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"Cape Town" Seandrade's photos around Cape Town, South Africa (arab music store cape town)

Preview of Seandrade's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/seandrade/zambia/1176370380/tpod.html This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Cape Town, South Africa Entry Title: "Cape Town" Entry: "Finally......here it is. Although Cape Town lacks the sense of racial tension that is undeniably strong in Joburg, it is for all intense and purposes a very "white" city. Cape Town it's self is set along Long Street, the backpackers haven, the waterfront, Table Mountain, University of Cape Town and then heads out to various suburbs, beautiful national parks, hiking trails, gardens, beaches, etc.. Except for Marvel Bar on Long Street, a very cool, retro, old rap bar with pictures lining the walls of famous Jazz artists and old records, the only African South Africans I saw were the ones serving our food or drinks. You get a very distinct feeling that somehow there is a segregation, is it voluntary, is it coerced, I don't know but I will say among the touristy areas of Cape Town, I rarely saw a black face that was not serving. Now once you are outside of the center, you pass townships as well as distinctly wealthy black areas and all of the sudden there are Africans on the street everywhere....hmmm is there an imaginary line we shall not cross? After learning a bit about Cape Town's history, I could begin to piece together why this might be so....especially seeing as much of the battles of Apartheid actually were fought in Cape Town as it was the seat of the legislature. In the late forties, the National Party took control and took away the right of coloreds to vote, made it hard for them to be employed and refused to build any new black housing. Consequently, squatters were forced to build small shanty towns east of the city and wherever possible, however, the government would frequently come in, bulldoze the shacks and dump the inhabitants farther away from the city....In the early sixties laws were passed forcing blacks and coloreds to carry passbooks which showed if they had permission to be in that particular area or not. A few years later Nelson Mandela and other ANC leaders were arrested and imprisoned on Robin Island, just off the coast. The famous District Six area, what was a predominantly colored ghetto, until it was declared a white neighborhood and the inhabitants expelled, is close to Long Street and has since created a museum and various walking tours around the historic area. Now people like to think of Cape Town as one of the most open-minded cities in South Africa...I do think it's very laid back with the surfer beach atmosphere...but just as other parts of South Africa I find it a very bizarre segregated integrated area. Long Street is full of different cafes, restaurants, a great live music joint called Zulu café...funky stores, boutiques, huge music stores and markets. The street is alive all hours and the Middle Eastern stand blasting Arabic music and serving kebobs, pitas, and all kinds of delights fills the air with amazing aromas. After a five hour lay over in Joburg, due to a plane malfunction before we were to take off, we finally arrived in the late afternoon, exhausted and hungry...winding around the roads from the airport to Long Street beautiful views of the bay, the ocean, and the landscape unfolded before our eyes, set against the beautiful Table Top Mountain and Lions Head. We get settled into the Cat and Moose...and yes later discover the dog's name is in fact Moose, we venture out and immediately feel a much more cosmopolitan, lively vibe than Lusaka. Music wafts through the streets, students, and the young 20's/30's crowd is roaming the streets, browsing shops, filling cafes, having afternoon beers, tapas, conversating on a vast array of topics. We arrive at the Zulu Café, amazing food great music that comes up from its neighbor restaurant (owned by the same people) Mama Africa. We kept hearing Mama Africa, a restaurant with a long reservation list, and which looks like a scene from African interior decorating magazine, was great, but I must say the music was much better than the food and we usually found ourselves heading towards Zulu over the next week ..." Read and see more at: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/seandrade/zambia/1176370380/tpod.html Photos from this trip: 1. "Baboons" 2. "Beca and samara" 3. "Boat marina" 4. "Cape samara" 5. "Coast and bay" 6. "Gard bec" 7. "Gard sam" 8. "Kulk" 9. "Lighthouse" 10. "Lion head" 11. "Llandudno" 12. "Lookingout" 13. "Ost" 14. "Penguins 3" 15. "Penguins1" 16. "Penguins2" 17. "Restuarant" 18. "Rocks" 19. "Seal bay" 20. "Sun1" 21. "Sun2" 22. "Sun3" 23. "Table 2" 24. "Table1" See this TripWow and more at http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-0149-0238-c6b4?ytv4=1

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Sun City, South Africa

amazing sights .... a man-made beach among other things ... the Palace of the Lost City ... a golf course ... the Slide of Courage .... site of previous Ms. World beauty pageants ...

