Tag: south africa
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July 19, 2006 10:55 PM EDT --
South Africa occupies the southern tip of Africa, its long coastline stretching more than 2 500km from the desert border with Namibia on the Atlantic coast southwards around the tip of Africa and then . . .
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June 15, 2006 12:37 PM EDT --
I finally got my act together and will be publishing a series of articles about my vacation to Cape Town, South Africa over the next couple of days. This is the first.
I'm a big fan of penguins . . .
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June 22, 2006 11:30 PM EDT --
Speir is located in Stellenbosch, South Africa and is famous for it's widespread wine estates and it's invaluable Cheetah Outreah Program. Now I don't drink wine and it was rather . . .
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April 07, 2006 11:46 AM EDT --
This was sent to me via email today. I was so impressed by the photo and accompanying story, and I have no idea who the pilot or the original story writer is, but he/she certainly leads an exciting . . .
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June 16, 2006 09:55 PM EDT --
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is world-renowned for the beauty and diversity of the Cape flora it displays and for the magnificence of its setting against the eastern slopes of Table Mountain. . . .
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March 14, 2009 09:34 AM EDT --
When people talk about the civil rights movements, the name that usually comes foremost is that of Martin Luther King. But there is another famous crusader who is not remembered so often, whose contribution . . .
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February 26, 2006 09:02 PM EST --
(Continuation of a journal, after I got my <a href=http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976732561>feet back on the ground</A>.
O.K., truth is that the second reason I was . . .
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December 05, 2007 02:59 PM EST --
The forming of the new Gather International Group made me think of publishing this.
South Africans are fairly out door living inclined. The great climate is responsible for that as well as well as . . .
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July 25, 2007 11:06 PM EDT --
Halala Madiba : Hail Mandela
By P E Adotey Addo.. 2007
He suffered like a caged bird.
Released.
Flew over and soared
Breaking the chains.
Now we know the rest.
Halala Madiba.
Rev P E Adotey . . .
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January 03, 2007 06:16 PM EST --
A report out of Pretoria, South Africa states that a UFO was sighted at Lephalale and a witness said it crashed.
Leonie Ras, administrative manager of Lephalale (Ellisras) was at her daughter’s farm . . .
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January 20, 2009 11:49 AM EST --
I find the godlike worship of Obama most interesting and familiar at the same time. It reminds me of when Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa.
The disgrace of apartheid legislation is a . . .
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April 11, 2008 06:59 AM EDT --
By Savo Heleta
Published in Blogcritics Magazine on April 10, 2008
For me, Nelson Mandela is a hero, a saintly figure, a role model.
In contrast, the United States government still considers . . .
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June 29, 2008 10:43 AM EDT --
If you have been catching news tidbits here and there on the Zimbabwe stolen election and the apparently crazy behavior of 84 year old strongman Robert Mugabe, you have probably been wondering what the . . .
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February 25, 2006 04:57 PM EST --
Years ago, at a carnival, I made a deal with my daughters. I'd go on one ride on a Ferris wheel but they could never again ask me to go on a ride involving both feet being off the ground at any . . .
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March 05, 2006 06:13 AM EST --
Years ago, at a carnival, I made a deal with my daughters. I'd go on one ride on a Ferris wheel but they could never again ask me to go on a ride involving both feet being off the ground at any . . .
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May 11, 2006 06:12 AM EDT --
In Cape Elizabeth, my wife and I put our daughters on a plane back to Cape Town and started on a 3 day road trip - just the two of us (bye kids!). The plan was to travel a bit on South Africa's famed . . .
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September 27, 2006 09:05 AM EDT --
Shown here are citrus fruits. I am interested in plants because I eat them.
This particular plant reminds me of my jokes.
Some plants are useful, and some plants are beautiful. There . . .
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January 04, 2007 08:54 AM EST --
Oprah Winfrey's dream of building a school for South African girls has come true. The $40 million, 28 building campus, under construction since 2002, is open.
Oprah has been criticized by some . . .
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March 15, 2007 07:28 AM EDT --
One of the high points of my trip to South Africa was Soweto.
The drama involved with going there almost superceded the actual experience. It’s difficult to understand why so many . . .
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October 19, 2007 11:49 AM EDT --
I’m sitting on a barstool sipping lemon water. Before me on an oversized screen, bigger than a pair of king-sized beds, a Tom & Jerry cartoon plays. We are waiting for the warm-up musicians to . . .
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