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John Maytham is joined by Allan Johnston, Co-Founder and Executive Director of South African Experiences and spokesperson for Chiefs Tented Camps, to talk about a vibrant return to one of South Africa’s most spectacular seasonal offerings, the Namaqua Flower Beach Camp. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing book reviews and inspiring interviews profiling artists. A daily highlight is Rapid Fire, just after 5:30pm. CapeTalk fans call in, to stump the presenter with their general knowledge questions. Another firm favourite is the humorous Thursday crossing with award-winning journalist Rebecca Davis, called “Plan B”. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Afternoon Drive with John Maytham Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 and 18:00 (SA Time) to Afternoon Drive with John Maytham broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/BSFy4Cn or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/n8nWt4x Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is episode 222 - Zooming out to peer at 1863, and a bit of Namaqualand Copper and Gunny Bags. We've just entered the period of 1863 to 1865. It's also time to take a quick tour of 1863 as is our usual way. While the Transvaal Civil War has ended, the American Civil War is still going gangbusters. In the last 12 months, momentous events have shaped world history. Abraham Lincoln signed the the Emancipation Proclamation in January of 1863 making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate States a War goal. A speculative mania followed in 1853/4, alarming the Government of the Cape. In the 1850s, a wave of speculative mining booms swept across the globe, driven by dramatic gold and mineral discoveries in places like California, Australia, and South Africa. These were fuelled by exaggerated rumours, newspaper hype, and dubious prospecting claims. Tens of thousands of hopefuls chased fortunes, often to remote or inhospitable regions, believing the next strike was just over the ridge. This era gave rise to a kind of "treasure hysteria", where wildcat ventures and fraudulent schemes—what some dubbed “red herrings”—diverted investors and prospectors alike. King Moshoeshoe the first of the Basotho had taken a great deal of interest in the Transvaal Civil War. The Orange Free State had been instrumental — and in particular — it's new president Johan Brandt, in ending the inter-Boer battles. He was also growing more concerned by the signs of increased mining activity which had been going on west of his territory. Ancient peoples who predated the Khoe in the northern Cape had taken advantage of these minerals, there is archaeological evidence they were using iron from the area dug from pits 6000 years Before Present, around 4000 BC. Remarkable really, the use of iron in Southern Africa predates European Iron Age use by 3800 years. There is an excellent short book published by John Smalberger in 1975 called A history of Copper Mining in Namaqualand published which I've used as one of the sources. A specialised company called Phillips and King began exporting the ore in 1852 — a small 11 tons loaded on board a steamer called the Bosphorus which sailed out of Hondeklip Bay. They built a 140 meter long wooden jetty to facilitate loading here. A speculative mania followed in 1853/4, alarming the Government of the Cape. In the 1850s, a wave of speculative mining booms swept across the globe, driven by dramatic gold and mineral discoveries in places like California, Australia, and South Africa. These were fuelled by exaggerated rumours, newspaper hype, and dubious prospecting claims. Tens of thousands of hopefuls chased fortunes, often to remote or inhospitable regions, believing the next strike was just over the ridge.

This is episode 222 - Zooming out to peer at 1863, and a bit of Namaqualand Copper and Gunny Bags. We've just entered the period of 1863 to 1865. It's also time to take a quick tour of 1863 as is our usual way. While the Transvaal Civil War has ended, the American Civil War is still going gangbusters. In the last 12 months, momentous events have shaped world history. Abraham Lincoln signed the the Emancipation Proclamation in January of 1863 making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate States a War goal. A speculative mania followed in 1853/4, alarming the Government of the Cape. In the 1850s, a wave of speculative mining booms swept across the globe, driven by dramatic gold and mineral discoveries in places like California, Australia, and South Africa. These were fuelled by exaggerated rumours, newspaper hype, and dubious prospecting claims. Tens of thousands of hopefuls chased fortunes, often to remote or inhospitable regions, believing the next strike was just over the ridge. This era gave rise to a kind of "treasure hysteria", where wildcat ventures and fraudulent schemes—what some dubbed “red herrings”—diverted investors and prospectors alike. King Moshoeshoe the first of the Basotho had taken a great deal of interest in the Transvaal Civil War. The Orange Free State had been instrumental — and in particular — it's new president Johan Brandt, in ending the inter-Boer battles. He was also growing more concerned by the signs of increased mining activity which had been going on west of his territory. Ancient peoples who predated the Khoe in the northern Cape had taken advantage of these minerals, there is archaeological evidence they were using iron from the area dug from pits 6000 years Before Present, around 4000 BC. Remarkable really, the use of iron in Southern Africa predates European Iron Age use by 3800 years. There is an excellent short book published by John Smalberger in 1975 called A history of Copper Mining in Namaqualand published which I've used as one of the sources. A specialised company called Phillips and King began exporting the ore in 1852 — a small 11 tons loaded on board a steamer called the Bosphorus which sailed out of Hondeklip Bay. They built a 140 meter long wooden jetty to facilitate loading here. A speculative mania followed in 1853/4, alarming the Government of the Cape. In the 1850s, a wave of speculative mining booms swept across the globe, driven by dramatic gold and mineral discoveries in places like California, Australia, and South Africa. These were fuelled by exaggerated rumours, newspaper hype, and dubious prospecting claims. Tens of thousands of hopefuls chased fortunes, often to remote or inhospitable regions, believing the next strike was just over the ridge.

Namaqualand’s wildflower season is an annual masterpiece, where nature paints the desert with hues of yellow, purple, and orange. From Springbok to the West Coast, explore South Africa’s flower routes and witness the breathtaking transformation of the landscapeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In an era in which we face unprecedented threats to planet Earth and urgently need to re-evaluate our place in it, art activism can be a powerful catalyst for social change. AVA art Gallery will unveil two environmentally focused art exhibitions at AVA: 1) For(Sea)Change & 2) Destruction, Resilience, Namaqualand that will give viewers profound food for thought.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our Heritage segment today, we're talking all about heuweltjies (meaning "little hills," in Afrikaans) and incredible history hidden beneath our feet.In what is described as an astonishing breakthrough, scientists have discovered the world's oldest termite mounds inhabited by the southern harvester termite, Microhodotermes viator, along the Buffels River in Namaqualand.These mounds, dating back a staggering 34 000 years, are rewriting our understanding of prehistoric life, climate and carbon storage.Dr Michele Francis, a Senior Lecturer (Extraordinary), in the Department of Soil Science in the Faculty of AgriSciences at Stellenbosch University shares more on this ancient eco-system nowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This audio is brought to you by Wearcheck, your condition monitoring specialist. Emerging copper producer Copper 360 has shipped copper concentrate from South Africa's Northern Cape province for the first time in 21 years. South Africa's only listed pure copper producer, which delivered record concentrate grades during plant commissioning, is performing way ahead of expectation as a producer of copper concentrate, as well as being the Northern Cape's only producer of copper cathode. "We salute the tenacity and spirit of the people of Namaqualand who support us tremendously and the drive and passion of our team," said Copper 360 CEO Jan Nelson, who spoke to Mining Weekly in a Zoom interview. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.) The company is building up from a very low base to one that will be generating over R100-million in monthly revenue. Nama Copper, the first concentrate plant of this Johannesburg Stock Exchange's AltX-listed company, has generated a profit within six weeks. The second concentrate plant, the MPF 1 plant, is on track to come on line in two months. Two months ago, Copper 360's solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX/EW ) broke even. Meanwhile, achieving 30%-plus grade during commissioning is regarded as remarkable during the five weeks of commissioning, when 70 t of concentrate was the outcome - 76% more than the targeted 40 t. Based on this performance, the plant is forecast to produce more than 1 000 t of concentrate a month within three months, two months ahead of planned production. The target capacity of the second concentrate plant, which is due to start production at the end of July, is 1 400 concentrate tonnes a month. In addition, the copper-cathode producing SX/EW, which delivered a record performance in March by producing 60 t of pure copper metal, is on track to ramp up to 100 t of copper a month within the next quarter. Mining Weekly: Could this be the far-reaching start of a crucial new copper era for South Africa's Northern Cape, which is so prospective for base metals so crucial to a world that is electrifying at a fast pace? Nelson: Absolutely. This was one of the biggest copper districts during the 1940s to the 1980s. You had Newmont and Gold Fields mining here. There were shafts sunk 2 000 m deep and a lot of these mines are still open with large orebodies. I certainly think that with this production initiating, this area will definitely be the revival of South Africa as a major copper player. Is Copper 360's 30%-plus concentrate grade delivery likely to be sustained? Absolutely. Our test work showed initially that the copper concentrate grades were between 40% and 50%, which is extremely high. On average, companies produce at about 24%. For us to achieve 30% concentrate grades during commissioning is phenomenal because you have quite a lot of problems during commissioning. You don't have consistent feed, your plant is still building up. To have that from the get-go is just fantastic and shows us that 40% to 50% in the future will be easily achievable. How did Copper 360 manage to exceed its planned copper concentrate production target by a whopping 76%. Buying a plant that was ready to go obviously played a big role, but it's also due to the fantastic team that we have on the ground. Our people have really put in a considerable effort. We've appointed a new plant manager, as announced, and we have a new operation manager in place, but it's just exceptional teamwork that pulled out all the stops. What are the new expectations, now, for your recently acquired Nama Copper plant, in view of the way it has been able to streak ahead of targeted performance? Over the next three months, it will build up to about 1 000 concentrate tonnes. It's going to produce close to 350 t of copper metal, and we'll generate something close to about R50-million to R60-million in revenue. Not only will that plant pay itself back in four months, but the production ramp up is not a problem because we've...

