Day 6: Tuesday 3 July
Another day of doing very little, other than continuing my book on the Anglo-Boer War and getting my stuff ready for the planned trip to Capetown the following day.
In the afternoon, Alfie, on of the workers at the school, gave me a lift to the station to get the ticket. The first-class ticket, one-way, cost about £40.
A debate on television during which "The real Africa" (ie, the Bush) was mentioned. I wonder where does that leave Johannesburg, Soweto and all the other cities with millions upon millions of people? Are they a "fake Africa"?
A list entitled A Survival Guide for Visitors to South Africa explains some locally-used terms for uninitiated uitlanders, or foreigners. It can be picked up by visitors at the Cape Town Tourism office in Berg Street. Here's a sample (pass your mouse pointer over the word):
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South Africa is the size of France and Spain combined. The country’s majority group are the Africans (76 percent of the population); whites make up 13 percent, followed by coloureds (8.5 percent) – descendants of white settlers, slaves and Africans, who speak English and Afrikaans and make up the majority in the Western Cape. Indians (2.5 percent), most of whom live in KwaZulu-Natal, came to South Africa around the turn of the last century as indentured labourers. |
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