Big Brother Africa 3

Big Brother Africa 3 is the third series of an African Reality Television Show produced by Endemol, an international film and television distribution and production company based at Netherlands. Big Brother Africa, a reality show, was first aired in August 2008 and it covers 12 nations withing Africa, namely, Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The series portrays a contestant living in an isolated house in Johannesburg who tried to avoid being evicted by the viewers and the final contestant wins large amount of cash prize.





In every weekly show, the housemates nominate two other housemates for eviction in the diary room by giving justified and valid reasons. Moreover, every week , the viewers in the 12 countries vote to eliminate a housemate they do not like. Majority of the votes from any particular countries is counted to take the decision. Apart from the 12 countries, other countries in Africa also vote, which counts as 13th vote. Some of the nominees and winners from different countries include: Hazel Warren from Malawai, Latoya Lyakurwa from Tanzania, Lucille Naobes from Namibia, Mimi from Ghana, Morris Mugisha from Uganda, Munya from Zimbabwe, Ricco from Angola, Sheila from Kenya, Takondwa from Zambia, Tawana from Botswana, Thami from South Africa, and Uti from Nigeria.

Facts About Africa Diamonds in Africa

Facts About Africa Diamonds in Africa

World mines about 139 million carats (about 26,000 kg) of diamonds every year amounting to a value of around 9 billion US Dollars. Africa is the world's largest producer of diamonds, accounting for more than 50% of world's diamond production. The regions in Africa that produce maximum diamonds are Angola, Botswana and South Africa. Angola is also famous for its Civil War – Diamonds and the blood diamonds or conflict diamonds. Majority of the diamond mines are centered around South Central Africa in the countries such as Tanzania, South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Congo, Ghana and Namibia.

Some of the world's major diamond mines in Africa: Angola – Catoca Diamond Mine, Fucauma Diamond Mine, Luarcia Diamond Mine, Endiama National Diamond Mining Company; Botswana – Debswana (De Beers and Botswana Govt joint company), Orapa Diamond Mine, Damtshaa Diamond Wines; South Africa – Baken Diamond Mine, Venetia Diamond Mine, Kimberley Diamond Mine, Finsch Diamond Mine; Zimbabwe – Murowa Diamond Mine; Tanzania – Williamson Diamond Mine; Lesotho – Letseng Diamond Mine.



Facts About Africa Diamonds in Africa


Facts About Africa Diamonds in Africa

Facts About Africa South Africa Travel 2010

South Africa is a nation located at the southern tip of African Continent. South Africa is famous for immense diversity in culture, language, and some of the oldest archeological sites in the world. Johannesburg is the largest city of South Africa and Pretoria and Cape Town are the Capital cities for Executive and Legislative functions. Bordered by Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Mozambique, South Africa is the land of varying landscapes, and rich in flora and fauna and it is often a good starting point for the tours to African Continent.




If you are planning to undertake South Africa Travel, you should get familiar with the climate, which varies from desert and arid in the northwest to subtropical in the east, being coastal regions. Summers can be extremely hot with temperatures over 35 degrees and winters with temperatures near zero degrees. South Africa Travel must include some of the most fascination places for exploring wildlife such as Kruger National Park and many other parks, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and some of the most important cities such as Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Port Elizabeth.