Jacob Zuma, At an ANC fundraiser on 9 January 2015, Jan van Riebeeck Statement Lands Zuma in Hot Soup, by Oliver Ngwenya, 17 January 2015
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All the trouble began in 1652 when Jan van Riebeeck landed in the Cape.
— Jacob Zuma
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "All the trouble began in 1652 when Jan van Riebeeck landed in the Cape." in the context of "Jacob Zuma, At an ANC fundraiser on 9 January 2015, Jan van Riebeeck Statement Lands Zuma in Hot Soup, by Oliver Ngwenya, 17 January 2015" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Jan van Riebeeck
Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck (21 April 1619 – 18 January 1677) was a Dutch navigator and colonial administrator who arrived in Cape Town in what then became the Dutch Cape Colony of the Dutch East India Company.
About Jan van Riebeeck
Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck (21 April 1619 – 18 January 1677) was a Dutch navigator and colonial administrator who arrived in Cape Town in what then became the Dutch Cape Colony of the Dutch East India Company.
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