Day of Reconciliation, Bo-Kaap
16 December marks the anniversary of the beginning of the armed anti-Apartheid movement in 1961. Today it is celebrated as Day of Reconciliation.
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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]
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] Blog: Cape Peninsula and Cape Town
Date: December 15th 2008
Date: December 15th 2008
