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Mostly unknown and fun facts about South Africa 1 South African territory is 5 times bigger than Japan and 3 times bigger than Texas. 2 They say there are more than 2000 shipwrecks near SA coasts. 3 Chris Hani Baragwanath is the biggest hospital in the world. 4. Durban is the largest port in Africa. 5. The best place to watch whales is in Hermanus. 6. Table Mountain is the oldest mountain in the world. 7. South Africa is one of the countries with the cleanest drinking water. Krugersdorp’s water has “blue drop” certificate for quality of its drinking water. 8.SA has the longest wine route in the world- it is Route 62. 9. The first heart transplant was done by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in 1967 in Cape Town Groote Schuur Hospital. 10. SA has 90% of world’s known supply of platinum, 41%- of gold. 11. The world’s largest diamond was found in Cullinan Diamond Mine in 1905 and it was cut into lesser diamonds, which are now part of the British Crown. 12.The Tugela Falls is the seco...

Ghosts of Johannesburg. Each and every city has its ghosts. In England every more or less respectable castle or town has ghosts too. The price of a place sometimes include price of a ghosts and the more famous ghosts are the higher the price of the castle or home. Johannesburg is relatively new city. The history of Johannesburg can be counted from 1886, after the gold rush started. Despite being relatively “young’ Johannesburg has its ghosts too. Ghosts N1 Daisy de Melker. Daisy is a famous infamous woman, a nurse, “pure devil”, a woman, who was convicted in murdering 3 people by poisoning them (2 husbands for their insurance money and her son) and a second woman ever hanged in this country. She is as famous as Jack the Ripper in England. Daisy’s ghost was seen in places where she lived: in houses in Bertrams and Turffontein and also haunts Court 3 in Johannesburg Supreme Court. Daisy’s ghost lives in children’s ward in Transvaal Memorial Children’s Hospital in Hillbrow, J...