Alexander wept for there were no more worlds left to conquer.

NZ in NZ
France in France
Ireland in Ireland

Clip that. Up the Bokke

'African tribe' stays put in Jedburgh woodland despite second eviction notice - BBC News Three members of the self-proclaimed Kingdom of Kubala show no sign of leaving their Jedburgh camp.

Somewhere on the Scottish borders an African tribe is making a new home, a plot twist history never saw coming.

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Baby ellies at play, grainy photo from 2019, Addo Elephant Park #🐘 #elephant #southafrica #animals

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What the Eagles’ “Hotel California” Really Means During the Satanic panic of the 1980s, a new breed of witchfinder cast a dragnet through pop culture, scooping up songs, artists, and albums that were allegedly part of a demonic conspiracy to corrupt...

What the Eagles’ “Hotel California” Really Means

Sunny days in Kefalonia

South Africans are calling the 49 "refugees" the Voetsekkers, which is a combination to the word Voortrekker (Afrikaaner version of the pioneers) and Voetsek (Afrikaans for "piss-off!").

The country probably hasn't been this united since it won the Rugby World Cup in 2023.

Everyone should respect South Africa for being one of the most successful multicultural democracies in world history. They peacefully transitioned from a colonial apartheid state to a successful relatively harmonious multicultural/multiracial civic democracy. Djt is a national embarrassment

Traffickers slither through loopholes with wild-caught African snakes and lizards JOHANNESBURG — South Africa is a hub for the international pet trade, with thousands of animals exported each year. Many of these are exotic birds and mammals like parrots and marmosets, bred locally…

South Africa’s native reptiles and amphibians, including threatened species, are being illegally captured and exported for the global pet trade.

A recent study found that eight of the 10 most-exported reptiles from South Africa are native species, most of which are not protected by CITES.

The Netherlands in South Africa: Dutch Colonization in the 17th Century — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history Modern day South Africa has had contact with Europeans for centuries, and the first group to settle there were the Dutch. Here, Matt Lowe looks at the history of Dutch settlement in South Africa in th...

I take your point, but willing integration was (and continues to be) a definite part of history: www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2020/3/....

Labelling an entire population as either subjugators or subjugated oversimplifies human histories and relationships.
You flatten individual experiences and ignore the nuance in power dynamics.

Please read through your sources before posting them.

This study looked only at the whitest of our white people. It did not look for any European DNA markers in other group (where you'd see evidence of integration)

tl;dr - we have 11 official languages and yes we learn zulu/xhosa in school. Early settlers also learned Koi and San

I encourage you to learn more about the country's pre-apartheid history, and help dismantle the narratives the regime implemented

Sorry but this is a very uninformed viewpoint.
Early settlers integrated very closely with Koi and San tribes, with many having families together.

Apartheid was a dark stain on our history and it drove a very revionist narrative of integration between our people - which many people readily accept

The swans are out with their fluffy young'uns

To be a baby swan napping on a sunny morning

Sunday indulgence, perfected.
Chicken & Waffles from Utter Waffle, Balham — where brunch and art meet.

Kanye's tweet killed Pope Francis

Their key demographic isn't informed enough to know the difference.
Might I suggest an Eskom power plant for Chernobyl?

Dying for Aperol Spritz weather

Calculating a sustainable future: Mathematician identifies unsustainable development patterns and climate vulnerability Earth Day often calls to mind the environmentalists and activists leading the charge for a sustainable planet. But researchers like Leonardo Schultz and José Maria Cardoso da Silva at the University o...

This Earth Day, it’s not just activists driving change—math is too! Researchers at @univmiami have built the Sustainable Development Pathway Index (SDPI), a powerful model showing how societies can balance human needs and the planet.
Math for a better future.

#EarthDay #SDPI #ClimateAction

Spring cherry blossoms in the neighbourhood

Comedy writes itself

Rallying call for action over climate change risk to British beer Concerns have been raised about the impact of climate change on British beer.

Climate change is now threatening the weak room temperature beer industry.

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Cartoon comparing Donald Trump and Jacob Zuma through their comments on showers.

Thanks for the acknowledgement 😊