Home is where the Heritage is
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South Africa is lucky enough to claim 10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites within her borders, the highest number in any… Read More
Fact-A-Day Archive
Kaapse Klopse
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The Cape Town minstrel carnival takes place at the beginning of the new year. It involves over 40 troupes and… Read More
Diversity in our Language
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Zulu (24%), Xhosa (14%), Afrikaans (14%), English (12%) and Sepedi (10%) make up the top five of the more than… Read More
I know what you did last Summer
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In 2018, September recorded 82,876 South African births, 5% higher than the average monthly birth rate throughout the year. March… Read More
The Equinox Oddity
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The Julian Calendar miscalculated the length of the solar year by 11 minutes. This concerned pope Gregory the XIII because… Read More
Flower Power
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Every year the Western Cape experiences an explosion of colour as some of the 9,600 species of plant in the… Read More