South Africa



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South Africa is located as the country furthest south on the African continent.

The countries boardering are Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland.

South-Africa has a long coastal line, which includes both the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans.

The Capital is Cape town, but the largest city is Johannesburg. These are the ethnic groups in South-Africa;

79.3% Black

9.1% White

9.0% Coloured

2.6% Asian



Even if the Black population is by far the largest one, they have been supressed for a long time. the African indigenous tribes were offcourse there from the start. The Boers were the first europeans to come to South-Afrika, they were farmers who settled from Holland. Later the Brittish arrived, and they won the war against the Boers to rule over South-Africa.



In 1948 Apartheid was introduced, this was a segregation law shich segragated the black population and the white population. The white pupulation was off course in charge, and stole all the rights from the black population. Apartheid lasted for 36 years, and ended in 1994. Nelson Mandela was a very important man in this matter.



The country has a very varied topography and climate. It has got extreme desert, but also a lush subtropical climate. The avarage temperature is 28 degrees in the summer, and 8 degrees in the winter. (Cape town)



South-Africa is today known for its diversity in cultures, languages, and religious beliefs.