trek - a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)

laager, lager - a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons

biltong - meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun

PAGAD, People against Gangsterism and Drugs - a terrorist organization in South Africa formed in 1996 to fight drug lords; evolved into a vigilante group with anti Western views closely allied with Qibla; is believed to have ties to Islamic extremists in the Middle East; is suspected of conducting bouts of urban terrorism

Qibla - a small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create an Islamic state in South Africa

British Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations - an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and its dependencies and many former British colonies that are now sovereign states but owe allegiance to the British Crown

African country, African nation - countries occupying the African continent

Natal - a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean

capital of South Africa, Pretoria - city in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa

Cape Town - port city in southwestern South Africa; the seat of the legislative branch of the government of South Africa

Johannesburg - city in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industries

Kimberley - city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing

Durban - a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; resort and industrial center

Orange Free State, Free State - a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997

Transvaal - a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers

Cape Colony, Cape of Good Hope Province, Cape Province - a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa

Bloemfontein - the seat of the supreme court

Soweto - a large collection of African townships southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa; inhabited solely by Black Africans

Kalahari, Kalahari Desert - a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana

Africa - the second largest continent; located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean

kopje, koppie - a small hill rising up from the African veld

Crocodile River, Limpopo - an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean

Orange River, Orange - a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean

South African - a native or inhabitant of South Africa

caffer, caffre, kafir, kaffir - an offensive term for any Black African

mealie - an ear of corn