Am glad that of S.A.'s tourists are from AFRICA.

Tourism
South Africa is ranked among the top 3 countries in the world (countries with more than 12 million tourists) in respect of tourism growth (growing at 3 times the global average) -World Tourism Council
Tourism numbers increased by 10.4% between January and October 2013. A total of 9,535,498 tourists arrived in the country during the period (13.5 million visitors), compared to 6,823,517 in 2011
SA ranks 24th in terms of visitors at 13.5 million (France 79 million, UK 28 million, Switzerland 8.5 million, India 5.2 million, Australia 6 million). (Economist)
South Africa is ranked 62nd overall in the latest edition of the World Economic Forum's Travel and Competitiveness Report 2013, which surveys 140 countries on their policies to develop the travel and tourism sector. (66th in 2011).
The Intercontinental Hotel at O.R. Tambo International Airport was named as the winner of the prestigious 2012 World Luxury Airport Hotel award at the global tourism industry awards.
Cape Town was named the top tourist destination in the world in the 2013 Traveler’s Choice Destinations awards.
Cape Town has been voted the Favourite City Worldwide for 2013 by 17,000 Telegraph readers in the UK.
The Cape Grace in the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town has been named 2nd Best Hotel in the World in the 2013 Tripadvisor Traveler’s Choice Awards
Table Mountain was inaugurated as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature in 2012.
Cape Town International is the best airport in Africa, according to the World Airport Awards 2012. O R Tambo International was 2nd and King Shaka International came 3rd. They were ranked 27th, 31st and 35th respectively in the world.
41 South African beaches were awarded Blue Flags, an international indicator of high environmental standards for recreational beaches in 2013 (up from 27 in 2010).
South Africa’s wine tourism has been rated the best-developed in the world by International Wine Review in 2012, one of the world’s most influential opinion formers on wine
According to CNNGo (CNN's Travel Website), Cape Town is the 9th most loved city in the world in 2012.
TripAdvisor has named Boulders Beach as one of its top 10 truly unique beaches in the world 2012.
National carrier South African Airways (SAA) has won the Global Traveler's magazine "Airline of the year" award for 2012 - the highest honour awarded by the publication for global business travelers.

50 Interesting Facts About South Africa

1. Table Mountain in Cape Town is believed to be one of the oldest mountains in the world and is listed among "SEVEN WONDERS OF NATURE".

2. The world is divided into six floral kingdoms. All these kingdoms encompass several countries, and in some cases, several continents. South Africa, which has a floral kingdom wholly contained within the country, is the one exception. The Cape Floral Kingdom has 9,600 plant species, 70% of which are not found anywhere else in the world.

3. Table Mountain alone has over 1,500 species of plants, more than the entire United Kingdom.

4. South Africa is the second largest exporter of fruit in the world.

5. South Africa has the longest wine route in the world.

6. Kruger National Park supports the greatest variety of wildlife species on the African continent.

7. South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique are tearing down fences between the countries' game parks to create a 13,500 square mile game park, which will become the largest conservation area in the world. It will be bigger than Switzerland, Belgium or Taiwan.

8. South Africa has a penguin colony, which thrives thanks to the cold Antarctic currents on the west coast near the Cape.

9. South Africa is rated 3rd in the world in supplying safe, drinkable tap water. where is OLD FAILED STATE CALLED GHANA.

10. The Palace of the Lost City resort hotel is the largest theme resort hotel in the world as well as the largest building project undertaken in the southern hemisphere.

11. Walt Disney serves South African wine exclusively at its 73-acre Animal Kingdom Lodge in the United States.

12. South Africa has the cheapest electricity in the world. Ghana where u at UGLY BOONS.

13. The deepest mine is a gold mine in South Africa. in 1977 the Western Deep Levels Mine reached a depth of 11,749 feet. Most mines descend to about 3,300 feet.

14. South Africa is the only country in the world to voluntarily abandon its nuclear weapons program.

15. South Africa has 19,004 miles of railway track - 80% of Africa's rail infrastructure. I fvcken told ya'll.

16. South Africa generates two-thirds of Africa's electricity.

17. The Tugela Falls is the second highest waterfall in the world, where the water tumbles down 2,789 feet. First place goes to the Angel Falls in Venezuela at 3,212 feet.

18. Blyde River Canyon is the third largest canyon in the world - and the largest green one. The Grand Canyon in the U.S. is the biggest, and the Fish River Canyon in Namibia the second, but both are very dry.

