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Johannesburg 3.2 million people Called “ Joburg ” Economic and financial capital of South Africa It is Africa’s second largest global city, after Cairo. Combination of First World and Third World. Langebaan Footprints World’s oldest trace of Homo Sapiens 117,000 years old.
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Johannesburg 3.2 million people Called “Joburg” Economic and financial capital of South Africa It is Africa’s second largest global city, after Cairo.
Langebaan Footprints World’s oldest trace of Homo Sapiens 117,000 years old
Aparthied Known as a trading station for the Dutch explorers who used the route to travel to India. Dutch encounters the Khoikhoi
1600s-1800 Dutch Settlers arrive from the Dutch East India Company. Set up a trading post in Cape Town. 1820 – British Settlers begin arriving and push the natives westward.
Dutch Boer Trekkers Boer = Farmer in Afrikan
LIST OF THE MOST POPULAR WORDS • Eish! – hey! • lekker - Enjoyable • howzit - How is it? • yebo - Yes • boet, bru, china or ou - Brother or man (equivalent to dude or bro) • koppie - A small hill (can also mean a cup) • robot - Traffic light • tannie - Respectful term for an older woman • tinkle - phone call • nownow - sooner than just now! (from Afrikaans "nou-nou", pronounced no-no) • braai - barbecue. • cheers - we use this for saying good-bye, as well as saying thank you and for the occasional toast. • heita - Hello • sharp - (usually pronounced quickly) OK • sure-sure more pronounced like sho-sho - Correct, Agreement, Thank you OFICIAL LANGUAGES English (23.8%) isiXhosa (17.6%) Afrikaans (18%) SepedI (13.3%) isiZulu (8,2%) Setswana (8.2%) Sesotho (7.9%) Xitsonga (4.4%) OTHER OFICIAL LANGUAGES (7,2%) isiNdebele siSwati Tshivenda LANGUAGES
The /DutchBritish move westward and north and encounter the Zulu Tribe
Afrikaner: White south africans Of Dutch/British ancestory apartied
Nelson Mandela is freed From prison Feb 2 1990
Christian (68%) Muslim (2%) Hindu (1.5%) Indigenous beliefs (28.5%) RELIGIONS & INDIGENOUS BELIEFS