this is all they left me...

DISCLAIMER: dont read this one if you are sensitive

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August 14th 2015
Warning! Do not read this entry if you are sensitive to scary factual stories…Please stop reading after this sentence, but know that I am OK and alive and things like that. So I had a hard time deciding if I would post this story because I don’t want to scare anyone off or have people worry about me more than they already are, but being true to the point of this blog (regaling my accounts of m ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg » Melville

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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