Sara âSaartjieâ Baartman was born in 1789* at the Gamtoos river in what is now known as the Eastern Cape. She belonged to the cattle-herding Gonaquasub group of the Khoikhoi. Sara grew up on a colonial farm where her family most probably worked as servants.
'Full Frontal' host Samantha Bee on her first time voting as an American citizen. Yahoo News Videoâ¢April 15, 2016. âFull Frontalâ host Samantha Bee tells Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric why sheâs excited to vote for the first time in the upcoming presidential election. Michael Walsh. Katie Couric.
WASHINGTON â Born in Canada to an American mother, Ted Cruz became an instant U.S. citizen. But under Canadian law, he also became a citizen of that country the moment he was born.Unless the Texas Republican senator formally renounces that citizenship, he will remain a citizen of both countries, legal experts say.etractors have derided Cruz as âCanadian Ted,â saying he canât run for president because he wasnât born on U.S. soil. Cruz, a Harvard-trained lawyer and former clerk for the U.S. chief justice, disagrees. He reasserted last week that being an American by birth makes him eligible.