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South Africa’s teletext service, Teledata, which apparently had an effective crime fighting section. Teledata was launched in 1985 and not well updated after 1999. The last weather screen was still there in 2014… Images from a post by Carin Bevan.

Beltel was South Africa’s videotex system. It was launched in 1986 and seems to have been quite active even in 1999.

Yield by r1 in Johannesburg. via Wooster Collective where there´s also a making-of-video.

Ndebele house paintings from South Africa. A style developed after the Ndebele started fighting with the European farmers in 1883. Wikipedia:

These wall paintings done by the women of the Ndebele was their secret code to their people, disguised to anyone but the Ndebele.

Gekrap – KYKAFRIKAANS by Willem Boshoff, 2003.

From the book Kykafrikaans by Willem Boshoff, 1980.