Astounding Southern Africa - Oaklands Country Manor, Saturday 2015 February 28
February 28th 2015 6:30 p.m. Rain has been pouring for an hour and a half and seems set for most of the night. It started as light rain in the last five minutes of a walk Jack and I took up the road. The dramatic heavy clouds and golden light made a perfect backdrop for photos of the beautiful valley where we are situated. We came across a protected wetland, where lots of swallows flitted when not resting in the hun
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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 
