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Astounding Southern Africa - Cape Town, Monday 2015 March 9

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March 9th 2015
A change of pace today as we slowly visited sites around Stellenbosch. For a few hours this morning we visited the Stellenbosch Village Museum, walking around on our own, looking at the restored historic [url=http://www.southafrica.net/za/en/articles/entry/article-southafrica.net-cape-dutch-ar ... 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