In 1899 the town was besieged by Boer forces on the 14th October. The siege lasted until the 17th May 1900 and marked the beginning of the Boer War. Dispatches that were written by Baden-Powell became a symbol of British courage in the face of adversity. Actually, the siege was perfectly civilised and the Boers would rarely come into combat on a Sunday.
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St. Patrick’s Day is the feast day of St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, celebrated each year on March the 17th on the day of his death more than 1500 years ago.
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Ernest Cole was a black South African freelance photographer who documented the everyday horrors of apartheid endured by black people in the 195os and 60s.
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South Africa offers a bewildering variety of meat,some of the best wines in the world,and Its seafood is legendary
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The spectacular Victoria Falls are the highlight of most travellers’ trips to Zimbabwe or Zambia. An average of 150,000 cubic ft of water goes coursing over the edge and into the Zambezi Gorge about 300ft below every single minute. It’s an incredible sight, and noisy too – little wonder the locals dub the place “The Smoke that Thunders’.
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