Comments by "David Himmelsbach" (@davidhimmelsbach557) on "Whites-only town booms in 'Rainbow Nation' South Africa • FRANCE 24 English" video.

When the Dutch first landed, centuries ago, there were virtually no locals. Cape Town was empty. Western South Africa is -- essentially -- a semi-desert. ( Cape Town has been in water crisis for years.) All of the locals lived east, high in the mountains or even further off to the east coast -- where rain permitted plants to grow strongly, year round. Black Africans -- all tribes -- had Big Problems with the wildlife -- which had long adapted to humanity -- over the last few million years. (The San. ) The Dutch changed everything with their long guns. The Dutch were hyper-liberal -- and never practiced slavery -- and did not force locals off their turf. It wouldn't have worked if they had tried -- being so few in number -- and much further from Holland than the British colonists in America. Back then it was taking practically half-a-year to sail from Europe to Southern Africa. ( Everyone waited for the seasons to line up in the age of sail. ) The Boers simply settled where no-one lived -- where the Big Beasts made life impossible for humanity -- until their long guns changed everything. And, with that, Black tribes started migrating in -- from hundreds of miles away. Americans conflate American history with that of the Boers. They shouldn't. American migrants circled their wagons to hold off the natives; Boer migrants circled theirs to hold off the wildlife. What a difference. The British imperialists ( Chamberlain ) oppressed the Black tribes and conquered the Boers -- all for diamonds and gold.
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@petboy5839 It certainly worked that way back then. Even now, in American law, if you reside on a chunk of land -- and never pay rent to another for its use -- after thirty-years -- it becomes yours. If the land is Federal land, then if you meet certain requirements/ tests, then the land is yours very much sooner. But to break your bubble, it's impossible to move to any portion of Europe or America -- these days -- and not run into an activist-owner who either wants rent or your eviction. In the case of the Dutch, Cape Town was devoid of humanity. There were no local tribes. Even water was a seasonal 'thing.' Even the San shunned it. Far enough back, the San owned the entire continent. Their cousins exterminated/ pushed them out of 99.99% of Africa. Only the desert was left for them. Life is tough all over.
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