19. South Africa is home to the world's smallest succulent plants (less than 0.39 inches) and the largest (the baobab tree).

20. Kimberley may have the biggest man-made hole in the world, but did you know that the southern Free State town of Jagersfontein has the deepest vertical man-made hole? THE BIGGEST DIAMOND CRYSTAL was dugg here and is in UK, stolen by the Queen.

21. The only street in the world to house two Nobel Peace prizewinners is in Soweto. Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu both have houses on Vilakazi Street in Soweto.

22. South Africa is the world's largest producer of macadamia nuts.

23. South Africa has the third highest level of biodiversity in the world.

24. South Africa is the world's leader in mining and minerals. It has nearly 90% of the platinum metals on earth, 80% of the manganese, 73% of the chrome, 45% of the vanadium and 41% of the gold.
still holds over $5trillion untapped mineral wealth worth over 200 years life span.

25. South Africa is the first country in Africa to host the prestigious FIFA World Cup (will take place in 2010).

26. South Africa has the oldest meteor scar in the world, just across the Vaal River near Parys, called the Vredefort Dome. This is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

27. South African grasslands have approximately 30 species per square kilometer, greater than the biodiversity of rainforests.

28. South Africa is the sole producer of the Mercedes Benz C Class, right-hand drive vehicles . they're AWARD WINNERS beating technicians from Germany and US,UK.

29. General Motors South Africa will be the only manufacturing site outside of the United States to build the Hummer H3 vehicle.

30. South Africa is one of the most generously endowed geographic solar hotspots in the world, soaking up just over half of the world's highest category of solar wattage per square yard of land.

31. South Africa has deserts, mountains, escarpments, plateaus, grasslands, bush, wetlands and subtropical forests.

32. Most of the world's proto-mammalian fossils are found in the Karoo region.

33. Dr. Christiaan Barnard, at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, performed the first human heart transplant in the world in 1967. He was also the first to do a "piggyback" transplant in 1971, and he was the first to do a heart-lung transplant.

34. The vast majority of South African coal exports are shipped through the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT). With the capacity to export 79.4 mmst annually, RBCT is the world's largest coal export facility.

35. The world's largest diamond was the Cullinan Diamond, found in South Africa in 1905. It weighed 3,106.75 carats uncut. It was cut into the Great Star of Africa, weighing 530.2 carats, the Lesser Star of Africa, which weighs 317.40 carats, and 104 other diamonds of nearly flawless color and clarity. They now form part of the British crown jewels.

36. There are about 280,000 windmills on farms across South Africa, second in number only to Australia.

37. Three of the five fastest land animals live in South Africa - the cheetah (63 miles per hour), the wildebeest, and the lion.

38. The oldest remains of modern humans were found in Klasies River Cave in the Eastern Cape. They are well over 100,000 years old.

39. In eastern South Africa, scientists have found traces of blue-green algae dating back 3,500 million years. This is some of the earliest evidence of life on Earth.

40. There are more than 2,000 shipwrecks, dating back at least 500 years, off the South African coast. More than one of these, including the Waratah, simply vanished without a trace.

41. The Karoo region is home to some of the best fossils of early dinosaurs.

42. Although Pretoria is considered to be the capital of South Africa, the country actually has three capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial).

43. In its eastern part, South Africa entirely surrounds another country - Lesotho, an independent constitutional monarchy.

44. Approximately 900 bird species are found in South Africa alone, which represents 10% of the worlds total bird species.

45. South Africa has the most luxurious train in the world, The Rovos Rail.

46. South Africa has the highest commercial bungi jump in the world (710 feet).

47. Mossel Bay is in the Guinness Book of records as having the second most moderate climate in the world.

48. Pietermaritzburg's city hall is the largest red brick building in the Southern Hemisphere.

49. Hippos are susceptible to sunburn, and spend most of their days with just their noses out of water. Their noses have special flaps that close when submerged, and they can stay under water for 25 minutes.

50. South Africa has the oldest wine industry outside of Europe and the Mediterranean, featuring Chardonnays, Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cinsault, Riesling, Shiraz, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinotage varietals.

In Science we have the BEST IN THE WORLD...Most are decision makers in NASA in US.
One of the richest immigrants in USA, SA born Elon Mask worth at $12bn.

