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1. importantpeople Nelson Mandela “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Nelson Mandela, one of the greatest political figures of all times, one of the most inspirational figures, spent 27 years as a political prisoner in South Africa before becoming the country's first black president. He is regarded as a symbol of peace and reconciliation between the races. He is widely known for his determination for achieve equality and fair treatment of blacks in South Africa. He went to jail for what he believed to be wrong: judging people solely based on their skin color. Most of the people put him on the same level as Martin Luther King, Jr. John Michael Coetzee An author and academic from South Africa, a novelist and literary critic as well as a translator, author of “Waiting for the Barbarians” and “Life and Times of Michael K,” Coetzee was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy in Stockholm described his books as being “characterized by their well-crafted composition, pregnant dialogue and analytical brilliance. But at the same time he is a scrupulous doubter, ruthless in his criticism of the cruel rationalism and cosmetic morality of western civilization.”

2. Important places • Battlefields and Island Prisons • Historians can revel in the abundance of gripping stories on the Zulu War and Anglo-Boer Battlefields. For a historical and adventure filled South African holiday KwaZulu Natal has it all: beaches, big five safari reserves, battlefields, world heritage sites and wetlands • The Eastern Cape Frontier • South Africa's Eastern Cape has an incredible frontier history. Apart from being a malaria-free big five safari area, the Eastern Cape offers historical safaris into a time of expanding empires and frontier settlers. It's also the land on which, migrating African tribes and colonial frontiersmen collided for the first time in recorded history

3. Culture Religion - Christianity Ethnic group- 75.2% is black ,13.6% is white, cape coloureds is 8.6%, and Asians is 2.6%. Foods- barbeques, pojiekos is cooked meat and vegetable stew , and miele pap is a stiff corn meal mix, ( Africa's diet) Language- African, European, Asian, English, and etc. Traditions – workers day on may 1st, humans rights day on march 21st, June 16 is youth day ,heritage day on September 24st, and more Music- is folk songs

4. Natural resources and geographic factors Natural resources: gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, rare earth elements, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas geographic factories