This is episode 160 and we're breathing the spicy smells of the semi-desert, and taking in the exotic and wonderous scenary of the Richtersveld, Namaqualand, and the stunning area around south westn Free State in the 840s. Last episode we heard about the period 1840-1843 in the southern Caledon River valley, and how the Voortrekkers like Jan Mocke were flowing into land that Moshoeshoe of the BaSotho believed was his. That was setting up a classic situation where land was the core of the ension. A lot of what we're looking at today is centred on a town largely forgotten these days, Philippolis. If you drive along the N1 between Bloemfontein and Colesburg, turn off at Trompsburg and head south west along the R717 for around 45 kilometres. It's not far from the Orange River, and it's history is certainly chequered. It's also the home town of writer and intellectual Laurens van Der Post and former Springbok Rugby player Adriaan Strauss. On the 22nd October, 1842, the country beyond the Orange River to the north-east of the Cape Colony was proclaimed British Territory and the sphere of operations of the Cape British military garrison was considerably enlarged. The emigrant Boers based in this region reacted with anger, it was Adam Kok the second the Griqualand leader who had requested protection from the British because of the increased numbers of trekkers in his vicinity. Between 1826 when Kok arrived and the 1840, Kok had managed to get along with the Boers, but the Great Trek had changed everything. The London Missionary Society had founded Philippolis in 1823 as a mission station serving the local Griqua people, named after the man you heard about last episode, Dr John Philip, who was the superintendent of the Society from 1819 to 1849. Adam Kok II settled in Philippolis with his people in 1826 and became the protector of the mission station, on condition that he promised to protect the San against the aggression of the Boers. Kok was supposed to promote peace in the region, at least that was the brief from the London Missionary Society. Instead, carnage ensued as the Griqua used Philippolis as a base for a number of deadly commandos against the San people - virtually wiping them out in the area. Ironically, the Griqua worked with Boers to conduct their raids. This violated the agreement made between the London Missionary Society and Adam Kok II and eventually the San were driven out of the area. When the Voortrekkers began showing up nearby at Colesberg which was one of the main jumping off points of the Great Trek and tension grew between the trekkers and the Griqua. 1844 - like 2024 - was a leap year. And coming up was a momentous moment. In May 24 1844 the first electrical telegram was sent by Samuel Morse from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to the B&O Railroad "outer depot" in Baltimore, saying "What hath God wrought”. Considering that the telegram and later the radio led to television and then social media, perhaps we should all wonder What Hath God wrought. In June of 1844 the Young Men's Christian Association was formed, the YMCA, setting off a chain of events culminating in the song of the same name by the Village People. History is not all skop skiet and donder. Back on the dusty flatlands around Philippolis, Adam Kok and the Boers were blissfully unaware of the significance of all of these births and deaths across the Atlantic Ocean. Further south, in the Cape, the newly created road boards were hard at work as I mentioned, building new routes out of Cape Town, connecting the Colony to the most important port in the southern hemisphere. By this point, there were steamships operating between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, which oftened called in at Mossel Bay. Other ships began flocking in huge numbers to a bunch of islands off Namaqualand .. the Great Guano Rush had started at the end of 1843 and really got going in 1844. It was discovered that vast deposits of guano on uninhabited island.

This is episode 160 and we're breathing the spicy smells of the semi-desert, and taking in the exotic and wonderous scenary of the Richtersveld, Namaqualand, and the stunning area around south westn Free State in the 840s. Last episode we heard about the period 1840-1843 in the southern Caledon River valley, and how the Voortrekkers like Jan Mocke were flowing into land that Moshoeshoe of the BaSotho believed was his. That was setting up a classic situation where land was the core of the ension. A lot of what we're looking at today is centred on a town largely forgotten these days, Philippolis. If you drive along the N1 between Bloemfontein and Colesburg, turn off at Trompsburg and head south west along the R717 for around 45 kilometres. It's not far from the Orange River, and it's history is certainly chequered. It's also the home town of writer and intellectual Laurens van Der Post and former Springbok Rugby player Adriaan Strauss. On the 22nd October, 1842, the country beyond the Orange River to the north-east of the Cape Colony was proclaimed British Territory and the sphere of operations of the Cape British military garrison was considerably enlarged. The emigrant Boers based in this region reacted with anger, it was Adam Kok the second the Griqualand leader who had requested protection from the British because of the increased numbers of trekkers in his vicinity. Between 1826 when Kok arrived and the 1840, Kok had managed to get along with the Boers, but the Great Trek had changed everything. The London Missionary Society had founded Philippolis in 1823 as a mission station serving the local Griqua people, named after the man you heard about last episode, Dr John Philip, who was the superintendent of the Society from 1819 to 1849. Adam Kok II settled in Philippolis with his people in 1826 and became the protector of the mission station, on condition that he promised to protect the San against the aggression of the Boers. Kok was supposed to promote peace in the region, at least that was the brief from the London Missionary Society. Instead, carnage ensued as the Griqua used Philippolis as a base for a number of deadly commandos against the San people - virtually wiping them out in the area. Ironically, the Griqua worked with Boers to conduct their raids. This violated the agreement made between the London Missionary Society and Adam Kok II and eventually the San were driven out of the area. When the Voortrekkers began showing up nearby at Colesberg which was one of the main jumping off points of the Great Trek and tension grew between the trekkers and the Griqua. 1844 - like 2024 - was a leap year. And coming up was a momentous moment. In May 24 1844 the first electrical telegram was sent by Samuel Morse from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to the B&O Railroad "outer depot" in Baltimore, saying "What hath God wrought”. Considering that the telegram and later the radio led to television and then social media, perhaps we should all wonder What Hath God wrought. In June of 1844 the Young Men's Christian Association was formed, the YMCA, setting off a chain of events culminating in the song of the same name by the Village People. History is not all skop skiet and donder. Back on the dusty flatlands around Philippolis, Adam Kok and the Boers were blissfully unaware of the significance of all of these births and deaths across the Atlantic Ocean. Further south, in the Cape, the newly created road boards were hard at work as I mentioned, building new routes out of Cape Town, connecting the Colony to the most important port in the southern hemisphere. By this point, there were steamships operating between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, which oftened called in at Mossel Bay. Other ships began flocking in huge numbers to a bunch of islands off Namaqualand .. the Great Guano Rush had started at the end of 1843 and really got going in 1844. It was discovered that vast deposits of guano on uninhabited island.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1028, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Highest-Scoring Scrabble Word 1: Hell,heavenor limbo. heaven. 2: Vow,knightor grail. knight. 3: Pickle,lettuce,onion. pickle. 4: Cozy,waxor quilt. cozy. 5: Butter, milk or cheese. cheese. Round 2. Category: Countries By Region 1: Thessaly,Epirus,Peloponnesus. Greece. 2: Western Plateau,Great Victoria Desert,Great Artesian Basin. Australia. 3: Roraima,Maranhao,Amazonas. Brazil. 4: Namaqualand,Bushmanland,Zululand. South Africa. 5: Chaco Central,Pampa de las Salinas,Chaco Austral. Argentina. Round 3. Category: Would You Like Flies With That? 1: The Hotlix company makes a green lollipop flavored like this fruit--appropriately, with a worm inside. an apple. 2: Crick-ettes (yep, they're made from crickets) come in several tangy flavors, including these breakfast strips and cheese. bacon. 3: These winged wood-eaters, aka white ants, are fried as a snack in Africa. termites. 4: edible.com sells ground beans for this hot beverage that have been regurgitated by weasels, cleaned and roasted. coffee. 5: The snack called Amber Insectnside features these stinging arachnids in amber-colored candy. scorpions. Round 4. Category: Nutmeggers 1: This Connecticut Yankee invented the revolver in 1836, not ".45". (Samuel) Colt. 2: This showman, famed for saying "There's a sucker born every minute, was elected mayor of Bridgeport. (P.T.) Barnum. 3: In a film, Spencer Tracy said of this actress, "Not much meat on her, but what's there is choice". Katharine Hepburn. 4: After he died, the part of Plymouth Hollow where he had his clock factory was renamed Thomaston. Seth Thomas. 5: To safeguard his "Blue-Backed Speller" in the 1780s, he was a staunch advocate of copyright laws. (Noah) Webster. Round 5. Category: Millers Outpost 1: For pioneering work in finance theory, Merton Miller won this prize in Economic Science for 1990. Nobel Prize. 2: 18th C. English comedian Josias Miller won lasting comic fame as first gravedigger in this play by Shakespeare. "Hamlet". 3: Born in Cromarty in this U.K. country in 1802, Hugh Miller did much to arouse public interest in geology. Scotland. 4: One of the most popular musical comedy actresses of the 1920s, Marilyn Miller appeared in these "follies" in 1918. Ziegfeld Follies. 5: In 1919 American lawyer David Hunter Miller helped compose the charter of this international organization. League of Nations. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

L'info qu'il faut - Les idées reçues sur le sommeil : - Regarder des films d'horreur serait bon pour la santé Le winner du jour : - Il piège Amazon et devient n°1 des ventes avec des bouteilles de pipi - Un voleur arrêté grâce à un chariot élévateur La chronique de Gabriel Francès Les savoirs inutile : la grenouille de pluie du Namaqualand émet un cri mignon proche du bruit d'un jouet pour enfant pour prévenir ses camarades quand un prédateur approche. Le devinez-quoi : Rowan Atkinson (Mister Bean) a su faire preuve de sérieux et même d'héroïsme dans une situation très délicate, laquelle ? Le bonus : Uber propose désormais des trajets en montgolfière L'inspecteur Max Le jeu surprise : David près de Lyon remporte un Séjour Pierre et Vacances La Banque RTL2 : Myriam à Argenteuil remporte un Samsung S23. Axelle près de Nantes repart avec une réédition du vinyle de Nirvana "in Utero" à l'occasion des 30 ans de la sortie de l'album.

This audio is brought to you by Wearcheck, your condition monitoring specialist. Copper 360's mining school in the Northern Cape is attracting attention from international mining schools and global agencies wanting to partner with it. "We've received a lot of requests," Copper 360 executive director: human capital development Quinton Adams told Mining Weekly in a Zoom interview. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.) JSE AltX-listed Copper 360, headed by CEO Jan Nelson and chaired by Shirley Hayes, is intent on not only catering for the skills needed for its own mining and processing but also the needs of the Namaqualand area, where there are close to half a dozen mines. In addition, a strategic partnership with Sol Plaatje University of Kimberley is envisaged, talks have begun with the Camborne School of Mining of the UK, a mining school in Poland made contact last week, and requests are being received from African countries regarding involvement with what will serve as an incubation centre for mining-related skills, amid the wave of mining growth sweeping through the Northern Cape. Facilitators training the 30 students are working according to the Vygotsky theories of zone of proximal development to 'scaffold' these students towards the required levels of skill. "What I like most about these facilitators - and they are stunning, and very dynamic - are their personal stories, their own journeys that they are sharing with the students, to broaden their perspectives and horizons," said Adams. The students are learning about mining in a mining environment. When they open their doors after receiving theoretical instruction, they see that theory being carried out in practice. "It is theory combined with practical. We take them from the bottom and we move them up," said Adams. The three non-accredited courses that have been offered thus far are on basic geology and sampling and the development of ore reserve technicians. Simultaneously, future jobs that will be done at the copper operation are being mapped. The flotation plant being built requires a higher level of skills, for which non-accredited courses are being developed. "We want to be the leading mining school in the Northern Cape and to build partnerships with Sol Plaatje University, other mines, and, very importantly, the education department so that young people who are living in the area can become part of mining development," said Adams. To what extent will students obtain modern exposure to exploration, resource development, copper mining and copper beneficiation? The 'scaffolding' approach is being used as a core fundamental principle. We start at the bottom and we 'scaffold' students through all these different programmes. The last programme will be introduction into mining law, drone technology and surveying. After that, we'll start to focus next year on underground geology. A very interesting aspect is the digital skills that students are lacking. Before we can talk about artificial intelligence and mine optimisation, we first have to start at the bottom and that's why we are working with the schools because robotics and artificial intelligence need to start at an early age and that is the long-term plan to take students from the bottom and develop them to where they can understand and partake in beneficiation and exploration techniques. More than 200 curriculum vitae were received for the initial 30 places, which is an indication of the eagerness of the people of the area to be trained.

The Nama-Khoi Municipality in the Northern Cape says efforts to excavate more bodies at a tailing dump site near Kleinzee in the Namaqualand region are continuing. This follows the discovery of 13 bodies after a tunnel collapsed at a mining site. Local police say seven of the 13 bodies were found atop the tailing dump while one was found under the tailing dump. Municipal spokesperson, Jason Milford says local authorities have been working endlessly to retrieve more possible bodies. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Municipal spokesperson, Jason Milford...

Four bodies have now been recovered after five people went missing following the heavy rains and flooding in the Northern Cape, Namaqualand region, The search continues for the last person who is still missing. Heavy machinery has been deployed to excavate and clear some roads, five towns are completely cut-off and some households are running out of supplies. A helicopter has been deployed to deliver much needed relief aid to those towns that are affected. Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Mayor of Nama khoi Municipality, Dr Gustav Bock.

Winelands transform to fruit and wheatfields - the West Coast is booming. A beautiful drive through undulating hills and passing towns like Malmesbury, Moorreesburg, Citrusdal, and Clanwilliam. Each and every one is worth a short detour and you get to see the citrus industry in full swing and if you really look - you can trace the tracks of missionaries and pioneers as well. Once north of Vanrhynsdorp and over the Knersvlakte you are in Namaqualand - and little towns like Springbok evoke memories of early explorers and copper mining.The Road Trip SA app is available for downloadDo you want to explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris

Winelands transform to fruit and wheatfields - the West Coast is booming. A beautiful drive through undulating hills and passing towns like Malmesbury, Moorreesburg, Citrusdal, and Clanwilliam. Each and every one is worth a short detour and you get to see the citrus industry in full swing and if you really look - you can trace the tracks of missionaries and pioneers as well. Once north of Vanrhynsdorp and over the Knersvlakte you are in Namaqualand - and little towns like Springbok evoke memories of early explorers and copper mining.The Road Trip SA app is available for downloadDo you want to explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris

World events has once again conspired to interrupt the flow of events in southern Africa by the early 1800s. The British were going to withdraw from the Cape of Good Hope and their move began far away in Ireland. As part of the price for Irish agreement to parliamentary union with Britain in 1800, Prime Minister William Pitt had promised to liberate Roman Catholics from the restrictions of their civil liberties imposed since the 16th Century . Three hundred years of English yoke through Protestantism was seen through a very religious and nationalist lens in Ireland. The future of the Cape was in great doubt. Lord Nelson was one of those voicing his opinion that the Peninsular was of no real use. Back in sunny Southern Africa circa 1800, great powers were beginning to emerge across the landscape. And extremely sunny it was in 1800 because parts of southern Africa were gripped by a terrible drought. Across the northern regions of the Cape, the Namaqualand and along the Orange River, the Afrikaander gang led by Khoesan leader Jonker Afrikaander was going village to village, homestead to homestead, and plundering as they went. The severe dought meant that the Boer commando's couldn't operate effectively so it increased banditry across the frontiers. But it also meant that the groups of Khoe and Khoesan who'd been trying to disentangle themselves from both the trekboers and the British, and even the local Tswana people, were forced to operate along the great river. The expedition also found it very difficult to locate water. What they did find record was signs of anarchy caused by both the drought and the Afrikaander groups who'd descended on the Griqua and Tswana – wiping out villages as they went. I have the diary of William Somerville who jointly led the expedition with chief commissioner PJ Truter – and an interesting 200 or so pages it is.

