It's not just breeding, malnutrition played a part. It's a harsh life.
I was there from age 6 to age 23. No, I'm not sorry I left! My fellow Brits used to call the Afrikaners "Rocks", and it wasn't a compliment. Every school vacation they'd throw themselves down from the Highveld to the Natal coast, an event known as the Rockslide...
PS: "Platteland" translated from Afrikaans is "Flatland". As two-dimensional as it sounds.
I was there from age 6 to age 23. No, I'm not sorry I left! My fellow Brits used to call the Afrikaners "Rocks", and it wasn't a compliment. Every school vacation they'd throw themselves down from the Highveld to the Natal coast, an event known as the Rockslide...
PS: "Platteland" translated from Afrikaans is "Flatland". As two-dimensional as it sounds.