The history of South Africa is mostly a story of migration. This does not mean South Africa should continue embracing migration, however, because of the modern-day problem of overpopulation. A lot of diverse people's around the world have sought to make South Africa their home. The first human inhabitants of South Africa were likely to not even have been the KhoiSan. The first hominid inhabitants of South Africa were here 5 million years before present day, followed by stone tool users 1,8 million years ago. It is only after that that hunter-gatherer tribes like the San came 25000 to 8000 years ago followed by the Khoi/Khoi Khoi. Nguni tribes were first so-called Bantu language speakers to arrive in present day South Africa in what is said to be 200 AD by either archaeologists or carbon dating technology. Nguni tribes integrated with the San & intermarried. Sotho & Tswana speaking groups are estimated to have arrived around 800 AD & settled mostly...
The Unknown In days past, I would think of days past & the past The future we make is made by actions of the past Now, we come to an edge we never imagined we would reach And choices must be made for all & each Friends & family close at heart, allies in distant lands Thousands of feet trample the sands But each & all end beneath it I have never understood it Eternity & momentary on the same plane Which reaches an airport with an unknown name Our happiness is forever for we are true We are one & separated, me & you A coffee & sandwich for lunch Paranoia for brunch What you fear does not exist It is a veil like the mist I no longer miss my frenemies Nor do I really have enemies Mthoko M. Mpofana An ode to the Mpofana Mpofana, nina nibadala ukudlula izizwe Bathi "Sayidla inyama kwaMpofana" ngoba asizange saswela Okwenziwa yizandla zethu kuyiqiniso, okweMpofana akusiwo amanga UKhahlamba nolwandle luyanazi Imile...
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