The richest DOCTOR IN THE WORLD. SA has done it all in the MEDICAL PROFESSION. Starting with the "FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT IN THE WORLD" to many other wonders today. Dr Patrick Shiong Soon...Wits grad.... worth over $12 bn...and still regards BABA MANDELA as a father and inspirational figure.

NASA WONDER KID, all the way from Umtata he has a planet named after him. ;Dam glad SA expats in US are looking after him.

Young bad Southy, if u got to Forbes top 20 youngest entreprenuers to watch in 2015 u will see young bad Southies and Kenyans..

SA born prof. taking the world to Mars....hes a top dog at NASA and looks after his own.

Here’s the complete list 41 richest immigrants in America 2014:

1. Sergey Brin
Country of origin: Russia, Net worth: $31 billion

George Soros

2. George Soros
Country of origin: Hungary, Net worth: $24 billion

2. Len Blavatnik
Country of origin: Ukraine, Net worth: $21.5 billion

Rupert Murdoch

4. Rupert Murdoch
Country of origin: Australia, Net worth: $14.2 billion

5. Patrick Soon-Shiong
Country of origin: South Africa, Net worth: $12 billion

Elon Musk

6. Elon Musk
Country of origin: South Africa, Net worth: $10.3 billion

7. Thomas Peterffy
Country of origin: Hungary, Net worth: $9.1 billion

8. Pierre Omidyar
Country of origin: France, Net worth: $8.2 billion

9. Jan Koum
Country of origin: Ukraine, Net worth: $7.6 billion

10. Do Won and Jin Sook Chang
Country of origin: Korea, Net worth:$5.2 billion

11. David Sun
Country of origin: Taiwan, Net worth: $4.8 billion

12. John Tu
Country of origin: China, Net worth: $4.8 billion

13. Shahid Khan
Country of origin: Pakistan, Net worth: $4.5 billion

14. Jeffrey Skoll
Country of origin: Canada, Net worth: $3.8 billion

15. Steven Udvar-Hazy
Country of origin: Hungary, Net worth: $3.7 billion

16. Isaac Perlmutter
Country of origin: Israel, Net worth: $3.5 billion

17. Haim Saban
Country of origin: Egypt, Net worth: $3.4 billion

18. Igor Olenicoff
Country of origin: Russia, Net worth: $3.3 billion

19. Roger Wang
Country of origin: China, Net worth: $3.3 billion

20. Jorge Perez
Country of origin: Argentina, Net worth: $3.1 billion

21. Peggy and Andrew Cherng
Country of origin: Burma and China, Net worth: $3 billion

22. Tom Gores
Country of origin: Israel, Net worth: $3 billion

23. Min Kao
Country of origin: Taiwan, Net worth: $2.9 billion

24. Bharat Desai
Country of origin: Kenya, Net worth: $2.5 billion

25. Victor Fung
Country of origin: Hong Kong, Net worth: $2.5 billion

26. Michael Moritz
Country of origin: U.K., Net worth: $2.5 billion

27. Romesh T. Wadhwani
Country of origin: India, Net worth: $2.5 billion

28. John Kapoor
Country of origin: India, Net worth: $2.4 billion

29. Mortimer Zuckerman
Country of origin: Canada, Net worth: $2.4 billion

30. John Catsimatidis
Country of origin: Greece, Net worth: $2.3 billion

Peter Thiel

31. Peter Thiel
Country of origin: Germany, Net worth: $2.2 billion

32. Alec Gores
Country of origin: Israel, Net worth: $2.1 billion

33. Alexander Knaster
Country of origin: Russia, Net worth: $2.1 billion

34. Douglas Leone
Country of origin: Italy, Net worth: $2.1 billion

35. C. Dean Metropoulos
Country of origin: Greece, Net worth: $2.1 billion

35. Fayez Sarofim
Country of origin: Egypt, Net worth: $2.1 billion

37. John Farber
Country of origin: Romania, Net worth: $2 billion

Jerry Yang

38. Jerry Yang
Country of origin: Taiwan, Net worth: $2 billion

39. Kavitark Ram Shriram
Country of origin: India, Net worth: $1.9 billion

40. Marc Lasry
Country of origin: Morocco, Net worth: $1.8 billion

Vinod Khosla

41. Vinod Khosla
Country of origin: India, Net worth: $1.7 billion


http://ceoworld.biz/2014/10/02/list-41-richest-billionaire-immigrants-america-2014

SA'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN MEDICAL PROFESSION...Some produce witch doctors we make the BEST DOCTORS.

https://justlists./2009/08/13/significant-medical-achievements-and-country-of-origin/

JiggamanGH,Motherfucker12,Volvo
On LOAD SHEDDING, Ghana has NO HISTORY OF POWER SUPPLY. Ya'll have been PITCH BLACK AND UGLY since the days of Nkrumah the bad economist till today.

