Young man desperate to learn

Apartheid Museum

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August 22nd 2012
Quick coffee and skulk round the airport for breakfast and we'll be off to the Botswaanan border for a safari. Detouring to avoid where the poor miners tradegy happened. Made even more poignant after visiting the apartheid museum yesterday, which was absolutely brilliant. Your ticket designated you white or non-white and split you into separate entrances, as a stark reminder of not only seg ... 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