Work began on new Castle Brewery site in Isando, east of Johannesburg-the largest brew house in Africa and one of the most modern in the world. In 1955, discriminatory excise duty structures favor spirits and prejudice beer, making it the most heavily taxed beverage in South Africa. ...
Allowed by their owners to bring up their children and organize their domestic lives, they carried out their chores, cooking, making clothes, and their leisure activities all within distance of their masters house enabled the slave community to flourish. ... The white man viewed the slaves as pagans; seen as an unhealthy mix of superstitious beliefs in spirits, powers of curing and casting spells the slaves religious beliefs made it easier to justify condemning them to a life of servitude. ... Believing that the spirits had the power to make good or bad things happen West Africans used pr...
Slaves used these mediums, among other things to, lift their spirits, let out their sorrows, pass down tradition, and give them hope for the future. ... They made friends, fell in love, played and prayed, sang, told stories, and engaged in the necessary chores of day-to-day living, from cleaning house, cooking, and sewing to working on garden plots. ...