World events has once again conspired to interrupt the flow of events in southern Africa by the early 1800s. The British were going to withdraw from the Cape of Good Hope and their move began far away in Ireland. As part of the price for Irish agreement to parliamentary union with Britain in 1800, Prime Minister William Pitt had promised to liberate Roman Catholics from the restrictions of their civil liberties imposed since the 16th Century . Three hundred years of English yoke through Protestantism was seen through a very religious and nationalist lens in Ireland. The future of the Cape was in great doubt. Lord Nelson was one of those voicing his opinion that the Peninsular was of no real use. Back in sunny Southern Africa circa 1800, great powers were beginning to emerge across the landscape. And extremely sunny it was in 1800 because parts of southern Africa were gripped by a terrible drought. Across the northern regions of the Cape, the Namaqualand and along the Orange River, the Afrikaander gang led by Khoesan leader Jonker Afrikaander was going village to village, homestead to homestead, and plundering as they went. The severe dought meant that the Boer commando's couldn't operate effectively so it increased banditry across the frontiers. But it also meant that the groups of Khoe and Khoesan who'd been trying to disentangle themselves from both the trekboers and the British, and even the local Tswana people, were forced to operate along the great river. The expedition also found it very difficult to locate water. What they did find record was signs of anarchy caused by both the drought and the Afrikaander groups who'd descended on the Griqua and Tswana – wiping out villages as they went. I have the diary of William Somerville who jointly led the expedition with chief commissioner PJ Truter – and an interesting 200 or so pages it is.

World events has once again conspired to interrupt the flow of events in southern Africa by the early 1800s. The British were going to withdraw from the Cape of Good Hope and their move began far away in Ireland. As part of the price for Irish agreement to parliamentary union with Britain in 1800, Prime Minister William Pitt had promised to liberate Roman Catholics from the restrictions of their civil liberties imposed since the 16th Century . Three hundred years of English yoke through Protestantism was seen through a very religious and nationalist lens in Ireland. The future of the Cape was in great doubt. Lord Nelson was one of those voicing his opinion that the Peninsular was of no real use. Back in sunny Southern Africa circa 1800, great powers were beginning to emerge across the landscape. And extremely sunny it was in 1800 because parts of southern Africa were gripped by a terrible drought. Across the northern regions of the Cape, the Namaqualand and along the Orange River, the Afrikaander gang led by Khoesan leader Jonker Afrikaander was going village to village, homestead to homestead, and plundering as they went. The severe dought meant that the Boer commando's couldn't operate effectively so it increased banditry across the frontiers. But it also meant that the groups of Khoe and Khoesan who'd been trying to disentangle themselves from both the trekboers and the British, and even the local Tswana people, were forced to operate along the great river. The expedition also found it very difficult to locate water. What they did find record was signs of anarchy caused by both the drought and the Afrikaander groups who'd descended on the Griqua and Tswana – wiping out villages as they went. I have the diary of William Somerville who jointly led the expedition with chief commissioner PJ Truter – and an interesting 200 or so pages it is.

World events has once again conspired to interrupt the flow of events in southern Africa by the early 1800s. The British were going to withdraw from the Cape of Good Hope and their move began far away in Ireland. As part of the price for Irish agreement to parliamentary union with Britain in 1800, Prime Minister William Pitt had promised to liberate Roman Catholics from the restrictions of their civil liberties imposed since the 16th Century . Three hundred years of English yoke through Protestantism was seen through a very religious and nationalist lens in Ireland. The future of the Cape was in great doubt. Lord Nelson was one of those voicing his opinion that the Peninsular was of no real use. Back in sunny Southern Africa circa 1800, great powers were beginning to emerge across the landscape. And extremely sunny it was in 1800 because parts of southern Africa were gripped by a terrible drought. Across the northern regions of the Cape, the Namaqualand and along the Orange River, the Afrikaander gang led by Khoesan leader Jonker Afrikaander was going village to village, homestead to homestead, and plundering as they went. The severe dought meant that the Boer commando's couldn't operate effectively so it increased banditry across the frontiers. But it also meant that the groups of Khoe and Khoesan who'd been trying to disentangle themselves from both the trekboers and the British, and even the local Tswana people, were forced to operate along the great river. The expedition also found it very difficult to locate water. What they did find record was signs of anarchy caused by both the drought and the Afrikaander groups who'd descended on the Griqua and Tswana – wiping out villages as they went. I have the diary of William Somerville who jointly led the expedition with chief commissioner PJ Truter – and an interesting 200 or so pages it is.

This is episode 49 and Khoe and Oorlam Afrikaaner uprising of 1799. Keep in mind at this point in South African history, Afrikaaners are the mixed race band of former Khoe, mixed race, slaves and Namaqua living in the northern Hantam and at times, raiding Namaqualand. When we left off last episode things were sliding towards war as the settlers of the Hantam and the Khoe were thrown into chaos. This episode we'll hear also pick up the story further east in the Zuurveld where Coenraad de Buys who'd taken to living amongst the Khoe and basters. His fortunes had been mixed but changed after 1795 when Xhosa chief Ngqika who'd recently defeated his uncle Ndlambe, decided he must acquire a white advisor to help him obtain guns and horses. 1799 was a momentous year in Southern Africa history as you're going to hear because not only did the Khoe rise up and the Boers, further north the proto-Zulu groups of the Mthethwa and Ndwandwe were also growing their power quickly.

This is episode 49 and Khoe and Oorlam Afrikaaner uprising of 1799. Keep in mind at this point in South African history, Afrikaaners are the mixed race band of former Khoe, mixed race, slaves and Namaqua living in the northern Hantam and at times, raiding Namaqualand. When we left off last episode things were sliding towards war as the settlers of the Hantam and the Khoe were thrown into chaos. This episode we'll hear also pick up the story further east in the Zuurveld where Coenraad de Buys who'd taken to living amongst the Khoe and basters. His fortunes had been mixed but changed after 1795 when Xhosa chief Ngqika who'd recently defeated his uncle Ndlambe, decided he must acquire a white advisor to help him obtain guns and horses. 1799 was a momentous year in Southern Africa history as you're going to hear because not only did the Khoe rise up and the Boers, further north the proto-Zulu groups of the Mthethwa and Ndwandwe were also growing their power quickly.

This is episode 49 and Khoe and Oorlam Afrikaaner uprising of 1799. Keep in mind at this point in South African history, Afrikaaners are the mixed race band of former Khoe, mixed race, slaves and Namaqua living in the northern Hantam and at times, raiding Namaqualand. When we left off last episode things were sliding towards war as the settlers of the Hantam and the Khoe were thrown into chaos. This episode we'll hear also pick up the story further east in the Zuurveld where Coenraad de Buys who'd taken to living amongst the Khoe and basters. His fortunes had been mixed but changed after 1795 when Xhosa chief Ngqika who'd recently defeated his uncle Ndlambe, decided he must acquire a white advisor to help him obtain guns and horses. 1799 was a momentous year in Southern Africa history as you're going to hear because not only did the Khoe rise up and the Boers, further north the proto-Zulu groups of the Mthethwa and Ndwandwe were also growing their power quickly.

This is episode 49 and Khoe and Oorlam Afrikaaner uprising of 1799. Keep in mind at this point in South African history, Afrikaaners are the mixed race band of former Khoe, mixed race, slaves and Namaqua living in the northern Hantam and at times, raiding Namaqualand. When we left off last episode things were sliding towards war as the settlers of the Hantam and the Khoe were thrown into chaos. This episode we'll hear also pick up the story further east in the Zuurveld where Coenraad de Buys who'd taken to living amongst the Khoe and basters. His fortunes had been mixed but changed after 1795 when Xhosa chief Ngqika who'd recently defeated his uncle Ndlambe, decided he must acquire a white advisor to help him obtain guns and horses. 1799 was a momentous year in Southern Africa history as you're going to hear because not only did the Khoe rise up and the Boers, further north the proto-Zulu groups of the Mthethwa and Ndwandwe were also growing their power quickly.

