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The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of the African continent. It borders the countries of Namibia , Botswana , Zimbabwe , Mozambique , and Eswatini , and entirely surrounds Lesotho .
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South Africa has the largest population of people of European descent in Africa, one of the largest Indian population outside of Asia , as well as the largest Coloured (of mixed European, Asian and African descent) community in Africa, making it one of the most ethnically diverse countries on the continent. Racial and ethnic strife between the black majority and the white minority have played a large part in the country's history and politics . The National Party began introducing the policy of apartheid after winning the general election of 1948 ; however, it was the same party under the leadership of F.W. de Klerk who started to dismantle it in 1990 after a long struggle by the black majority, as well as many white, coloured and Indian South Africans.
The country is one of the few in Africa never to have had a coup d'état , and regular free and fair elections have been held since 1994 , making it a regional power and among the most stable and liberal democracies in Africa.
South Africa is ranked as an upper-middle income economy by the World Bank . It has the second largest economy in Africa after Nigeria , and the 34th-largest in the world. By purchasing power parity , South Africa has the 7th highest per capita income in Africa. Although being the second largest economy, South Africa has the most sophisticated economy in the continent, with modern infrastructure common throughout the country. The country is considered to be a newly industrialized country according to the World Bank classifications.
Afrikaans Language Monument'
The Afrikaans Language Monument (Afrikaans : Afrikaanse Taalmonument ) is located on a hill overlooking Paarl , Western Cape Province , South Africa . Officially opened on 10 October 1975, it commemorates the semicentenary of Afrikaans being declared an official language of South Africa separate from Dutch . Also, it was erected on the 100th anniversary of the founding of Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (the Society of Real Afrikaners ) in Paarl, the organization that helped strengthen Afrikaners' identity and pride in their language.
...that Kimberley may have the biggest man-made hole in the world (pictured), but did you know that the southern Free State town of Jagersfontein has the deepest vertical man-made hole?
...that staff and alumni of Adams College in South Africa have included (future) presidents of Uganda and Botswana , ambassadors, ministers, a Nobel laureate and a past West Indian Cricket captain ?
...that South Africa is the world's leader in mining and minerals. It has nearly 90% of the platinum metals on earth, 80% of the manganese, 73% of the chrome, 45% of the vanadium and 41% of the gold.
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The Angolan Civil War (Portuguese : Guerra Civil Angolana ) was a civil war in Angola , beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The war began immediately after Angola became independent from Portugal in November 1975. It was a power struggle between two former anti-colonial guerrilla movements, the communist People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the anti-communist National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).
The MPLA and UNITA had different roots in Angolan society and mutually incompatible leaderships, despite their shared aim of ending colonial rule. A third movement, the
National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA), having fought the MPLA with UNITA during the
Angolan War of Independence , played almost no role in the Civil War. Additionally, the
Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC), an association of separatist militant groups, fought for the independence of the province of
Cabinda from Angola. With the assistance of Cuban soldiers and Soviet support, the MPLA managed to win the initial phase of conventional fighting, oust the FNLA from
Luanda , and become the
de facto Angolan government. The FNLA disintegrated, but the U.S.- and South Africa-backed UNITA continued its irregular warfare against the MPLA government from its base in the east and south of the country. (
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Jacques Henry Kallis (born 16 October 1975) is a South African
cricketer . As a right-handed
batsman and right-arm
fast-medium swing bowler, Kallis is regarded as one of the greatest
all-rounders ever. To date, he is the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 11,000
runs and 250 wickets in both one day and Test match cricket.
Kallis has played over 150 Test matches and boasts a batting average of just under 57 runs per innings. From October to December 2007 he produced a streak of five centuries in four Test Matches; with his century in the second innings of the third test against India in January 2011, his 40th in all, he moved past Ricky Ponting to become the second-highest scorer of Test centuries, behind only Sachin Tendulkar , who currently has 51 centuries.
Amongst the influences which are to affect the future of South Africa, I think the first to be mentioned is Education.
Blyde River Canyon. The Three Rondavels are seen to the right of the center of this view.
