Lunch

Eish!

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June 1st 2007
New word of the day: Eish! From what I understand it is a Zulu word that is simply an expression used to describe just about any emotion - frustration, surprise, sadness, happyness... it is also a substitution for most profanities... We spent the day today touring around Soweto - or 'south western township'. Just as a bit of background information, during the apartheid era, the non-white popul ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg

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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