Офис Почётного консула ЮАР в Екатеринбурге // Office of Honorary Consul of South Africa in Yekaterinburg

🇿🇦💜 In South Africa, the purple spring spectacle has begun — the jacarandas are in bloom! Around 70,000 jacaranda trees grow in Pretoria, which is why the South African capital is nicknamed Jacaranda City. Originally, jacarandas did not grow in South Africa — they were brought from Brazil in the first half of the 19th century. 🔍Fun fact: 📚 In 2025, the Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences updated its orthographic resource “Akademos” — 657 new words were added, including jacaranda (жакара́нда). 📹 Video: https://t.me/rusbig5/2917?single 📸 Photo: from the Russian-speaking community in South Africa #Nature#Jacaranda#Spring#SouthAfrica#FunFact

🐒 The Signal Baboon 🚦🚂 From 1881 to 1890, a baboon named Jack was officially employed by the South African Railway. He earned 20 cents a day and a small amount of beer 🍺—just like any regular worker. Jack assisted a signalman named James Wide, who had lost both legs in a railway accident. James trained Jack to help him with daily tasks, including operating railway signals. Under James’s supervision, Jack worked flawlessly for nine straight years. ✅ Railway officials even conducted an investigation—and were so impressed that they gave Jack an official job contract. Jack passed away in 1890. Today, his skull is preserved at the Albany Museum in Grahamstown, South Africa. 🏛 Source: https://t.me/ZA_future_of_the_West/15663 #History#Funfact#Railroads#SouthAfrica#Animals#Baboons#Signalbaboon#Unbelievable#LegendaryPets