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Image 1 "For use by white persons" – sign from the apartheid era (from
History of South Africa )
Image 2 Nicolaas Waterboer, Griqualand ruler, 1852–1896 (from
History of South Africa )
Image 3 Emily Hobhouse campaigned against the appalling conditions of the
British concentration camps in South Africa, thus influencing British public opinion against the war. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 4 Statue of Bartolomeu Dias at the High Commission of South Africa in London. He was the first European navigator to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 5 The
British Empire is red on the map, at its territorial zenith in the late 1910s and early 1920s. (
India highlighted in purple.) South Africa, bottom centre, lies between both halves of the Empire. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 6 Frederik W. de Klerk and
Nelson Mandela , two of the driving forces in ending apartheid (from
History of South Africa )
Image 7 Gateway to the
Castle of Good Hope , the oldest building in South Africa (from
Culture of South Africa )
Image 8 King Moshoeshoe with his advisors (from
History of South Africa )
Image 9 Generals Smuts (right) and Botha were members of the British
Imperial War Cabinet during World War I. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 11 Harry Smith (from
History of South Africa )
Image 12 Johannesburg before gold mining transformed it into a bustling modern city (from
History of South Africa )
Image 15 Meat on a traditional South African
braai (from
Culture of South Africa )
Image 16 Union Buildings , government administrative centre, Pretoria,
c. 1925 (from
History of South Africa )
Image 17 Looking out over the floodplains of the Luvuvhu River (right) and the Limpopo River (far distance and left) (from
History of South Africa )
Image 18 Cecil John Rhodes, co-founder of De Beers Consolidated Mines at Kimberley (from
History of South Africa )
Image 19 An account of the first
trekboers (from
History of South Africa )
Image 20 Boer
Voortrekkers depicted in an early artist's rendition (from
History of South Africa )
Image 21 King
Cetshwayo (ca. 1875) (from
History of South Africa )
Image 22 Indian indentured labourers arriving in Durban (from
History of South Africa )
Image 23 Groot Constantia , the oldest
wine estate in South Africa, was founded in 1685 by
Simon van der Stel . The
South African wine industry (New World wine) is among the lasting legacy of the
VOC era . The recorded
economic history of South Africa began with the VOC period. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 24 The
Castle of Good Hope (
Kasteel de Goede Hoop in Dutch), Cape Town. Founded officially in 1652,
Kaapstad /Cape Town is the oldest
urban area in South Africa. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 25 Shaka Zulu in traditional
Zulu military garb (from
History of South Africa )
Image 26 The
statue of
Jan van Riebeeck , the founder of
Cape Town , in Heerengracht Street. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 27 Church on
Greenmarket Square in Cape Town, South Africa with a banner memorialising the Marikana massacre (from
History of South Africa )
Image 28 An array of traditional South African cuisine (from
Culture of South Africa )
Image 29 Replica of an
East Indiaman of the
Dutch East India Company /
United East Indies Company (VOC). The Dutch East India Company was a major force behind the (c. 1590s–1720s) and
Netherlandish cartography (c. 1570s–1670s). (from
History of South Africa )
Image 30 View of
Table Bay with ships of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), c. 1683. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 31 Oracles of the Pink Universe by Simphiwe Ndzube, 2021 (from
Culture of South Africa )
Image 32 Jan van Riebeeck , first Commander of the Dutch East India Company colony (from
History of South Africa )
Image 34 Regional geography during the period of the Anglo–Boer wars:
South African Republic /Transvaal
Orange Free State British
Cape Colony Natal Colony (from
History of South Africa )
Image 35 Simon's Town harbour and naval base in South Africa were used by the Allies during World War II. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 37 Flag of the South African Republic , often referred to as the
Vierkleur (meaning four-coloured) (from
History of South Africa )
Image 38 Map of the black homelands in South Africa at the end of apartheid in 1994 (from
History of South Africa )
Image 39 The rise of the Zulu Empire
under Shaka forced other chiefdoms and clans to flee across a wide area of southern Africa. Clans fleeing the Zulu war zone
included the
Soshangane ,
Zwangendaba ,
Ndebele ,
Hlubi ,
Ngwane , and the
Mfengu . Some clans were caught between the Zulu Empire and advancing
Voortrekkers and
British Empire such as the
Xhosa . (from
History of South Africa )
Image 42 Daniel François Malan , National Party leader from 1934 to 1953 (from
History of South Africa )
Image 43 Painting of the Sharpeville massacre of March 1960 (from
History of South Africa )
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