This is episode 47 and we are concentrating on a mysterious and contradicted part of southern Africa, the Hantam. We're also going to meet a German sailor who'd deserted and ran away to the Orange River in the 1780s by the name of Jan Bloem. He worked as an overseer, a Knecht, at Sandfontein farm owned by Petrus Pienaar. Groups of white hunters were also now resident in the area to the south of the Orange by this stage and we've already heard about how the Kora, the Griqua and the Oorlams had begun moving into areas dominated by the Great Namaqua. Now we're going to drill down into examples of how lives intersected particularly about the important trekboer Adriaan van Jijl of the Hantam. This district derived its name from the solitary mountain at the northwestern edge of the Onder Roggeveld. To the south west lay the Bokkeveld Mountains, to the north west Namaqualand. And between Hantam Mountain and the Orange River which lay due north were miles of Bushmanland. Today's modern town of Calvinia is just south of Hantams Piek.By 1790 the complaints of white inhabitants in the Bokkeveld became a chorus – alarmingly groups of Khoekhoe were trekking to and from the Orange River with herds and flocks of livestock in search of good grazing. The trekboers in these areas watched with misgiving and it must have been nerve wracking watch these large groups of people appear on the land with their even larger herds. We'll also hear about Elsie Visagie had trekked from the Orange River to Cape Town with a few Khoe servants as companions in 1791 – it's almost 900 kilometres - but the folks were tough back in the day. She had some cattle and two wagon loads of products. When Elsie Visagie was ordered to Stellenbosch to give evidence in connection with raids her husband had apparently carried out, she ended up under house arrest.

This is episode 47 and we are concentrating on a mysterious and contradicted part of southern Africa, the Hantam. We're also going to meet a German sailor who'd deserted and ran away to the Orange River in the 1780s by the name of Jan Bloem. He worked as an overseer, a Knecht, at Sandfontein farm owned by Petrus Pienaar. Groups of white hunters were also now resident in the area to the south of the Orange by this stage and we've already heard about how the Kora, the Griqua and the Oorlams had begun moving into areas dominated by the Great Namaqua. Now we're going to drill down into examples of how lives intersected particularly about the important trekboer Adriaan van Jijl of the Hantam. This district derived its name from the solitary mountain at the northwestern edge of the Onder Roggeveld. To the south west lay the Bokkeveld Mountains, to the north west Namaqualand. And between Hantam Mountain and the Orange River which lay due north were miles of Bushmanland. Today's modern town of Calvinia is just south of Hantams Piek.By 1790 the complaints of white inhabitants in the Bokkeveld became a chorus – alarmingly groups of Khoekhoe were trekking to and from the Orange River with herds and flocks of livestock in search of good grazing. The trekboers in these areas watched with misgiving and it must have been nerve wracking watch these large groups of people appear on the land with their even larger herds. We'll also hear about Elsie Visagie had trekked from the Orange River to Cape Town with a few Khoe servants as companions in 1791 – it's almost 900 kilometres - but the folks were tough back in the day. She had some cattle and two wagon loads of products. When Elsie Visagie was ordered to Stellenbosch to give evidence in connection with raids her husband had apparently carried out, she ended up under house arrest.

This is episode 47 and we are concentrating on a mysterious and contradicted part of southern Africa, the Hantam. We're also going to meet a German sailor who'd deserted and ran away to the Orange River in the 1780s by the name of Jan Bloem. He worked as an overseer, a Knecht, at Sandfontein farm owned by Petrus Pienaar. Groups of white hunters were also now resident in the area to the south of the Orange by this stage and we've already heard about how the Kora, the Griqua and the Oorlams had begun moving into areas dominated by the Great Namaqua. Now we're going to drill down into examples of how lives intersected particularly about the important trekboer Adriaan van Jijl of the Hantam. This district derived its name from the solitary mountain at the northwestern edge of the Onder Roggeveld. To the south west lay the Bokkeveld Mountains, to the north west Namaqualand. And between Hantam Mountain and the Orange River which lay due north were miles of Bushmanland. Today's modern town of Calvinia is just south of Hantams Piek.By 1790 the complaints of white inhabitants in the Bokkeveld became a chorus – alarmingly groups of Khoekhoe were trekking to and from the Orange River with herds and flocks of livestock in search of good grazing. The trekboers in these areas watched with misgiving and it must have been nerve wracking watch these large groups of people appear on the land with their even larger herds. We'll also hear about Elsie Visagie had trekked from the Orange River to Cape Town with a few Khoe servants as companions in 1791 – it's almost 900 kilometres - but the folks were tough back in the day. She had some cattle and two wagon loads of products. When Elsie Visagie was ordered to Stellenbosch to give evidence in connection with raids her husband had apparently carried out, she ended up under house arrest.

This is episode 47 and we are concentrating on a mysterious and contradicted part of southern Africa, the Hantam. We're also going to meet a German sailor who'd deserted and ran away to the Orange River in the 1780s by the name of Jan Bloem. He worked as an overseer, a Knecht, at Sandfontein farm owned by Petrus Pienaar. Groups of white hunters were also now resident in the area to the south of the Orange by this stage and we've already heard about how the Kora, the Griqua and the Oorlams had begun moving into areas dominated by the Great Namaqua. Now we're going to drill down into examples of how lives intersected particularly about the important trekboer Adriaan van Jijl of the Hantam. This district derived its name from the solitary mountain at the northwestern edge of the Onder Roggeveld. To the south west lay the Bokkeveld Mountains, to the north west Namaqualand. And between Hantam Mountain and the Orange River which lay due north were miles of Bushmanland. Today's modern town of Calvinia is just south of Hantams Piek.By 1790 the complaints of white inhabitants in the Bokkeveld became a chorus – alarmingly groups of Khoekhoe were trekking to and from the Orange River with herds and flocks of livestock in search of good grazing. The trekboers in these areas watched with misgiving and it must have been nerve wracking watch these large groups of people appear on the land with their even larger herds. We'll also hear about Elsie Visagie had trekked from the Orange River to Cape Town with a few Khoe servants as companions in 1791 – it's almost 900 kilometres - but the folks were tough back in the day. She had some cattle and two wagon loads of products. When Elsie Visagie was ordered to Stellenbosch to give evidence in connection with raids her husband had apparently carried out, she ended up under house arrest.

This is episode 46 and it's about Namaqualand, the Oorlam Afrikaaners and the Griquas But first a note about the British occupation. We know that they arrived in 1795, defeated the Dutch forces and then attempted to take control of events on the frontiers. As the Dutch had found, this was not an easy undertaking. The new Governor Sir George Yonge had replaced the acting Governor Macartney and Yonge was a stiff formal Englishman. But he was also a man of ideas and experimented with farming, and believe it or not, vaccinations. The smallpox epidemic earlier in the 18th Century had decimated the Khoekhoe and white population and he didn't want a return of the dreaded disease. Many on the frontier took issue with both his farm experiments and his vaccination campaign – yes folks, there were anti-vaxxers around 220 years ago. We heard about the Einiqua, the Korana and the people first called the Bastaards who were to become the Griqua. As the 18th Century progressed, the frontier began to close on the latter people, even in Namaqualand that zone between the mountains and the sea west of Bushmanland. These fugitives began to form themselves in different groups of what were initially called drosters. This is a word from the Dutch word Drossen, to run away or desert. They became the symbol of the Cape frontier and their influence on the local Einiqua, the Khoisan societies, was considerable. They were mostly disruptive, disturbing an ancient equilibrium. One of the most influential of the Oorlam groups by the end of the 18th Century was the Griqua who were descended from the remnants of the original Grigriqua Khoekhoe. The founding father of the Griqua Khoekhoe was Adam Kok the First, who is believed to have been a freed slave. The last group I'll mention this episode were far more malevolent and far less welcome at least as far as the Cape authorities were concerned. They were known as the Afrikaaners.

