OR Tambo Airport.The airport is named for Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo who was the President of the African National Congress from 1967 to 1991. He was an anti-apartheid politician.

 Swarthmore College Alumni Gospel Choir & the First United Methodist Church of Germantown have joined together to journey to South Africa. We left Atlanta and after a 16 hour flight landed at the

Factoids I learned today

• Johannesburg, also known as Jo'burg, Joni, Jozi, eGoli is the largest city in South Africa in terms of population. It is the provincial capital of Gauteng. Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa, was known as the city of Gold because its beginnings as a gold mining town. It was founded on October 4, 1886 during the gold rush.
• The currency of the area is the Rand
• We are at an altitude of 5,571 ft.
• Southern parts of the country are suffering from the worst drought  in 100 years in .
• There is the belief which we could all benefit from adhering to that a spirit of humanity is an essential part of the culture. "I am a person because you are a person."
• There are 11 formal languages in South Africa.English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, Southern Sotho,Tswana, Northern Sotho, Venda, Tsonga,Swati, Ndebele, and South African English.
• the Johannesburg Stock Exchange is the largest stock exchange in Africa and the 16th largest stock exchange in the world. 

        For dinner after our long flight we were treated to a delicious Braai at the Capital 20 West Hotel/Apartment The braai, which would be the equivalent in the states to a BBQ or grilled.
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