Elephants in the Wild

Planet South Africa: A Parallel Universe

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December 3rd 2007
On Sunday 2 December 2007 I landed on Planet South Africa. It is a friendly planet but feels very alien in many ways. Its 13% white population seem to speak a language not unlike English and mostly seem to drive large 4WD or Mercedes cars. Its black population seem to be often poor and many live in unbelievably large sprawling shanty towns or townships away from the white dominated central parts o ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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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