| The Shipwreck That Began The Tradition Of
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| | in Zimbabwe, fled to the fertile valley
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| "Women And Children First"The Captain of
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| | of the Molototsi River, east of
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| the sinking ship, HMS Birkenhead, shouted
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| | Duiwelskloof. The princess became the
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| "every man for himself", but the troops
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| | most famous rain-maker in Africa. She
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| stood on the doomed ship and calmly
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| | called herself Modjadji and withdrew from
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| waited their fate as they knew that if
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| | public view. People began to believe she
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| they stormed the three serviceable
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| | was immortal and the book "She" by Sir
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| lifeboats, the women and children in them
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| | Henry Rider Haggard is based on her. Even
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| would surely drown. They stood in their
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| | the savage warriors, the Swazi's and
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| ranks even as the ship split in two. The
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| | Zulu's held her in awe. The mystique of
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| ship then tilted and the soldiers were
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| | Modjadji remains to this day. The capital
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| thrown overboard. Some drowned and others
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| | of the present successor to the original
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| faced an even worse fate as the waters
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| | rain queen is situated on a hill slope,
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| were infested with sharks. Of the 638
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| | below which is a weird forest of trees
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| people who sailed on the HMS Birkenhead,
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| | known as Modjadji cycads. Gifts are still
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| only 193 survived. And that is where the
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| | sent to Modjadji as an inducement for her
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| saying "women and children first" comes
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| | to make rain.Jock Of The Bushveld"Jock of
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| from. Gold reputed to be worth in excess
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| | the Bushveld" written by Sir Percy
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| of 300,000 pounds went down with the
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| | Fitzpatrick, ranks as a literary classic
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| ship, but to this day if any of it has
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| | of South Africa. It is essentially a true
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| been found, it has not been reported to
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| | story covering Sir Percy's years as a
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| the authorities.Eternal Voyage Of The
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| | transport rider and is rich in episodes
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| Flying DutchmanWhen the wind howls and
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| | of hunting , real-life characters and
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| the waves crash against the coast, the
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| | adventures in the haunts of big game.
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| ghost of the Flying Dutchman is said to
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| | During these years he acquired Jock, the
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| haunt the waters around the Cape of Good
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| | runt of the litter who became the bravest
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| Hope. Tales have filtered down through
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| | of hunters and the most resourceful of
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| generations of a phantom ship with broken
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| | companions. Today a number of
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| masts, flying before the gale and doomed
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| | commemorative plaques and cairns can be
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| to battle forever to round the Cape. Some
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| | seen along the old transport routes. In
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| say the legend goes all the way back to
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| | the Barberton Park is a statue of Jock of
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| Bartholomew Dias, The Portuguese
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| | the Bushveld and outside the town is a
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| navigator who drowned when his ship sank
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| | large acacia tree under which Jock and
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| off the Cape two years after he
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| | his master often camped. Inside the
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| successfully rounded it. However, the
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| | Impala Hotel is a mural frieze scenes
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| most often told tale is that of Captain
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| | from the Jock of the Bushveld story.Tales
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| van der Decken, a Dutchman, who on his
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| | Of The Rip Van Winkle Of ZastronTales
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| homeward journey ran into a storm in
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| | about Renier du Wapenaar are part of the
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| 1641. It is said that while his ship was
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| | folklore of Southern Africa. Renier lived
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| sinking he vowed that he would round the
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| | on a farm on the site of what is now the
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| Cape if he had to keep sailing until
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| | town of Zastron. With his long flowing
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| doomsday. It is said that whoever catches
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| | beard, ragged trousers and peaked cap, he
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| a glimpse of the Flying Dutchman, will
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| | looked like Rip van Winkle. It is said
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| perish, just as Van der Decken did.
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| | that one day when food was short because
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| Keepers of the lighthouse at the tip of
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| | of a drought, he fired into a flock of
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| the peninsula have often reported seeing
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| | pigeons and killed so many that the
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| a sailing ship at the height of a storm.
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| | overjoyed people of Zastron had to cart
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| Perhaps the most famous sighting was on
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| | them away in six ox-wagons. In the
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| 11 July 1881 when a young midshipman, on
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| | Zastron area is an odd-looking peak named
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| the Royal Navy ship, Bacchante, recorded
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| | "Vulture Mountain" which has a great big
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| that at 4 am the Flying Dutchman crossed
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| | hole beneath its summit. According to
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| their bows. The lookout man in the
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| | Renier he was out hunting one day when he
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| forecastle reported her as being close to
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| | met the devil. The devil eyed his ancient
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| the port bow. Also the officer of the
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| | gun and asked what it was. Renier replied
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| watch saw her as a strange red light of a
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| | that it was a pipe. The devil, being a
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| phantom ship all aglow. Soon afterwards
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| | keen smoker, asked if he could sample
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| the lookout man fell from a mast to his
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| | Renier's tobacco. Renier warned him that
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| death, but the curse of the Flying
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| | the tobacco was strong, but the devil
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| Dutchman did not touch the midshipman,
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| | nevertheless insisted. Renier then loaded
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| who later became King George V.The Ghost
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| | his gun with a triple charge of gun
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| With Red-Hot HandshakeAccording to the
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| | powder and a variety of projectiles and
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| legend, in about 1880, a farm owner died
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| | give it to the devil. He told the devil
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| and his farm was taken over by his
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| | to put the one end in his mouth and he
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| brother-in-law who was an unpleasant
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| | lit the fuse. There was an enormous
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| character. He began to mistreat the dead
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| | explosion and the devil's head went
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| man's wife and daughter. The daughter was
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| | hurtling through the air and knocked a
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| being courted by a young man from
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| | hole in the mountain. "Damn it!" came the
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| Wellington and after visiting her one
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| | voice of the devil in the distance, "that
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| evening he was untethering his horse when
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| | tobacco of yours is on the rough
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| he felt that there was someone watching
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| | side!".Dick King's Epic JourneyIn the
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| him. The young man asked the stranger to
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| | early hours of 25 May 1842 began one of
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| identify himself. The shadow answered
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| | history's epic journeys. Dick King and
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| that he was the previous owner. The young
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| | his 16-year-old servant, Ndongeni,
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| man argued that this was not possible
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| | slipped across Durban Bay to the shore to
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| since he had been dead for a year. The
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| | race towards Grahamstown for
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| ghost chuckled and moved into the light,
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| | reinforcements and supplies for the
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| and there was no doubt as to who it was.
