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Soweto

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June 22nd 2014
We spent Sunday afternoon visiting Soweto, Mandela's house, a great museum, the venue for the 2010 World Cup Final and trying out the local beer. After the student uprising there were many deaths in Soweto. A grizzly time for SA. There is a museum to a young boy who was killed that day, Hector Pieterson. Quite graphic accounts. ... 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