| Page Views: 3,742 Last Visit to South Africa: May, 1997 | SOUTH AFRICA by dutch_anna - last update: Feb 29, 2008 |
The National flower of South Africa is the Giant or King Protea (Protea cynaroides). "When the missionaries came to Africa
They had the Bible and we had the land.
They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes.
When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land."
Bishop Desmond Tutu.
In September and October 1995 I travelled through South Africa.
After our trip to Zambia in August we flew from Lusaka to Johannesburg, South Africa. We collected our rented car, a red VW-microbus, at the airport and we drove the next day to a farm near Lydenburg, where one of my cousins was manager. We stayed a few days with them and then drove north. Today the name of North Transvaal is: Northern Province, of Eastern Transvaal: Mpumalanga.
After this tour we flew to Durban to visit Kwazulu-Natal.
In 1997 we came back to see more of Kwazulu-Natal.Please read my travelogues. News from South Africa: Africa onlineNational Anthem.
Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika
Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo,
Yizwa imithandazo yethu,
Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.
Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso,
O fedise dintwa la matshwenyeho,
O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso,
Setjhaba sa South Afrika - South Afrika.
Uit die blou van onse hemel,
Uit die diepte van ons see,
Oor ons ewige gebergtes,
Waar die kranse antwoord gee,
Sounds the call to come together,
And united we shall stand,
Let us live and strive for freedom,
In South Africa our land. |
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was_the_beav Fri Dec 8, 2006 06:20 UTC
What a perfect time to have been in South Africa!! I love this page and all your photos... | olja1234 Sun Nov 23, 2003 20:57 UTC
Excellent page! And thos awesome photos in your travelogue....Thanks | ATLC Mon Apr 21, 2003 07:50 UTC
Wowee, looking at this page after more than a year, it's still a super page :-) | Maline Sun Apr 13, 2003 22:48 UTC
GReat seeing your photos, esp those of nature and the waters. Very beautiful sceneries there in South Africa I believe. |
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