Morning Mixer

Busy Week Training in The Eastern Cape

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July 1st 2011
Though we had spent our first weekend planning (and it was busy), Monday morning felt like the real beginning of my volunteer work with Education Beyond Borders - (http://www.educationbeyondborders.org/). With our borrowed car, we headed to the Manderson Hotel in Stutterheim (http://www.manderson.co.za/) early Monday morning for five days of workshops with teachers from all over the Eastern C ... 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