INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ

1. INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ Podpora rozvoje cizích jazyků pro Evropu 21. stol. Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky.

2. The Story of South Africa

3. Where is South Africa? • occupies the southern tip of Africa • border with Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland • In the interior is the small country of Lesotho • completely surrounded by South African territory

4. Country division • The country has nine provinces

5. Capital • three cities act as South Africa capital 1/ Pretoria - executive power, 2/ Bloemfontein - judicial, 3/ Cape Town - legislative powers

6. History of South Africa • First inhabitants: the San (hunter-gatherer) and Khoekhoe peoples (pastoral) • Early Europeans and Khoekhoe – smallpox, assimilation • 1652 Dutch East India Company (trade and vegetable garden for ships on the Eastern trade route)

7. 17C - Land and farming – trekboers • Dutch, German and French immigrants – Afrikaner • 1795 British took the Dutch colony • Power – white elite, British • British v. Xhosa • Boers- not part of colonial rule (Dutch) • 1834 the abolition of slavery • Discovery of diamonds and gold

8. Anglicization of government and freeing drove about Afrikaners to the “great trek” into African tribal territory • Boers tried to establish republic - the Orange Free State and South African Republic (Transvaal) • The Boers Republics –diamonds • British interest on annexing the Boers Republic to their territory

9. 2 Anglo Boers wars: • British won - English as the official language in schools and the workplace • Afrikaans - a Dutch dialect still spoken in SA

10. World War I • capturing the two German colonies in Africa • battles in Western Europe and the Middle East • ports and harbours – rest-stops

11. World War II • support Great Britain? • helped defeat the Italian army • the liberation of Madagaskar • against Japan supplying men and ships • Wars in Africa (Tobruk)

12. Apartheid • racial separation • the nonwhite population of South Africa was forced out of designated white areas • 1961 South Africa declared itself a republic, severed its ties with the Commonwealth - objected to the country's racist policies

15. the African National Congress – principal antiapartheid organization, its leader, Nelson Mandela, was sentenced to life imprisonment, released after 27 years • The 1994 election - the country's first multiracial one, massive victory for Mandela

16. Nelson Mandela • "During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to the struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, … I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony …. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."

17. People • White, Blacks and Coloureds • Apartheid – 75% blacks • oppressive legislation, jobs for whites • Whites held 90% of land

18. South African Flag • Symbol: y – unity of people • black = black, Indian and coloured people • red = the violence that lead to freedom • white = the colonial and apartheid past • green and blue = the beauty of our land and ocean • yellow = no meaning attributed - the Sun

19. Hymn • Two anthems – official: The Call of South Africa • unofficial: Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika – symbol of independence and resistance • Now 5 official languages

21. INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ Tato výuková prezentace byla pořízena z finančních prostředků hrazených Evropským sociálním fondem a rozpočtem České republiky. Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky.