Diepsloot, well off the usual beaten track

Out of Africa

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May 17th 2007
Sawubona! Woke up above Zambia. It's my first time in the Southern Hemisphere and I did not have a passing-the-Equator ceremony... or maybe they had it while I was sleeping. I was supposed to spend some 12 hours in Johannesburg's airport (it finally was 16 hours as there was some delay...), waiting for my connecting flight, but it wasn't to be. After a few hours, having gone through the ai ... 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