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South Africa: General Information South Africa: Miscellaneous South Africa in The Past Sout Africa: Mandela and Apartheid

The document provides general information about South Africa, including that its official name is the Republic of South Africa, with Pretoria as its capital and over 50 million inhabitants. It has several official languages and over 30 ethnic groups. South Africa has a subtropical climate and is home to the large Kruger National Park, known for its diversity of wildlife. The document also summarizes key events in South Africa's history, such as European settlement in the 17th century, the discovery of gold in 1886, and the establishment and end of apartheid in the 20th century.

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South Africa: General Information South Africa: Miscellaneous South Africa in The Past Sout Africa: Mandela and Apartheid

The document provides general information about South Africa, including that its official name is the Republic of South Africa, with Pretoria as its capital and over 50 million inhabitants. It has several official languages and over 30 ethnic groups. South Africa has a subtropical climate and is home to the large Kruger National Park, known for its diversity of wildlife. The document also summarizes key events in South Africa's history, such as European settlement in the 17th century, the discovery of gold in 1886, and the establishment and end of apartheid in the 20th century.

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South Africa : General

information
- official name : Republic of South
Africa

South Africa : miscellaneous


- famous national park : Kruger
National Park (bigger than New
Jersey)

- Capital city : Pretoria


- 50 500 000 inhabitants in 2010

- species : 500 birds and 147


mammals (lions, zebras, hippos,
buffalo)

- currency = rand (1 rand = 0,07)


- official languages : English,
Afrikaans, Zulu

- Johannesburgs nickname : City


of Gold

- more than 30 ethnic groups

- Problems in Johannesburg =
poverty and crime

- climate : subtropical (hot in the


day and cool at night)

- Pretorias nickname : Jacaranda


city
- surrounding countries : Namibia,
Mozambic, Zimbabwe

South Africa in the past


- first European settlers: the Dutch
in 1652
- Gold was discovered in
Johannesburg in 1886

Sout Africa : mandela and


Apartheid
- Mandela was born in 1918.
- 1962: Mandela was arrested and
sent to prison.
-1948: beginning of Apartheid.

- 1899-1902: The Boer War was


fought between the Dutch and the
British British victory

- End of Apartheid: 1990

- Soweto: the oldest black


- 1994: first elections in which all
residential district. Composed of
races could vote (Mandela is elected black and poor people who were
President)
kicked out by the government.
- 1995: South Africa hosted and
won the Rugby World Cup
Tournament.
- 2010: South Africa hosted the
World Cup of soccer

- Mandela died in December 2013

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