Gone to Pot

Twelve For Six in Melville

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May 11th 2006
Johannesburg take... five? Twenty-five percent of South Africa’s Police Force is illiterate and as luck would have it, one of them pulled us over with an over-inflated sense of importance. “Can I see your license?” Derick pulls out his license. “You cannot drive this truck, wrong license,” he says. Incensed, Derick took a deep breath and asked why. After all for over three years now, ... 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