Hector Pieterson Memorial

Soweto

Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Goodbye South Africa!

August 25th 2023
Dear All Greetings, on this my final entry on my amazing journey through South Africa in the summer of 2023. It really was an epic trip, definitely one of the best ones up there alongside recent trips to Japan, Scandinavia and the Galapagos Islands, and I've also been enjoying very much writing up these travel blog entries, re-living all those adventures again! My final few days were spent in a ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg

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 subjug... ... read more

1st January 2024

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

I would want to visit Stephen Biko memorial (if one exists)
If I was to visit South Africa I would want to visit a Stephen Biko memorial. I don't know if one of those exists however. But if there isn't one, his grave would do. He was an anti-apartheid activist who in 1977 was beaten to death while in custody. Peter Gabriel has written a song called Biko. It is a very good song and he always ends his concerts with that one. /Ake

alex waring
Alexander Waring

Stephen Biko
I learned a bit about Stephen Biko whilst in South Africa. I imagine there'll be a memorial to him somewhere. I hope you're able to go sometime Ake, it sounds like it may be an inspirational journey for you too.

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