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East London in the Eastern Cape in South Africa

A short 1 minute long clip produced by RoomsForAfrica.com highlighting East London and its many tourist attractions. (copyright to Rooms For Africa) - http://www.roomsforafrica.com/dest/south-africa/eastern-cape/east-london.jsp

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South Africa

The Republic of South Africa with its diversity and unmatched natural diversity is often called "Rainbow Country". Scrublands full of game, beaches inviting for a swim, sky-high mountains, picturesque lakes and cities of historic heritage make up the appeal of this country. The Southest point of Africa: the Cape of Good Hope tells us about famous seamen, Boer settlers and English colonists. Conservated territories, botanic gardens and Africa's most famous wine-producing territory make up the Cape Peninsula. In Pilanesberg reservation, you can meet wild animals in their natural habitat: lions, elephants, giraffes, and leopards. Sun City greets visitors with hotels, casinos, aquaparks, golf courses and a theme park. The Lesedi Cultural Village presents us the culture, art and traditions of Zulus and other tribes. From South Africa, we can take a trip to the thundering cascades of Victoria falls, where there is always a rainbow in the sky.

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South Africa Under Apartheid (Part 2)

1957 film The British colonial rulers introduced a system of Pass Laws in the Cape Colony and Colony of Natal during the 19th century. This stemmed from the regulation of blacks' movement from the tribal regions to those occupied by whites and coloureds, ruled by the British. Laws were passed not only to restrict the movement of blacks into these areas, but also to prohibit their movement from one district to another without a signed pass. Blacks were not allowed onto the streets of towns in the Cape Colony and Natal after dark and had to carry their passes at all times. The Franchise and Ballot Act of 1892 instituted limits based on financial means and education to the black franchise, and the Natal Legislative Assembly Bill of 1894 deprived Indians of the right to vote. In 1905 the General Pass Regulations Bill denied blacks the vote altogether, limited them to fixed areas and inaugurated the infamous Pass System. Then followed the Asiatic Registration Act (1906) requiring all Indians to register and carry passes, the South Africa Act (1910) that enfranchised whites, giving them complete political control over all other race groups and removing the right of blacks to sit in parliament, the Native Land Act (1913) which prevented all blacks, except those in the Cape, from buying land outside "reserves," the Natives in Urban Areas Bill (1918) designed to force blacks into "locations," the Urban Areas Act (1923) which introduced residential segregation and provided cheap labour for white industry, the Colour Bar Act (1926), preventing blacks from practicing skilled trades, the Native Administration Act (1927) that made the British Crown, rather than paramount chiefs, the supreme head over all African affairs, the Native Land and Trust Act (1936) that complemented the 1913 Native Land Act and, in the same year, the Representation of Natives Act, which removed blacks from the Cape voters' roll. One of the first pieces of segregating legislation enacted by the Jan Smuts' United Party government was the Asiatic Land Tenure Bill (1946), which banned any further land sales to Indians. Jan Smuts' United Party government began to move away from the rigid enforcement of segregationist laws during World War II. Amid fears integration would eventually lead the nation to racial assimilation, the legislature established the Sauer Commission to investigate the effects of the United Party's policies. The commission concluded integration would bring about a "loss of personality" for all racial groups. Following the general election of 1948, the National Party set in place its programme of Apartheid, with the formalization and expansion of existing policies and practices into a system of institutionalized racism and white domination. Apartheid legislation classified inhabitants and visitors into racial groups (black, white, coloured, and Indian or Asian). However, Werner Eiselen, the man who led the design of apartheid, argued that the government could not sustain segregation and white supremacy. He also, in 1948, proposed apartheid as a "political partition" policy instead of segregation in public facilities. Hence, the idea behind apartheid was more one of political separation, later known as "grand apartheid," than segregation, later known as "petty apartheid." Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd is considered the most influential politician in the growth of apartheid and described it as "a policy of good neighbourliness." Up until 1956 women were for the most part excluded from these pass requirements as attempts to introduce pass laws for women were met with fierce resistance.

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