English was declared the official language of the Cape Colony in 1822 (replacing Dutch), and the stated language policy of the government of the time was one of Anglicisation. On the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, which united the former Boer republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State with the Cape and Natal colonies, English was made the official language together with Dutch, which was replaced by Afrikaans in 1925.Today, English is South Africa's lingua franca, and the primary language of government, business, and commerce. South African English is an established and unique dialect, with strong influences from Afrikaans and the country's many African languages.
English is also one of the five languages used for the National Anthem:
Sounds the call to come together,
And united we shall stand,
Let us live and strive for freedom
In South Africa our land!
The cache:
At the listed co-ords you will come across a display of flowers Against the wall there is a board dipicting various flowers and thier names. if you take this as a excel spreadsheet. You will need find right flower on the grid and then match the letters to the numbers given. To solve this puzzle you must then convert the letters back to numbers. ie. A1 has Bulbous Plants b=1 u=2 l=3 b=4 o=5 u=6 s=7 p=8 l=9 a=10 n=11 t=12 s=13. so 1; 4; 11; 13; 10 will be: b; b; n; s; a which converts to 2; 2; 14; 19; 1.
South: __ __ __ 4. __ __
Grid number O4,
2; 2; 9; 8; 14
East:__ __ __ __ . __ 6 __
Grid E8
6; 17; 13; 3