meals Eaten = Sushi, cappucino, starbucks Airplane Meals Eaten = "beef", muffin, free roast beef sandwich, chicken tikka masala, english breakfast Bottles of mini-airplane wine drank = 4 Women accusing passengers of intentionally tripping her 2 year old son = 1 Degrees in Durban = 29 (feels like 1000000000000000) [View Full Entry]

By Kayse
December 27th 2009

Merry Christmas Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Durban

Baking Chaos

Hello Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. It was great to get to talk to some of you during the holiday season. I had a great Christmas here in South Africa. While it didn’t feel like Christmas and it felt a bit strange to tell people Merry Christmas, it was still a really fun day. I spent Christmas Eve in my kitchen baking up a storm. I got a late start due to sleeping in a bit and getting in a quick run, but I managed in one day to make an eggnog pie, a batch of banana [View Full Entry]

By Kayse
November 22nd 2009

Umfolozi Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve

Elephant

I am back from my great South African Game Reserve adventure, and adventure it was! Carolyn and I left for the game reserve mid day last Sunday and drove three hours up north in the pouring rain. We reached the reserve in the late afternoon and as soon as we entered the first set of gates we were stopped by two huge elephants. They were on either side of the rd, but soon one decided to join the other. This was fantastic because there was nothing between us and the elephants which are absolutely enormous. But this soon started to [View Full Entry]

By ThembaThemba
November 16th 2009

Ok, seriously, why is it still cold?? Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal

Howzit everyone? 16 November..the early days of summer.. yet it is still cold.. it was warming up, we had a few days of beautiful sunshine and heat..warming my skin as I walked through the farms or around town..my skin transformed from pale white to more acceptable tan.. and now..again... it is quite cold, damp and gray. Dear summer, please come soon!! I do not have any new photos, well I do, but not enough to post yet..I want to wait until I have more to add. So next time,eh? I have been staying more at Neil and Ingrid's place, as Sam [View Full Entry]

By Kayse
November 9th 2009

Hospital Party and Bollywood Night! Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Durban

Beautiful!

Hello! *Caution this blog contains some sensitive topics I think this is a record, a new blog two weeks in a row! I had a full weekend and I am looking forward to a full week. While I didn’t have much time to sleep this weekend it was probably one of the best I have had here so I wanted to get some photos up right away. I will be adding more photos to this blog as I get them from friends but here is a start. I started my weekend on Friday with a Rotary lunch and then hurrying home [View Full Entry]

The kids waiting for us to get started with the party!

By ThembaThemba
November 5th 2009

amongst the sugar cane...and the stigmas... Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal

Saturday-- there I was, sitting in a loud smokey pub- surrounded by farmers clad in shorts and safari shirts-- straight out of the movies-- really enjoy that though-- sitting there with Neil, he is already drunk I think, from the brandy he had been drinking all day. he has been out sick from work--which just means he gets to drink more brandy -- the rugby match has started and everyone is yelling--cheetahs--blue bulls , seems to be split-- across the room two TV sets jarring the sound of fans cheering along with those cheering here in my surrounds. it is one [View Full Entry]

By Khanyisile
October 31st 2009

I'm on a roll..... Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Howick

Well, well, well! Today's been quite a lazy day, I've stayed at home all day, with the exception of a quick trip to the Spar! I woke up with an incredibly sore throat, so decided I'd rather stay in bed and watch a movie than get up - the luxury of a rare day without plans! Today was a lovely warm day, so I thought it might do me some good to sit outside for a while. A while lasted about 2 minutes, when I decided the sun was too hot and bright, so came back inside! Some smartie pants would [View Full Entry]

By ThembaThemba
October 27th 2009

bummer Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal

well I found out there is an internet spot right here in camperdown got all excited-- but i cannot upload photos.. agh!!! so..I will have to try the one in Maritzburg again and see if I can upload photos from there.. until then..take care.. Susan- i will try to get photos of the wild dogs anthony- thanks haha. i miss you guys too.. really linda- true that..SA is beautifully difficult :) [View Full Entry]

By ThembaThemba
October 26th 2009

mind the wild dogs... Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal

Hello. long time eh? sorry. I have had no internet access. So I arrived in Camperdown..which is about 20 minutes from PMBurg.. it has been wonderful to be back in KZN, seeing old friends and actually making new ones..the weather has been a bit rainy, but there have been some lovely days in between.. I am already a little more tan, THANKFULLY!! I was looking a bit pale.. so things are not exactly as they were supposed to be..which is often the case in life.. I won't go into extreme boring details-- but the house that I planned to use for [View Full Entry]

By Khanyisile
October 25th 2009

Week 2 - School Holidays, Patsy and Netball Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Howick

Apologies once again for the lack of blogging that has occurred. I fully intend to rectify this situation by giving you a brief overview of what has happened over the last few weeks, so I will hopefully be up to date! My second week here was school holidays again, so the centre was quite manic for the entire week. We did lots of fun activities, there was lots of singing and dancing, we made play dough & lemonade & I had my hair braided to make me a real Zulu! It was an incredibly cold and miserable week. I think there [View Full Entry]

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