Durban, SA 004

Cape of Storms

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April 10th 2011
Sunday April 10th, 2011 Rounding the Cape of Good Hope Latitude 34 degrees 32 minutes’ south- Longitude 23 degrees 23 minutes’ east South Africa is still scarred from apartheid. The people are not very friendly in the big cities and crime is rampant. Many people have come down from other parts of Africa in search of jobs. Unemployment is over 25% and everywhere we saw people sleeping in ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape

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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