A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE

ONE RAND, TWO RAND, FIVE RAND, ENLIGHTENMENT!

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November 20th 2007
ONE RAND, TWO RAND, FIVE RAND, ENLIGHTENMENT! Sometimes I don’t know where I am. Believe me when I say that this is a good thing. I think it’s a step towards enlightenment, but not the kind of enlightenment associated with Buddha or Shiva or Saint Francis of Assisi or even Bruce Springsteen. I haven’t felt the bliss purportedly associated with the attainment of universal consc ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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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