1994 School Magazine

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experience with real animals living in The wild - it was absolutely inaojc At school in Hermanus, I anT studying English, Maths, Science, Music and History. This ITistoiy is a veiy interesting subject, asit focuses on SoullT Africa from 1910 to 1970, coverino the country's relationship with Britain during World War One and Two, the Sinuis government, the formation of the ANC and IFP and the introduction of apartheid. With Ihe re-naming of streets, airports, cities and provinces in this country, it will not be long before the I11st o1y books, too, are rewritten Over the June/July holiday period, I went to the 1

AFRICAN ExCl^NGE n this last year that I ITave been on eXchange lit Hermanus, I nave seen some of the most Inaoical slubts and met some of the most amazing people. I anl living in Hermantis, a \, Inage by the sea. Its population is IOUghly to, Grity thousand, but during the holiday season it becomes very bLisy, with its population I I pp ,10 , ,,

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Over the April election period, the eXchange students were taken on a trip to Namibia. Rotary, TITtei'national in the USA expressed some concern as to the safety of their students and

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IMOiikey on !he load it I KJ'Jigei' easily to its shores as I}Qine and its people as my family. I ITave Africa pulsing thro\Igh Iny veins whether I like 11 or not JESS CONOPLIA

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