Nooses at the Apartheid Museum

Joburg

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May 15th 2008
Joburg and Soweto At the backpackers in the Drakensburg we met, Chi, Paul and Nirali. Chi very kindly offered to put us up at his flat for a couple of days so that we could see the real Jo'Burg. His flat turned out to be a very cool, very large, loft style apartment with a sauna and plunge pool! He had decked the whole place out from scratch and it was very stylish. He is also a gr ... 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