Metro train commute
White and non-white citizens rub shoulders on the commute between the suburbs and the city. Although this is a positive thing I suppose I was a bit put off by graffiti within the carriages and the proliferation of annoying little advertisments glued randomly to the interiors of the carriage. Almost all claimed to offer assistance for personal problems ranging from money to inadequate hip-girth and penis length. Less funny were the others openly advertising illegal abortions for as little as R300 (less than $30 USD).
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 