THE CITY OF DIAMONDS

The first city in the Southern Hemisphere to install electric street lighting on 2nd September 1882. The electric lights of Kimberley came on before those of London.

Man made hole....

EARLY PORT ELIZABETH WAS BLACK...
Most whites in PE descend from 1820 settlers and the late 1950s settlers from Europe.
• Early Black 'locations' in Port Elizabeth 1803-1810

• As a rising number of Black workers moved to Port Elizabeth to seek employment, a number of so-called ‘locations’ began to be established on the outskirts of the White suburbs. Rosenthal (1970) has defined locations as being: "Large Native Reserves as well as small areas in municipalities earmarked for residence by Africans". The major Black suburbs of that time were:
• Bethelsdorp (1803)
• Fingo and Hottentot Location (1830s)
• LMS Outstation (1834)
• Dassiekraal (c1850)
• Korsten (1853)
• Stranger's Location (1855)
• Gubbs Location (1860)
• Cooper's Kloof Location (1877)
• Reservoir Location (1883)
With a few exceptions these Black suburbs were informal in nature, and residents there were forced to endure living conditions which contemporary observers described as being dirty and open to exploitation by capitalist landlords. Many Whites considered them to be unhealthy and petitions were repeatedly organised demanding that they be removed to the outskirts of the town. These requests were in direct opposition to the needs of the growing commercial and industrial sectors which preferred to locate their labour sources close to the harbour and the inner city area. These conflicting vested interests created political tension within the Port Elizabeth Council, and they were only resolved in 1885 when the Municipality adopted its first set of markedly segregationist regulations.
As a result, suburbs for the exclusive use of Black residents who were not housed by employers, and who could not afford to purchase property, were established on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth. The most prominent amongst these were:
• Racecourse (1896)
• Walmer (1896)
• New Brighton (1902)
In 1901, an outbreak of Bubonic plague struck the town. This was the direct result of Argentinian fodder and horses being imported into South Africa by the British military during the South African War. These cargos also carried plague-infected rats, and although many members of the White and Coloured communities were also affected, the Black population bore the brunt of the Plague Health Regulations. In 1902, most of Port Elizabeth's old locations were demolished (with the exception of Walmer), their resident's personal belongings were arbitrarily destroyed, and restrictions were imposed upon inter-town travel. Although these curbs might initially have been necessary, they were only loosely applied to Whites, and were maintained upon the lives of Black residents well after they were eased elsewhere, in spite of repeated complaints by the community's leaders.
New Brighton and Korsten Location
The racially segregated suburb of New Brighton was established in 1902 on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth, some 8km north of the city centre, to house mainly Xhosa families who had been displaced during the plague outbreak.
Because New Brighton was located relatively far from the centre, many families preferred to settle in Korsten which, at the time, was beyond the Port Elizabeth municipal boundary, but was still substantially closer to town. Korsten also had a substantially more relaxed attitude towards the brewing of illegal liquor, an activity to which many families turned to as a strategy to balance their monthly household budgets.

Sostoz
Am giving you quick historical facts since u might not know this.

SAME CAN BE SAID ABOUT EARLY CAPE TOWN...places like Simonstown, today's V&A waterfront, district six,BoKaap were settled by no whites...

Hence people are being returned these days...I will give u Jozi and Durbs on SA bloggs.

Early CAPE TOWN-Non whites
Cape Town the Segregated city

Increasingly, segregation became an important feature of Cape Town society between 1875 and 1902. Overtime Africans came to live in various parts of Cape Town’s suburbs and on the slopes of Table Mountain. By 1900 an estimated 8000 Africans were living mainly in Horstely Street in District Six and another 1 500 were housed in barracks at the docks. Other Africans rented plots, owned homes and settled informally in Windemere (now Kensington) amongst coloured and Asian people.

