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What a month!!!

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June 5th 2014
Oh my word. Trying to renew your tourist visa in June proved very difficult. Thursday from hell. Home Affairs not being able to renew my tourist visa, 9am, change my air ticket to leave the country 10:30am. It had to be the worst day of my life! The poor car guard at home affairs didn't know how to deal with this blubbering wreck!! When all the help your receive from South African officia ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Stellenbosch

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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