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South Africa, the Rainbow Nation Crossword Puzzle

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The Bus Ride is a Fun Trivia daily game. Criss-Cross(word) Around the World is Kyle's challenge to write crosswords for each nation. Hop on your bike and visit South Africa.
Author: windrush - Diff: Harder

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      Across
      1. Town near Johannesburg, site of apartheid violence
      4. Country bordering South Africa, formerly Swaziland
      10. South African language evolved from Dutch
      11. Bantu language spoken in South Africa and Eswatini
      12. Sociable weaver birds build this huge complex home for the entire flock (sing.)
      14. The Royal ___ (2nd Dragoons) fought in the Relief of Kimberley (5,5)
      15. South African/Australian novelist, 2003 Nobel Prize (Lit.)
      18. The East, OR to get one's bearings
      22. The ___ of the Orange River is in the Drakensberg Mountains
      25. Anti-apartheid activist, first President of South Africa, national hero
      28. Antelope, name of South African national rugby union team (pl.)
      30. Member of the Afrikaner population
      33. Major staple crop in South Africa
      34. Town in Valley of wine and roses, home to the Western Province Sport Parachute Club
      35. Alt. Afrikaans name for Mt. Ratshipe, Capricorn District, Limpopo
      36. A type of South African antelope

      Down

      1. Curved tube, or finger or upper spine deformity (4,4)
      2. Fleshy bumps on the faces of Phacochoerus, a south African pig or hog (pl.)
      3. Scar's original name (the Lion King)
      5. Basotho language, spoken in South Africa and Lesotho
      6. Traditional spear used in Zulu Wars
      7. Visual representation
      8. IT IS AT (Anag.) small stream in Eastern cape
      9. Unsophisticated, socially awkward
      13. Part payment of farm workers in wine in South Africa, now banned, the ___ system
      16. South Africa offers many nature friendly sites called ___-camps
      17. And so on (abbrev.)
      19. Inlet, South Africa's coast has many of these (sing.)
      20. Originally called, birth name
      21. A CARBARN (Anag.) Narrow, winding river gorge (Spanish)
      23. Members of the African Wildlife Defence Force
      24. Sanction. A UN arms and trade ___ was placed on South Africa during Apartheid
      25. Miriam, nicknamed Mama Africa, singer/songwriter
      26. Add sound to a recording or movie
      27. Birth name of Hip Hop Pantsula, South African rapper, Jabulani ___
      29. Japanese healing technique, gentle touch
      31. (Music) Alternative passage
      32. Djembe and dundun are types of this instrument in South Africa