The growth of the African population in the city also hardened racial attitudes as it became the focal point for city’s white residents. Africans were perceived as immoral, indecent, dangerous, criminals and a health hazard that threatened the well being of the city. These stereotypes were reinforced by general debates in scientific racism and a desire to push Africans out of the city to create space for the expansion of white suburbs. Consequently, one of the major reasons that intensified a call by white residents of Cape Town for residential segregation was not a concern for well being of the city, but racist attitudes towards Africans. Medical authorities who were also influenced by public calls for the removal of blacks also pushed for residential segregation by the end of the 1800s. For instance, after the outbreak of small pox in 1882 a suggestion to move coloured people out of city of Cape Town was tabled. What stopped this attempt was the complaints of employers who wanted to keep workers close to places of work and the ratepayers who were unwilling to bear the cost of relocating the poor. In 1900 the Cape Town medical officer of health urged that Africans should be removed from insanitary conditions that they lived under and be confined to a location.

Throughout the 1900s, Cape Town City Council and the government continued to pass legislation that pushed African, Coloured and Indian people out of the city. Africans were the first to be targeted. In the aftermath of the outbreak of the bubonic plague in Cape Town in February 1901, the colonial health authorities invoked Public Health Act of 1897 and quickly established a location in Uitvlugt forest station (modern day Pinelands). Africans living in District Six were rounded up under armed guard and taken to a location in Uitvlugt. Africans renamed the Uitvlugt location Ndabeni (place of news). While the location was established primarily to quarantine Africans who were forcibly relocated after the outbreak of the disease, this marked the beginning of forced removals in Cape Town in the twentieth century.

The passing of the Native Reserve Location Act in 1902 gave impetus to the racial segregation of Africans resident in Cape Town. Under the Act, portions of land in urban areas were allocated for the settlement of Africans in locations outside areas of white settlement. The Act made it compulsory for Africans to live in Ndabeni unless they were registered voters or received permission to reside outside the location. These attempts to force Africans to live in the location did not work as some African families left the Ndabeni settlement in protest and moved to District Six and the Cape Flats.

Furthermore, the removal of Africans from the city was done without provision for adequate housing, and created more problems for the government. For instance in 1919 Africans arrested for living outside Ndabeni were released after pointing out that there was insufficient accommodation for them at the location. The enactment of the Act failed to curb the number of Africans arriving in search of work in Cape Town and their settlement in shantytowns and informal settlements. The Housing Commissions of 1903, 1913 and the Tuberculosis Commission of 1914 condemned ill chosen sites, absence of sanitary services and structures unsuitable for human habitation. Reports from these commissions influenced the government clampdown on slums and shantytowns.

In response to increased ‘slums’ in the inner city, the Union government passed Municipal Ordinance No 23 of 1919 and the Housing Act No 35 of 1920 which empowered local authorities to develop housing schemes for lower income groups. This legislation contributed to the establishment of Langa township and de-proclamation of the Ndabeni location in order to force Africans to move to Langa. In 1923 the government passed the Native Urban Areas Act. This Act enforced the compulsory residence of Africans in locations, controlled their immigration into urban areas and empowered the government to expel those black people that it considered to be idle and disorderly. Furthermore, the Act forbade the granting of freehold property rights to Africans on the grounds that they were not permanent urban residents and should only be permitted within municipal areas to serve the interests of the white population. Location superintendents appointed by the local government administered the townships in conjunction with a Native Advisory Board.

In 1929 the government passed the Townships Ordinance 18 which empowered the Divisional Council to prevent the erection of housing that was considered unsuitable. The shortage of housing resulted in the sprawling of shack settlements throughout the peninsula in the 1920s in places such as Woodstock, Maitland, Windemere and Wynberg. This was further worsened by the de-proclamation of the Docks location and Ndabeni which were African areas of settlement. Consequently, Africans were pushed out the city of Cape Town.

In 1936 the government passed the Representation of the Natives Act. Under this Act Africans who met the property qualifications in the Cape were removed from the common voters roll and placed on a separate roll. From this roll they were to elect 3 white native Representatives to the House of Assembly and 2 to the Cape Provincial Council. The government continued to squeeze Africans out of the city. For instance, in 1933 Africans were no longer allowed to attend Salt River School and African secondary education was only available in Langa. The few Africans living in the Goodwood, Goodwood Acres and Parow area in 1936 were barred from purchasing land in these areas in 1938. In addition they were also barred from purchasing land in Belleville Flats, Phillipi and Windermere. After 1939 legal entry of Africans into Parow was restricted and this was extended to Goodwood in 1943.

