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Weekend in Joburg

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June 15th 2009
Johannesburg * Some Violent Content Time is sure flying by! I am officially finished with my first semester of grad school. Last Thursday I turned in my final paper for the course and then I set off for a weekend in Johannesburg. A friend of mine had a dental conference in Joburg and so Andrea and I thought we would tag along and see the big city. Johannesburg is very different from D ... read more

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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