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South Africa

South Africa. It’s also called. THE RAINBOW NATION. South Africa is a multi-ethnic nation and has diverse cultures and languages. PHYSICAL FEATURES. Borders North : NAMIBIA, BOTSWANA, ZIMBAWE, MOZAMBICO East : INDIAN OCEAN South west : ATLANTIC OCEAN. IDENTITY CARD.

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South Africa

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  1. SouthAfrica It’salsocalled THE RAINBOW NATION South Africa is a multi-ethnic nation and has diverse cultures and languages

  2. PHYSICAL FEATURES Borders North : NAMIBIA, BOTSWANA, ZIMBAWE, MOZAMBICO East: INDIAN OCEAN South west: ATLANTIC OCEAN

  3. IDENTITY CARD • POPULATION:ABOUT 51 MILLION OF PEOPLE • ETHNIC GROUPS: 80% BLACK AFRICAN, 10% WHITE, 5% INDIAN, 5% OTHER • LANGUAGES: AFRIKAANS, ENGLISH + 9 BANTU LANGUAGES ( 1994) • GOVERNEMENT: CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC • CAPITAL :PRETORIA (EXECUTIVE), CAPETOWN (LEGISLATIVE), • BLOEMFONTEIN (JUDICIAL) • CURRENCY MONEY : SOUTH AFRICAN RAND • TIME ZONE: 2 HOURS AHEAD (GreenwichTime)

  4. SOUTH AFRICA HAS A GREAT VARIETY OF CLIMATE ZONES CLIMATE in the desertregions, in the north: very hot In the south west the climateisMediterranean In the south easttropical Temperatein the mountain areas

  5. H I S T O R Y THE DUTCH SETTLED IN THE 1600S THEY WERE CALLED BOERS In 1750s the English arrived and South Africa became a Britishcolony. FROM THIS MOMENT BEGAN A LONG WAR BETWEEN BRITISH, BOERS AND LOCAL POPULATIONS, WHO TRIED TO DEFEND THEIR LANDS. The English won The discovery of diamonds in 1867 and gold gave a very important influence IN 1910ENGLISH AND BOERS FORMED A STATE : THE SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.

  6. Apartheid isan afrikaner word meaning “separated” NELSON MANDELA was the leader of the blackopposition and was in prisonfor 27 years In 1990 hewasreleased and hebecame the first blackpresidentof South Africa in 1994 APARTHEID Itwas a system ofgovernement in South Africa .Itwasabolished in 1994 Black people and white people couldn’t live in the same part of the city and theyhadn’t political and civilrights THE ROAD TO FREEDOM IS STILL LONG…

  7. South Africa is the largest producerofgold in the world Ithasmanyimportantdiamondmines E C O N O M Y Itstropicalproduits South Africa isfamousforitsexcellent wine

  8. THERE ARE MANY PARKS WHERE YOU CAN SEE WILD ANIMALS W I L D L I F E The Krugger National Park is the mostfamous

  9. C i t i e s Pretoria Bloemfontain Cape Town

  10. LEGISLATIVE capital city • Seat ofGovernment : • - the Parliamentin summer • President Garden House CAPE TOWN HousesofParliament IT’S ON THE WEST COAST, ON THE ATLANTIC OCEAN THE CLIMATE IS MEDITERRANEAN It’s the mostsouthern city of Africa

  11. Pretoria EXECUTIVE capital city. UNION BUILDINGS • Seat ofGovernment : • - the Parliament in winter • President

  12. Bloemfontain JUDICIAL capital city Supreme Court

  13. JOHANNESBURG THE LARGEST CITY IN SOUTH AFRICA NOT THE CAPITAL SINCE 1994 Constitutional Court

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