This is episode 46 and it's about Namaqualand, the Oorlam Afrikaaners and the Griquas But first a note about the British occupation. We know that they arrived in 1795, defeated the Dutch forces and then attempted to take control of events on the frontiers. As the Dutch had found, this was not an easy undertaking. The new Governor Sir George Yonge had replaced the acting Governor Macartney and Yonge was a stiff formal Englishman. But he was also a man of ideas and experimented with farming, and believe it or not, vaccinations. The smallpox epidemic earlier in the 18th Century had decimated the Khoekhoe and white population and he didn't want a return of the dreaded disease. Many on the frontier took issue with both his farm experiments and his vaccination campaign – yes folks, there were anti-vaxxers around 220 years ago. We heard about the Einiqua, the Korana and the people first called the Bastaards who were to become the Griqua. As the 18th Century progressed, the frontier began to close on the latter people, even in Namaqualand that zone between the mountains and the sea west of Bushmanland. These fugitives began to form themselves in different groups of what were initially called drosters. This is a word from the Dutch word Drossen, to run away or desert. They became the symbol of the Cape frontier and their influence on the local Einiqua, the Khoisan societies, was considerable. They were mostly disruptive, disturbing an ancient equilibrium. One of the most influential of the Oorlam groups by the end of the 18th Century was the Griqua who were descended from the remnants of the original Grigriqua Khoekhoe. The founding father of the Griqua Khoekhoe was Adam Kok the First, who is believed to have been a freed slave. The last group I'll mention this episode were far more malevolent and far less welcome at least as far as the Cape authorities were concerned. They were known as the Afrikaaners.

This is episode 46 and it's about Namaqualand, the Oorlam Afrikaaners and the Griquas But first a note about the British occupation. We know that they arrived in 1795, defeated the Dutch forces and then attempted to take control of events on the frontiers. As the Dutch had found, this was not an easy undertaking. The new Governor Sir George Yonge had replaced the acting Governor Macartney and Yonge was a stiff formal Englishman. But he was also a man of ideas and experimented with farming, and believe it or not, vaccinations. The smallpox epidemic earlier in the 18th Century had decimated the Khoekhoe and white population and he didn't want a return of the dreaded disease. Many on the frontier took issue with both his farm experiments and his vaccination campaign – yes folks, there were anti-vaxxers around 220 years ago. We heard about the Einiqua, the Korana and the people first called the Bastaards who were to become the Griqua. As the 18th Century progressed, the frontier began to close on the latter people, even in Namaqualand that zone between the mountains and the sea west of Bushmanland. These fugitives began to form themselves in different groups of what were initially called drosters. This is a word from the Dutch word Drossen, to run away or desert. They became the symbol of the Cape frontier and their influence on the local Einiqua, the Khoisan societies, was considerable. They were mostly disruptive, disturbing an ancient equilibrium. One of the most influential of the Oorlam groups by the end of the 18th Century was the Griqua who were descended from the remnants of the original Grigriqua Khoekhoe. The founding father of the Griqua Khoekhoe was Adam Kok the First, who is believed to have been a freed slave. The last group I'll mention this episode were far more malevolent and far less welcome at least as far as the Cape authorities were concerned. They were known as the Afrikaaners.

This is episode 46 and it's about Namaqualand, the Oorlam Afrikaaners and the Griquas But first a note about the British occupation. We know that they arrived in 1795, defeated the Dutch forces and then attempted to take control of events on the frontiers. As the Dutch had found, this was not an easy undertaking. The new Governor Sir George Yonge had replaced the acting Governor Macartney and Yonge was a stiff formal Englishman. But he was also a man of ideas and experimented with farming, and believe it or not, vaccinations. The smallpox epidemic earlier in the 18th Century had decimated the Khoekhoe and white population and he didn't want a return of the dreaded disease. Many on the frontier took issue with both his farm experiments and his vaccination campaign – yes folks, there were anti-vaxxers around 220 years ago. We heard about the Einiqua, the Korana and the people first called the Bastaards who were to become the Griqua. As the 18th Century progressed, the frontier began to close on the latter people, even in Namaqualand that zone between the mountains and the sea west of Bushmanland. These fugitives began to form themselves in different groups of what were initially called drosters. This is a word from the Dutch word Drossen, to run away or desert. They became the symbol of the Cape frontier and their influence on the local Einiqua, the Khoisan societies, was considerable. They were mostly disruptive, disturbing an ancient equilibrium. One of the most influential of the Oorlam groups by the end of the 18th Century was the Griqua who were descended from the remnants of the original Grigriqua Khoekhoe. The founding father of the Griqua Khoekhoe was Adam Kok the First, who is believed to have been a freed slave. The last group I'll mention this episode were far more malevolent and far less welcome at least as far as the Cape authorities were concerned. They were known as the Afrikaaners.

This is episode 45 and it's time to turn our attention to Namaqualand. This is an area which is not spoken of very often, the wild northern frontier where bandits rode oxen and escaped slaves, white ex-soldiers and black clans joined forces – or fought each other. The brigands and Badlands here are exotic to say the least as you're going to hear. Folks fixate on the tales from the eastern Cape frontier for good reason that's true. And yet, much of the rich history of southern Africa encompasses the Orange River and its tributaries as well as the Namaqualand, the Karoo, the mystical and mythical geography lending beauty to what was an extraordinarily dangerous period in the last quarter of the 18th Century. As you know by now, the area known as the Namaqualand was generally referred as the home of the Little Namaqua or Klein Namaqua. Great Namaqualand was the home of the Great Namaqua and was across the Orange River – today known as Namaland. The first Europeans to settle in Namaqualand arrived in the 1750s – but before them ivory and other hunters had passed through regularly. By February and March of 1750, Jan Overholster, Jan Meyer and Jan Venter had registered loan farms here which they called Lieliefontein and Groene Rivier. One of the dialects of the Einiqua was spoken by the people of the Namynkoa who lived along the rivers – their riverine lifestyle made them distinct from the other people of the region although they were pastoralists who ate fish and river shellfish amongst other foods. Most other Khoe away from the River were purely pastoralists. Further east, heading deeper into the interior, lived the Korana groups who could be found in the vicinity of Kheis. They were the Kouringeis or Little Korana, otherwise known as the Hootstanders or Proud People. But a hundred years earlier in 1779 trekboers who had arrived in Namaqualand were married to local Khoe women and this union created another group - the "Bastaards".

This is episode 45 and it's time to turn our attention to Namaqualand. This is an area which is not spoken of very often, the wild northern frontier where bandits rode oxen and escaped slaves, white ex-soldiers and black clans joined forces – or fought each other. The brigands and Badlands here are exotic to say the least as you're going to hear. Folks fixate on the tales from the eastern Cape frontier for good reason that's true. And yet, much of the rich history of southern Africa encompasses the Orange River and its tributaries as well as the Namaqualand, the Karoo, the mystical and mythical geography lending beauty to what was an extraordinarily dangerous period in the last quarter of the 18th Century. As you know by now, the area known as the Namaqualand was generally referred as the home of the Little Namaqua or Klein Namaqua. Great Namaqualand was the home of the Great Namaqua and was across the Orange River – today known as Namaland. The first Europeans to settle in Namaqualand arrived in the 1750s – but before them ivory and other hunters had passed through regularly. By February and March of 1750, Jan Overholster, Jan Meyer and Jan Venter had registered loan farms here which they called Lieliefontein and Groene Rivier. One of the dialects of the Einiqua was spoken by the people of the Namynkoa who lived along the rivers – their riverine lifestyle made them distinct from the other people of the region although they were pastoralists who ate fish and river shellfish amongst other foods. Most other Khoe away from the River were purely pastoralists. Further east, heading deeper into the interior, lived the Korana groups who could be found in the vicinity of Kheis. They were the Kouringeis or Little Korana, otherwise known as the Hootstanders or Proud People. But a hundred years earlier in 1779 trekboers who had arrived in Namaqualand were married to local Khoe women and this union created another group - the "Bastaards".

This is episode 45 and it's time to turn our attention to Namaqualand. This is an area which is not spoken of very often, the wild northern frontier where bandits rode oxen and escaped slaves, white ex-soldiers and black clans joined forces – or fought each other. The brigands and Badlands here are exotic to say the least as you're going to hear. Folks fixate on the tales from the eastern Cape frontier for good reason that's true. And yet, much of the rich history of southern Africa encompasses the Orange River and its tributaries as well as the Namaqualand, the Karoo, the mystical and mythical geography lending beauty to what was an extraordinarily dangerous period in the last quarter of the 18th Century. As you know by now, the area known as the Namaqualand was generally referred as the home of the Little Namaqua or Klein Namaqua. Great Namaqualand was the home of the Great Namaqua and was across the Orange River – today known as Namaland. The first Europeans to settle in Namaqualand arrived in the 1750s – but before them ivory and other hunters had passed through regularly. By February and March of 1750, Jan Overholster, Jan Meyer and Jan Venter had registered loan farms here which they called Lieliefontein and Groene Rivier. One of the dialects of the Einiqua was spoken by the people of the Namynkoa who lived along the rivers – their riverine lifestyle made them distinct from the other people of the region although they were pastoralists who ate fish and river shellfish amongst other foods. Most other Khoe away from the River were purely pastoralists. Further east, heading deeper into the interior, lived the Korana groups who could be found in the vicinity of Kheis. They were the Kouringeis or Little Korana, otherwise known as the Hootstanders or Proud People. But a hundred years earlier in 1779 trekboers who had arrived in Namaqualand were married to local Khoe women and this union created another group - the "Bastaards".