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| | British garrison who were besieged by the
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| The ghost told the young man to tell his
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| | Voortrekkers. Dick crossed nearly 1000 km
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| brother-in-law to treat his wife and
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| | of wild country, with 122 rivers and
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| daughter better or it would be the worse
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| | streams to ford.. He reached Grahamstown
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| for him. As proof that he had been there
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| | in ten days and reinforcements were
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| he told the young man to wrap his hand in
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| | hastily shipped from Port Elizabeth. On
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| his saddle blanket. The ghost then firmly
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| | 26 June the siege was broken and both
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| shook his hand. There was a puff of smoke
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| | Dick and Ndongeni were granted land as a
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| and the imprint of the dead man's hand
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| | reward. The equestrian monument to Dick
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| was clearly burned into the blanket. This
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| | King on the Victoria embankment in Durban
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| was enough to send the brother-in-law
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| | was erected in 1915.The Nation That
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| packing and leave the family in
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| | Committed SuicideAt a pool in the Gxara
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| peace.Huberta The Wandering Hippo Who
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| | River, the strange predictions of a
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| Went On A Three-Year RambleNo-one will
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| | 14-year-old girl called Nongquawuse,
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| ever know what made Huberta leave her
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| | virtually led her people to commit
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| muddy home n Zululand, but in November
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| | suicide. One day in 1856, she was sitting
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| 1928, she started on one of the most
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| | at the pool and looked down and thought
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| dotty animal adventures of all time. For
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| | she saw the faces of her ancestors. She
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| the next three years she wandered over
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| | told her people that their ancestors were
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| 1600 km through South Africa. She
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| | prepared to return to earth to drive out
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| wandered across railway lines, golf
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| | the Europeans, but first the people had
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| courses and gardens and popped up in
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| | to commit an act of faith which would
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| cities and towns. Her fame spread quickly
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| | prove their belief in the spirit world.
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| and soon she had a contingent following
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| | They would have to kill all their cattle
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| her, who thinking she was a he, wanted to
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| | and burn all their crops. Those who
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| capture her as a mate for a lonely female
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| | refused would be turned into frogs, mice
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| hippo in the Johannesburg Zoo. The public
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| | and ants and would be blown into the sea
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| began to love the adventurous hippo and
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| | by a mighty whirlwind. For ten months
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| the Natal Parks Board proclaimed her
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| | they destroyed their provisions waiting
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| royal game and the zoo men were ordered
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| | for the day of their salvation that
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| to leave her alone. Early in March,
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| | Nongquawuse predicted, 18 February 1957.
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| Huberta's footprints were found on a
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| | On that day a blood-red sun would rise,
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| housing estate, and rumor had it she was
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| | stand still, and then set again in the
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| looking for a house, but none had a
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| | east. As the great day dawned the people
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| sufficiently large bathroom. After a
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| | waited in anticipation, but the sun rose
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| brief stop at a reservoir in Pinetown,
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| | and set as normal. About 25 000 people
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| Huberta pulled her most dangerous stunt,
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| | died of starvation. Others survived only
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| she gate crashed a party at the Durban
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| | with the help of neighboring communities
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| Country Club. In the ensuing confusion,
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| | and Europeans. As for Nongquawuse, she
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| she charged off across the golf course
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| | would have been killed by her people had
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| and a policeman found her in the doorway
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| | she not fled to King William's Town and
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| of a chemist's shop in the city. When she
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| | was kept for a while on Robben Island for
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| reached the Wild Coast, the Pondo people
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| | her own safety.How The Cape Doctor Lays
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| overlooked the fact that she was eating
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| | The TableclothThe Cape Doctor refers to
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| their crops because they thought she was
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| | the howling South-Easter, this wind makes
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| the reincarnation of a legendary diviner.
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| | the city's atmosphere one of the
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| In March 1931 Huberta had reached East
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| | healthiest in the world by blowing away
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| London and was spotted sleeping on the
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| | pollution, dust, and insects. It also
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| main railway line. An engine driver, who
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| | creates the scenic wonder of Table
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| failed to wake her with his whistle,
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| | Mountain's tablecloth, a strangely neat
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| edged the train forward and gently nudged
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| | cap of cloud which, in summer months,
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| her off of the tracks. In April 1931,
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| | rolls across the flat summit and drapes
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| Huberta's luck finally ran out, three
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| | itself over the edges in a neat straight
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| hunters shot her. There was a national
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| | line.Gerald Crawford was born in South
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| outcry and her killers were tracked down.
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| | Africa, studied electronics,
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| They pleaded ignorance and were fined R
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| | telecommunication, eco-travel and african
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| 25 each for destroying royal game. The
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| | travel concepts. He taught responsible
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| body of Huberta can be seen at the
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| | tourism in South Africa. If you have any
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| Kaffrarian Museum in King William's
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| | questions or comments please e-mail me
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| Town.Secrets Of Modjadji The "Immortal"
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| | on. E-mail Address:
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| Century a princess of the karanga people
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