In South Africa, the Hungarian presence is still present today, with a few thousand members of the diaspora still living in the far south of Africa, and we can even look at a map and find the names of settlements that may be very familiar to us. So there is a bigger one in South Africa DiasporaThey have their own history, as many people from Hungary came to the territory of the Republic of South Africa during the nineteenth century.
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Gold rush.
The Hungarians also established two famous Hungarian settlements in the country, one of which was Irene, which was fortunately founded by Lajos Hugo Nelmabius, one of the most famous hungry Hungarians in South Africa. The other very famous one, with a Hungarian connection, is now a district in Cape Town, Tokaj, which got its name from Tokaj in today’s Szopolcs-Szatmar-Berg districts, because the settlers here were engaged in viticulture, and they also brought vines from the famous Hungarian town of Tokaj .
But South Africa’s wine and champagne culture has also received a lot of Hungarian help, and one could say an outstanding performance. For example, the winemaker Dezső Pongrácz had an amazingly adventurous life, and later a champagne house in South Africa was named after him. A Hungarian of noble origin arrived in South Africa on an adventurous path, where today almost everyone knows his name, as Pongrácz Champagne is the most famous and well-known brand of champagne in the Republic of South Africa. In Stellenbosch The legacy of Dezső Pongrácz and Julius László and the Pongrácz champagne factory and its vineyard can still be found today.
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