This is episode 45 and it's time to turn our attention to Namaqualand. This is an area which is not spoken of very often, the wild northern frontier where bandits rode oxen and escaped slaves, white ex-soldiers and black clans joined forces – or fought each other. The brigands and Badlands here are exotic to say the least as you're going to hear. Folks fixate on the tales from the eastern Cape frontier for good reason that's true. And yet, much of the rich history of southern Africa encompasses the Orange River and its tributaries as well as the Namaqualand, the Karoo, the mystical and mythical geography lending beauty to what was an extraordinarily dangerous period in the last quarter of the 18th Century. As you know by now, the area known as the Namaqualand was generally referred as the home of the Little Namaqua or Klein Namaqua. Great Namaqualand was the home of the Great Namaqua and was across the Orange River – today known as Namaland. The first Europeans to settle in Namaqualand arrived in the 1750s – but before them ivory and other hunters had passed through regularly. By February and March of 1750, Jan Overholster, Jan Meyer and Jan Venter had registered loan farms here which they called Lieliefontein and Groene Rivier. One of the dialects of the Einiqua was spoken by the people of the Namynkoa who lived along the rivers – their riverine lifestyle made them distinct from the other people of the region although they were pastoralists who ate fish and river shellfish amongst other foods. Most other Khoe away from the River were purely pastoralists. Further east, heading deeper into the interior, lived the Korana groups who could be found in the vicinity of Kheis. They were the Kouringeis or Little Korana, otherwise known as the Hootstanders or Proud People. But a hundred years earlier in 1779 trekboers who had arrived in Namaqualand were married to local Khoe women and this union created another group - the "Bastaards".

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And inside too! But we'll warm you up The coldest winter in years, and hopefully the Goldest Olympic Games! And it's wild that the wildflowers have started in Namaqualand already… What's the Hot news abounding on SAPeople.com? Well, listen here and get the latest good news and news of and from Saffers abroad from Jenni in Antibes and Melle in JoFreezingBurg. SAPeople.com · Solid Gold Podcasts

And inside too! But we'll warm you up The coldest winter in years, and hopefully the Goldest Olympic Games! And it's wild that the wildflowers have started in Namaqualand already… What's the Hot news abounding on SAPeople.com? Well, listen here and get the latest good news and news of and from Saffers abroad from Jenni in Antibes and Melle in JoFreezingBurg.

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South Africa’s one-size-fits-all mining legislation is losing vital jobs for the country in the job-intensive alluvial diamonds space that requires regulations tailored to junior mining to survive, South African Diamond Producers Organisation (Sadpo) reiterated on Monday. Because there are so many alluvial deposits in South Africa, Sadpo is asking for alluvial diamonds to play a more prominent role in the economy in general and job creation in particular. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.) The problem is that the regulations have always been written for the big kimberlite mines that produce a very specific population of diamonds – and the number of marginal alluvial miners are diminishing under the strain, along with worryingly high unemployment rates in rural areas. In a Zoom interview with Mining Weekly, Sadpo chairperson Gert van Niekerk and Sadpo deputy chairperson Lyndon De Meillon outlined the rich rewards South Africa could harvest with the right regulations that lowered the cost of doing business. Compared with its heyday between the 1990s and early 2000s, today’s alluvial diamond mining sector is but a shadow of its former self, but with the potential to boost many times over the 5 500 people currently employed in it, provided the legislative framework is corrected. In today’s market, one would have to typically mine 60 000 t/m of these low-grade 0.25 carats per hundred tonnes (cpht) diamonds, found routinely in the Northern Cape. To achieve that, 50 people need to be employed in a two-pan set up that will yield about 150 ct a month or about 50 stones a month, the typical production of a junior diamond miner of this kind. Displayed by Sadpo was a group of a typical monthly production output – with one large stone. “If you don’t find the one large stone, you're in trouble. The rest of the smaller stones will not cover expenses. “So, in a nutshell, that’s what our business is about – volume and special stones – but the current legislation makes it very difficult for us to mine in this way,” said De Meillon, an independent diamond producer and owner of Paleostone Mining, which has two operating alluvial diamond mines. De Meillon is a geologist with an honours degree in geology and a master’s degree in oceanography. He has been in the diamond business for 28 years. He assures Mining Weekly that South Africa’s globally unique and exceptional deposits can be successfully exploited with robust geological modelling, experience, low-cost operations and technology advances. But a faster enabling environment must be established and legislation introduced to open the way for the country’s small and junior mining sector to create wealth and jobs. Sadpo’s emphasis is that the situation should not be as dire as it has become, given the remaining widespread and voluminous alluvial diamond deposits in Namaqualand, the Northern Cape and the North West province. New technologies are now able to detect undiscovered greenfields and ensure that significant alluvial gravels that were previously unworkable are now workable and marine wise, the surface has barely been touched, Van Niekerk emphasised. “There’s a huge deposit still lying off our shores on the West Coast,” Van Niekerk said. Bulk X-ray units have made diamond recovery more efficient, and the high-tech, containerised recovery systems and closed-circuit camera systems can be observed and managed remotely. They have also assisted in limiting product theft and shrinkage. Sadpo has 130 members and is also affiliated to Minerals Council South Africa, which is campaigning for government to make it easier for new small mining entrants. “The smaller the operation, the higher the job creation ability,” Van Niekerk said. But the mere application for a small 5 ha mining permit, before the applicant has even bought a pick and shovel, costs R150000. In Sadpo’s opinion, this should not cost more than R5000. Alluvial op...

The easing of lockdown restrictions to alert level 2 means that residents of the Western Cape can now also (legally) enjoy the sight of the spring flowers in the Namaqualand region of the Northern Cape. Refilwe Moloto speaks to Eugene Marinus, the curator of the Hantam National Botanical Gardens just outside of Nieuwoudtville as well as Dianna Martin of the Northern Cape Tourism Authority. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Orion Minerals CEO Errol Smart is over the moon about the granting of the final mining right for the Prieska copper/zinc resource, near the Northern Cape town of Copperton – and it comes with exciting exploration rights included. “We’re extremely pleased that the final regulatory hurdle for the development of the Prieska copper/zinc mine has now been fulfilled,” was Smart’s comment to Mining Weekly on the project now being declared shovel ready. Prieska is now positioned to play a major role in the post-Covid economic recovery of the Northern Cape region of South Africa with the development of a world-class base metals mining operation. What is more, important near-mine Bartotrax exploration upside is also covered by the latest right. More than R450-million (A$36-million) in foreign direct investment has already been made to reach this stage and is now poised to bring in a further investment of R5.4-billion (A$432-million) over the next three years as Orion constructs a mine projected to deliver more than R40-billion (A$3.2-billion) of mineral exports over an initial 12-year life. But Smart sees this as just the start of Orion’s campaign in the region, with the Sydney- and Johannesburg-listed company holding more than 3 200 km2 of prospecting and mining rights in the Areachap Belt in the Namaqualand region of the Northern Cape. “There’s enormous interest in the project. Our market cap has basically doubled in the last three weeks. People are realising that projects like this can deliver huge returns,” said Smart. The bankable feasibility study (BFS) not only has payback at a mere 2.4 years at an all-in sustaining margin of 47% but also spreads environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles across the length and breadth of the entire project for the benefit of local communities and the initial 1 000 employees. The multiplier effect then puts an additional 3 000 people into employment and money recirculates back into the economy because materials are being bought locally for construction, the construction industry is supported, along with the transport industry and all other related industries are stimulated from it. The BFS highlights a 2.4-million-tonne-a-year copper and zinc mining operation at the brownfield Prieska project. Mine construction can begin once funding is secured, with concentrate production scheduled to commence 33 months later. A project execution strategy has been formulated and discussions with key service providers are well advanced. At peak production, the Prieska project is expected to deliver 23 000 t/y of copper and 88 000 t/y of zinc in concentrate. “ESG’s not something separate. It’s something that is now an integrated part of the business. We’ll have a lot of renewable energy. We’ll have a lot of water saving. We’ll be a lower carbon operation. We’ve done all the right things working with our stakeholders and our community. “The entire mining and management practice is completely modern, automated and Fourth Industrial Revolution enabled. From day one, everything’s going to be done the modern way, the ordered way, highly digital, highly inter-connected using the Internet of Things,” said Smart. He is expecting a lot of positive response to the final mining right being granted as he visits investors and bankers over the next couple of weeks to raise the R5-billion in the form 60% as senior debt, 20% pure equity and another 20% in various other forms of finance. The banking finance is expected to be two-thirds South African and a third from offshore and the equity capital from both South African and foreign investors. The first sod is expected to be turned in the first quarter of next year. The Vardocube right covers 27% of the ore included in the BFS and follows the granting of the environmental authorisation, which together with the water use licence granted earlier this month, constitute the key approvals required to opera...

