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Cape Crime

June 10th 2011
"Give me money, give me money, I have a knife, I don’t want to use it, I will cut your throat, I have done it before!" Followed by "Do you have a stun gun in your pocket?" a quick smile, an awkward silence and he goes away! Another one of those crazy days in Africa! After coming from Johannesburg, through the Drakensburg Mountains and down the Garden Route without any disasters I was beginning ... read more
Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town » Victoria and Alfred Waterfront

South African Flag 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
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