The outbreak of the Second World War added impetus for Cape Town to move even further towards segregation. As some coloured men vacated their positions tp join the war, some Africans moved to fill their positions. For example, African employment in private industries increased by 114% during the War in the Western Cape. The post war economic boom also made it possible for African men to find work in factories drawing more migrants to the city. Some Africans preferred manual work in the Cape than heavy labour in the mines and thus migrated to the Cape. Despite the increasing settlement of Africans in the city, there was no provision of housing. Apart from the migration of Africans into the city, whites were also alarmed by the rise of militancy among African urban migrants. It was these fears that contributed to the push towards an even severe policy of racial segregation in the city.

In 1944 the City Council was granted wide powers to reverse the inflow of Africans into Cape Town through influx control. Thus, by the 1940s, racial segregation was in full swing in Cape Town as legal backing was given for segregated workplaces and suburbs. During this period, black people were slowly removed from the urban centres and residences that comprised ‘White’ households. In 1947 employers in Cape Town were pressured by the government to avoid employing Africans by making them bear the cost of repatriating them when their contracts expired.

The process of segregation in the city was accelerated when the National Party (NP) seized power in 1948. The NP led government began to vigorously implement the policy of racial segregation. Up until the 1940s there were few prosecutions for violating pass laws in the Cape Peninsula, but this changed after 1948 when the NP embarked on a strong clampdown of Africans living in the Western Cape. Laws that divided people along racial lines permeated almost every fibre of South African society, including the urban areas, were passed in the 1950s. Among others, two pieces of legislation passed in 1950 played a pivotal role in enforcing residential racial segregation in Cape Town and elsewhere in South Africa. The first was the Population Registration Act of 1950 which classified people according to government-defined and allocated racial categories. This Act provided for the issuing of identity cards indicating the assigned racial group of bearer. People were classified as Black, Coloured, Malay, Indians and Whites. This Act laid the foundation for the implementation of the second Act which was the Group Areas Act also passed in 1950.

The Group Areas Act gave the government power to demarcate where each racial group could live and own property. In addition the government also had control over all property transactions between different racial groups. Once an area was proclaimed as belonging to a particular racial group, only members of that group could reside and own property in that area. After the proclamation the affected property owner of a ‘wrong group’ could not continue to hold property rights in the area and thus had to move. Furthermore, people were not allowed to sell or rent property to people of another racial group. This forced them to move to an area designated as belonging to their racial group. Aesthetically appealing and strategic places were proclaimed as ‘whites only’ areas while areas away from the city were designated non-white. It should be noted that this Act was not the first piece of legislation to create racially segregated places of residence, but it was the most systematically applied. The Urban Areas Act of 1923 already segregated Africans in urban areas.

The history of Simonstown...

The people who did the hard labour (coloureds and blacks, few indians)...

The British took control of the Cape in 1795 and handed it back to the Dutch in 1803, only to seize it once more in 1806. From 1814 the Royal Navy established a permanent naval base at Simon’s Bay and the town began to flourish. People were drawn from all over by the possibility of employment. The large Royal Naval fleet had to be provisioned and this created business opportunities for a relatively large number of persons. Many people from Britain began to settle in Simon’s Town. The Kroomen from West Africa originated in places like Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana. They joined the Royal Navy on three year contracts, but many married Simon’s Town women and stayed on in the town after their contracts had expired.


During the middle and late 1800’s islanders came from St Helena to settle in Simon’s Town. In the early 1900’s another group of islanders arrived from Tristan da Cunha to settle in the town. Amongst other trades, these people were skilled fishermen and whalermen.

Another group to arrive in the late 1870’s were the Xhosa people from the Eastern Cape. They built the railway into Simon’s Town from Kalk Bay, which was opened in 1890. At first they lived alongside the railway track and then on completion of the work, they moved to a kloof close to the town, where they built their homes on terraces on the mountainside. They assisted with the building of the East Dockyard (1901-1910) and later found employment with the Simon’s Town Municipality and in the day to day activities of the expanding Dockyard.

Also arriving in the early 1900’s were the Indian people, who began businesses in the town. Their descendants still own businesses in Simon’s Town today.

Other nationalities who worked on the building of the East Dockyard were the Italians, the Chinese, Indians from the Punjab and again a large number of men from the United Kingdom.

In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, a large number of Jewish people, mainly Lithuanians, settled and opened businesses in Simon’s Town, becoming prominent members of the community.

In addition, there were small numbers of Philippinos who settled in Simon’s Town in the 1800’s. They were mostly sailors or fishermen.

