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Most South Africans in the Netherlands are Afrikaners, a population group descended from Dutch (and to a lesser extent German and French) colonists who settled in the Cape Colony from 1652 onwards. There is also a smaller minority of Coloured South-Africans in the Netherlands, a multi-racial people group descending from various groups ...
In September 2001, in answer to a parliamentary question from Ann Widdecombe MP, asking the Secretary of State for the Home Office "what plans he has to review the legal status of the hallucinogen Salvia divinorum", Bob Ainsworth, a parliamentary Under-Secretary for the UK Home Office, stated that "The Government are not aware of any evidence ...
The beginning of relations between South Africa and the UK began on 31 May 1910 when the Union of South Africa was founded as a Dominion of the British Empire. From 1910 until South Africa declared itself a republic on 31 May 1961, South Africa fought in support and as a part of the British Empire in both World War I and II.
Netherlands–South Africa refers to the current and historical relations between the Netherlands and South Africa.Both nations share historic ties and have a long-standing special relationship, partly due to the Dutch colony in the Cape, linguistic similarity between Dutch and Afrikaans and the Netherlands' staunch support in the struggle against Apartheid.
He also said that by 2015, the UK would have opened up to eleven new embassies and eight new Consulates or Trade Offices. [3] In 2013, a UK government office was established in Seattle . [ 4 ] In 2014, all services at the former UK Consulate in Orlando were transferred to the nearby UK Consulate-General in Miami . [ 5 ]
Salvia africana is a heavy branched aromatic perennial shrub native to the coast of the Cape Provinces of South Africa, [1] found on coastal dunes and in nearby rocky hills up to 600 m elevation. It grows to 60–90 cm, with round grayish stems covered with hairs that release a strong scent when brushed.
A minority of English South Africans have moved to the United Kingdom (often through the UK ancestry visa), due to socioeconomic concerns such as South Africa's high crime rate in the 1990s and early 2000s, a volatile South African Rand, economic mismanagement and changes in the South African economy. More recently, over 128,000 people ...
Salvia (/ ˈ s æ l v i ə /) [3] is the largest genus of plants in the sage family Lamiaceae, with nearly 1,000 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. [4] [5] [6] Within the Lamiaceae, Salvia is part of the tribe Mentheae within the subfamily Nepetoideae. [4]