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Introduction to South Africa
South Africa has a rainbow nation. It has a great and colourful history and was built up by people from all over the world. The San lived in South Africa as far back as 10 000 years, the Khoikhoi and Xhosas (just to name 2) joined them and the Portuguese arrived, circling the Cape in 1487. Jan van Riebeeck (the Dutch) arrived in 1652 and came to dominate the sea lines. Belgians, Scandinavians, Germans and the French all joined over time and enjoyed a comfortable, peaceful life. They all became South Africans, speaking a language mixture between Dutch and Afrikaans.
Slaves were imported from Guinea, Angola, Madagascar and Malaysia to name a few. They brought with them their great spices and knowledge of food and recipes like bobotie is thanks to them. In 1795 the British troops arrived in the Cape and took over control. They brought with them a new lifestyle and a new language.
Many wars followed including the first and second Boer war, as well as the war of Bloodriver. Many difficult years followed for all South Africans, but with great results. Afrikaans was accepted as a second official language, South Africa became a Republic on 31 May 1961 and apartheid became something of the past with the first democratic election in 1994 with Nelson Mandela becoming president. Our history is very colourful and South Africa is a country worth fighting for.
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Airports and what to see close by!
South Africa has 10 airports in total, including 3 international ones. Johannesburg International, Cape Town International and Durban International.
Listed below are the airports and simply by clicking on the name you can see some information about each airport, where it is situated, what is close by, the airlines servicing these airports as well as the car rentals.
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Starters
Peri Peri chicken livers
Liver with sour sauce
Tuna salad with lettuce
Ham and cheese rolls
Spekkies (Bacon bites)
Braaivleis (BBQ recipes)
Boerewors (Boer’s sausage)
Sosaties in marinade (kebabs – skewers)
Krummel/stywe pap (crumbly mealy maze porridge)
Paptert (Porridge (maize meal) tart)
Roosterkoek (grilled bread)
Braaibroodjies (toasted sandwiches)
Main dishes
Gesmoorde snoek (fish)
Bobotie
Chicken bobotie
Chicken and sauce
Chicken pie
Frikkadelle (meatballs)
Durbs meat bunny chow
Vegetarian bunny chow
Great Curry
Ox tongue
Potjiekos
Chakalaka
Tomato stew
Water lily stew
Biltong
Droё wors (dried sausage)
Side dishes
Yellow rice
Biltong and cheese pot bread
Souskluitjies (cinnamon dumplings)
Potato mielie dish
Warm potato dish
Potato cakes (fritters)
Pampoenkoekies (pumpkin fritters)
Cream spinach
Sweet potato in sauce
Salted yellow carrots
There is so much more to discover inside this site and book.... Cakes, Treats, Sauces, Desserts, Bread and more! This is a must read.....!
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