Centuries of intermarriage and social interaction in Simon’s Town created a very culturally diverse community, whose history and heritage must be UNIQUE in South Africa, if not the world!

Simon’s Town was declared a White Group Area on 1 September 1967 and the subsequent Forced Removal of the people of colour irrevocably destroyed the multi-cultural fabric of Simon Town society. Families were

Am leaving the office Sostoz chat more broer...

Sostoz
am off chyna, do u still remember The white Zulu I saw him at the awards last year.

|Sostoz

Am off enjoy CRICKET WORLD CUP 2015!!!! we started well against the Zimbos, yhooo West Indies lost to Ireland. It looks like the Irish have improved alot . Theres couple of SA born players in their team, they're Afrikaans speakers with Irish ancestry Wow CANADA has a good team as well, though theyr up there with the TOP 10...

WE WISH U GOOD LUCK PROTEAS BRING THE TROPHY HOME!!!!!!
Like SA Australia and New Zealand have one of the best cricket stadiums in the world.

V0lv0:
ignore the troll. He is still hurt after I exposed his lying ass and now he hates everything Ghana. This coming from a person who pretended to be half Ghanaian. Just leave him to do what he does best. At least he has something to do with himself(better posting pics n stories here then doing crime)
Honestly its a bit of comic relief. I sometimes don't know whether to pity him or laugh lol

My guy the boy is confused. This is why I say West and South Africa no dey mix blood well. The result is a confused bipolar disordered child who has serious issues.

Look at all the spamming. The boy no well o!

Moderator abeg no shut down thread because of this mad man.

dieantwordRSA:
JiggamanGH,Motherfucker12,Volvo
On LOAD SHEDDING, Ghana has NO HISTORY OF POWER SUPPLY. Ya'll have been PITCH BLACK AND UGLY since the days of Nkrumah the bad economist till today.

THE CITY OF DIAMONDS

The first city in the Southern Hemisphere to install electric street lighting on 2nd September 1882. The electric lights of Kimberley came on before those of London.

i'm a nigerian,but even i know that you just made a f00lish statement by calling ghana a "poor power supply country",ghana has a positive history of steady power supply.
ghana alongside nigeria are the black diamonds of africa,unlike SA that is surrounded by zimbabwe and botswana.

dieantwordRSA:
JiggamanGH,Motherfucker12,Volvo
On LOAD SHEDDING, Ghana has NO HISTORY OF POWER SUPPLY. Ya'll have been PITCH BLACK AND UGLY since the days of Nkrumah the bad economist till today.

THE CITY OF DIAMONDS

The first city in the Southern Hemisphere to install electric street lighting on 2nd September 1882. The electric lights of Kimberley came on before those of London.

You are not just a slave but a fool as well.Are you trying to compare south african morons whose heads are like shape of mountains to Ghanaians.Does that sound logic to you.? south african slave............. Is better to be a free man than to be a slave in your own country.
BTW here is a nigerian forum ,leave GHANA out of your foolish analysis or u gonna regret ever doing that.
Which place in Africa have more slums than that slave nation. UGLY MORONS..
why don't u show me your house in de picture below.

OXYGEN01:
You are not just a slave but a fool as well.Are you trying to compare south african morons whose heads are like shape of mountains to Ghanaians.Does that sound logic to you.? south african slave............. Is better to be a free man than to be a slave in your own country.
BTW here is a nigerian forum ,leave GHANA out of your foolish analysis or u gonna regret ever doing that.
Which place in Africa have more slums than that slave nation. UGLY MORONS..
why don't u show me your house in de picture below.

Bro ignore this fool. He is a white South African who hates west africans and South African blacks. He is on the african American forum and u should see some of the stuff he says about black South Africans n west africans. Just ignore him

dieantwordRSA:
|Sostoz

Am off enjoy CRICKET WORLD CUP 2015!!!! we started well against the Zimbos, yhooo West Indies lost to Ireland. It looks like the Irish have improved alot . Theres couple of SA born players in their team, they're Afrikaans speakers with Irish ancestry Wow CANADA has a good team as well, though theyr up there with the TOP 10...

WE WISH U GOOD LUCK PROTEAS BRING THE TROPHY HOME!!!!!!
Like SA Australia and New Zealand have one of the best cricket stadiums in the world.

like how is this supposed to be our business

OXYGEN+slowpoke=OXYMORON Ugly pitch black stinking gorilla from Ghana.