Florent Grenier fell in love with plants at an early age but it was a trip to South Africa as a teenager that change the course of his life forever. Florent now dedicates himself to studying the ecology, diversity, and distribution of succulent plants. Five years of intense field work investigating strange pollination syndromes involving long tongued flies has culminated in Florent's first book. "Secrets of Namaqualand Succulents" combines beautiful photography with the latest science to give readers an inside look at South Africa's succulent bounty. What's more, "Secrets of Namaqualand Succulents" serves as a reminder of just how much we have yet to learn about these plants. Join us for a wonderful discussion about the flora of this incredible region of the world. This episode was produced in part by Donna, Donica, Chris, Shamora, Alana, Laura, Alice, Sarah, Rachel, Joanna, Griff, Philip, Paul, Matthew, Clark, Bobby, Kate, Steven, Brittney, McMansion Hell, Joey, Catherine, Brandon, Hall, Vegreville Creek and Wetlands Fund, Kevin, Oliver, John, Johansson, Christina, Jared, Hannah, Katy Pye, Brandon, Gwen, Carly, Stephen, Botanical Tours, Moonwort Studios, Liba, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, doeg, Clifton, Stephanie, Benjamin, Eli, Rachael, Plant By Design, Philip, Brent, Ron, Tim, Homestead Brooklyn, Brodie, Kevin, Sophia, Mark, Rens, Bendix, Irene, Holly, Caitlin, Manuel, Jennifer, Sara, and Margie.

Ardent horticulturist turned plant hunter extreme, Judd Kirkel Welwitch is often to be found trundling the back roads of South Africa's botanical hotspots looking for rare plants. He's setting out on an epic journey to describe and name a plant he discovered which hasn't been seen by the botanical world to date. Join us on his journey to find out more! If you're ready to produce your own podcast, contact the podcast experts at

Fine Music Radio — I hope you have booked your accommodation in flower land or if it’s a one day trip to the flowers then put a full day aside soon. You don’t have to travel to Namaqualand to experience the joy of spring. Just pack a picnic, hop in the car and enjoy a memorable day in the Posberg Flower reserve situated in the West Coast National Park. For more information about the reserve and best flower time phone 022 772 2144/5. Best to go during the week if possible and get there early. While in the neighbourhood include Darling and surrounds…all in all a full one day trip or better still overnight in Darling and make it a no rush journey!! In the meantime what can we do on our day off? FMR GARDEN CHAT SCRIPT - 10 August 2019.pdf — PDF (75.9 KB)

Fine Music Radio — Bulbs are up , flowers are out up the west coast, in Namaqualand and all over the little Karoo Its Spring already!! I doubt it- so lets not start with the whole spring thing to early. At the same time if you are into egg plants, chillies, peppers and some of the larger type tomatoes then August is the time for sowing and its fast approaching, so give it some thought. Keep in mind that many of these varieties can take 90days from sowing to harvesting. If you wait for winter to officially end then they will only be on the table in December---bit late I would say!!! Now, the winter rain brings lots and lots of weeds! If they are more than a metre high right now then you probably have amazing soil , full of compost and other good things. What they take out of the soil goes back in threefold when you make compost out of them. FMR GARDEN CHAT SCRIPT - 20 July 2019.pdf — PDF (67.1 KB)

Fine Music Radio — Well here we are heading for spring! Soon, we are going to appreciate all those spring flowering bulbs, Namaqualand daisies and other easy pop up annuals. I hope you managed to plant a whole bunch of mesems which will set the early summer alight and give you many weeks of glitterati! Once again, at this time brightening up our winter, the aloes are doing their thing. If you don’t have at least one aloe in the garden you are missing out on a host of activity, especially when it comes to birdlife. FMR GARDEN CHAT SCRIPT - 22 June 2019.pdf — PDF (69.9 KB)

On the Couch with Dirkas - Saxophonist Jimmy Newman Jimmy Newman is a legendary saxophonist from Namaqualand in South Africa who plays music from the 60’s. They reminisce about his childhood, love for music, the 17 LPs he has created and more than 140 productions Jimmy has under the belt.

Deneys Reitz will experience a terrible wound to his leg and we will probe an issue that caused much gnashing of teeth - the role of Black South Africans in the war. A quick note for my American listeners, in South Africa people who are mixed race are known as coloured. I know the phrase is frowned on in the U.S., but here in Africa, it's accepted. I've tried to show how the myth that there were no black fighting men on both sides is just that - a myth - by using examples of how close black men and women were to the action throughout these podcasts over the last 18 months. Professor Bill Nasson published a book in the Anglo-Boer war series called Uyadela Wen'Osulapho - which is the cry of a fallen Zulu warrior, urging his comrades to carry on the fight. On the cover of his book is a black member of the British army in Mafikeng photographed alongside with lord Baden Powell. Inside the full photograph shows a group of black soldiers sitting with the famous general. All are stern faced, the soldiers holding their Lee-Metford Rifles and sporting large bandoliers around their shoulders. They were scouts and transport riders, armed to the teeth. When the war began in 1899, contemporary observers assumed that blacks would not be allowed to play any part in the coming hostilities but of course that was naive. A British commentator in the Fortnightly Review told readers that blacks in his words “would be impossible to control…” if they were armed. The risk of rebellion meant that the British in particular were petrified of stoking uprisings, considering what had happened to them in Zululand in 1879 where the Zulu had killed 1300 of their best troops at Isandhlwana. Jan Smuts too had written that this was to be a war between whites - saying that this was in the interests “of self-preservation” as he put it. Ironically, by the end of the war, Smuts was sending armed black men to fight in Namaqualand.

Namaqualand heißt eine der trockensten Gegenden Südafrikas. Besiedelt nur von einigen wenigen Ureinwohnern, den San. Kaum ein Tourist verirrt sich in diese Region an der Grenze zu Namibia.

Fine Music Radio — Well here we are heading for spring! The shortest day was Thurs so things get brighter!! Soon, we are going to appreciate all those spring flowering bulbs, Namaqualand daisies and other easy pop up annuals. I hope you managed to plant a whole bunch of mesems which will set the early spring alight and give you many weeks of glitterati! Once again at this time, brightening up our winter, the aloes are doing their thing. If you don’t have at least one aloe in the garden you are missing out on a host of activity, especially when it comes to birdlife. Besides an array of different sunbirds everyone gets in on the act. FMR GARDEN CHAT SCRIPT - 23 JUN 2018.pdf — PDF (127.3 KB)

Delays in the blooming of the wild flowers in Namaqualand in the Northern Cape, have left many tourists disappointed. The region is well-known for its beautiful flowers during spring, which attract tourists from across the world as well as South Africa. But this year, the ongoing drought has had a severe impact on the traditional flower season as Reginald Witbooi reports...

Fine Music Radio — I hope you have booked your accommodation in flower land or if it’s a one day trip to the flowers then put a full day aside soon. You certainly don’t have to travel all the way to Namaqualand to experience the joy of spring flowers. Just pack a picnic, hop in the car and enjoy a memorable day in the Posberg Flower reserve situated in the West Coast National Park. For more information about the reserve and best flower time phone 022 772 2144/5 While in the neighbourhood include Darling and surrounds…all in all a full one trip or better still overnight in Darling and make it a no rush journey!! THE STARKE AYRES GARDEN CHAT SCRIPT - 12 AUG 2017 — PDF (190.2 KB)