Hamlets! Hamlets! Hamlets!

Happy National Heritage Day or Happy Braai day!

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September 24th 2016
"It's a fantastic thing, a very simple idea. Irrespective of your politics, of your culture, of your race, of your whatever, hierdie ding doen ons saam...Here is one thing than can unite us irrespective of all the things that are trying to tear us apart." - Desmond Tutu, patron saint of Braai Day 11 hours of sleep later and we were ready for National Heritage ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape

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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