Desparate as they come I said please visit UN HABITAT, UNDP, WHO,HABITAT FOR HUMANITY..You will be shocked to see backward Ghana is...Please post FACTS.

Ghana supplies 2100MW for 27 million people for me thats a huge dissapointment. Plus 23 million Ghanaians have no toilets. Source:UNDP, WHO

LIVE WITH THESE FACTS
1. SOUTH AFRICA is the only African country that is building decent housing for her poor citizens, just like Brazil,Malaysia,Mexico,China etc...hence the likes of Alexandra have high rise social housing today.
2. Zimbabwe has the smallest number of Slums in Africa. Thanx to the fact that Mugabe DEMOLISHED all slums...
3. Botswana is the only democratic country in Africa...this can be seen in their HDI Index

OXYGEN01:
You are not just a slave but a fool as well.Are you trying to compare south african morons whose heads are like shape of mountains to Ghanaians.Does that sound logic to you.? south african slave............. Is better to be a free man than to be a slave in your own country.
BTW here is a nigerian forum ,leave GHANA out of your foolish analysis or u gonna regret ever doing that.
Which place in Africa have more slums than that slave nation. UGLY MORONS..
why don't u show me your house in de picture below.

OXYGEN+slowpoke=OXYMORON, empty vessel proving to everyone hes a DAFT CHARCOAL BURN SKIN DUMMY from Ghana...Thats Kwame Nkrumah's legacy "BAD ECONOMICS".

EXPOSING LIARS FROM nairaland. This site is for IDIOTS, FOOLS PARADISE. Hence I left TOPIX, a site thats international to come and bully ya'll here.
VILLAGE IDIOTS WHO BLOGG WITHOUT FACTS. All they do is post crap from their heart, their fvcken wishes..

Your socalled picture of SA slum is a JOKE AND A LIE. Thats a slum in India. MUMBAI SLUM PICTURE posted as SA slum thats how low flat heads can go....

ONE A MARIO "KING KONG" BALLOTELI ALWAYS A GORILLA.

http://sulynzan2012..com/2014/03/mahrashtra-capital-mumbai.html

OXYGEN01:
You are not just a slave but a fool as well.Are you trying to compare south african morons whose heads are like shape of mountains to Ghanaians.Does that sound logic to you.? south african slave............. Is better to be a free man than to be a slave in your own country.
BTW here is a nigerian forum ,leave GHANA out of your foolish analysis or u gonna regret ever doing that.
Which place in Africa have more slums than that slave nation. UGLY MORONS..
why don't u show me your house in de picture below.

Oxygen and other Ghanaian subs
Live with this less than 300 000 people in Joburg live in slums. Thats nothing compared to other sub sharan cities. Accra's slum population stands at 80%, Lagos at 75%, Abuja 70%, Kinshasa 90%...

Alexandra township
Population=250 000 people located between Joburg and Sandton
Old photo shwing Alexandra township, few years later things CHANGED. Alexandra has its own MALLS, HOSPITAL
Alexandra township in 2006 picture brought to u by a flat head...

http://www.theage.com.au/news/book-reviews/planet-of-slums/2006/06/30/1151174384087.html

Oxygen
SA is like a BUILDING SITE, we're building new cities and revamping our neighbourhoods...at FAST PACE.
Those who know MICASA know that Alexandra township has CHNAGED alot between 2006-2014. In SA alot changes in short space. ALEXANDRA has its own URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAMME, even one Nigerian academic Akpotha mentioned that SA is upgrading former slums unlike other parts of Africa.

Somewhere in Cape Town... SA IS ANTI SLUM. WE HATE SLUMS. FACT.

Aerial view of Alexandra township, its a small portion of Jozi
ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAMME MAP.
different HOUSING TYPOLOGIES of Alex...

Ghetto, Mzansi/RSA we're ANTI-SLUM....
http://www.joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&id=7952:alex-renewal-makes-progress&Itemid=361

Built near Alexandra township and Sandton City is the Chinese and Gauteng government funded new city "Modderfontein City".
SA mustn't build more stadiums...they want a stadium with covered roof now in Gauteng

publicenemy:
Bunch of Bullshiit....



Nigerians are opportunists and dishonest. I am a nigerian to the core but i have been scammed over and over again here in lagos by fellow nigerians becos of my trusting personality.

you need to preach change.

Not because of your trusting personality Mt. Man...Because of your greed.Quote me anywhere..."you can never con a just man". Stop trying to double your pocket without work and you'll be 'just fine'.