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South Africa Day 1: Is Joburg Deadly?

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December 16th 2009
The first of our discovering South Africa series where we pose certain truths·myths that exist out there. The answer: Not for us. But we have only seen a very small and exclusive part of it. I would say it is generally safe but you just need to be very careful. We made it safely to the hotel, I am writing at 2:30AM local time as we are both reasonably wide awake, but having missed an enti ... 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