Territory of South Africa The complete name is Republic of South

Africa 1,2 million square kilometres 50 million of population It limits with Namibia, Botswana,

Zimbabwe, Swaziland ,Mozambique and lesotho

Surrounded by Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

Important cities

Capetown: (legislative power) 3,440,000 people.

Pretoria: (executive power) 2,345,000 people.

Bloemfontein: (judicial power) 600,000 people.

Zulu 10,677,000 23.8%

Xhosa 7,907,000 17.6%

Afrikáans 5,983,000 13.3%

Shoto 4,209,000 9.4%

Setsuana 3,677,000 8.2%

English 3,673,000 8.2%

Sesotho 3,555,000 7.9%

Tsonga 1,992,000 4.4%

Suazi 1,194,000 2.7%

Venda 1,022,000 2.3%

Ndebele 712,000 1.6%

Others 217,000 0.5%

Total 44,820,000 100%

Percentage of languages

Food Braai (barbacue

whit meat , sausages, and corn.

Rice is highly consumed.

Indian food ans spicy pire-pire.

Important people

Shaka Zulu who unified the tribes to the Zulu nation and fight against british.

Charlize Theron

who won the Oscar Prize

J.R. Tolkien who wrote “The Lord of the Rings”

Christian Barnard who transplanted the first heart

Nelson Mandela the firs republic and black president of South Africa.

Nadire Gordimer and J.M. Coetzee who won the literature Nobel price.

Music The National anthem is

“Nkosi Sikele iAfrica” They cultivate a lot of

styles : Reggae, Afrikáans Rock, Gospel, Disco ...

The most important Jazz and Soul.

Singers as Hugh Masekela, Shasea Bea, Chris McGregor , Dudu Pukwana etc.

Sport Football is the most

important game. South Africa hosted the

World Cup. Important players as

Pienaar, Benny McCarthy, Mokoena

Also Cricket is very important

South African team is very strong.

Rugby,Athletics and Boxing are importants too

Oscar Pistorious.

History 1488:Bartolome Diaz rounded the Cape of

Good Hope , Vasco de Gama did it again ten years later.

1647:Started the Dutch´s settlement. 1688:French settlers arrive. 1806:English started to conquer. 1860:Settlers discovered diamonds near

Kimberley so British started to conquer the area.

1871:British conquered the area of Kimberley.

1899-1902:Second Anglo-Boer war

1902:British and Dutch signed the Treaty of Veereniging stopping the Boer war.

1961:Nelson Mandela proposed the armed struggle and started the boycotts.

1962:Nelson Mandela were arrested. 1976:Protest in Soweto for the obligated

use of afrikáans.In protests the police shooted students.

1990:Nelson Mandela became free after 27 years in prision.

1994:They celebrated the first general democratic elections,witch Mandela won.

Tourism. The most important park is the

Kruger National Park. In the savannah you can see the

“five ones”: the elefant,the buffalo,the lion,the leopard and the rhino in a guide trip.

Kruger National Park One of the biggest reserves of the

world. 350 km long and 60 km wide. There are 2,700 species of mammal ,

bird , fish ... 25,000 water buffalo,200 cheetahs,

9000 giraffes, 3000 hippos,1000 leopards, 2000 lions etc.

It become famous for fugitives to hide in the 1900s.

There is a very big danger of poaching