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Christmas

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January 9th 2013
Do people put Christmas lights up in SA? Bear in mind that I don’t walk anywhere at night, so I only know what I saw in the daytime. Maseru, Lesotho’s small capital city, had decorative lights strung across main street and, in a small park, red and green plastic palm trees stood around a traditional Christmas tree shape out of white lights. I didn’t see lights or decorations in front of hous ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Barberton

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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