South Africa

Remember…

Africa is a CONTIN-ENT

South Africa is a COUNTRY

South Africa has 3 capital cities

Cape Town

Legislature

(Where laws are made)

Pretoria

Executive(Where the country is

run)

Bloemfontein

Judiciary

(Where people go to court)

Other citiesJohannesburg – the biggest city in

the country with the most people.

8 Million people live in Johan-nesburg

Johannesburg

Durban – famous for it’s great beaches

Durban Beach

LandmarksTable Mountain – Cape Town

Table Mountain

Clifton Beach, Cape Town

Kruger National Park

Kruger National Park

Sun City

Sun City

Nelson Mandela Bridge - Johan-nesburg

Nelson Mandela Square - Johan-nesburg

Famous South Africans

Nelson Mandela

• First democratic president of South Africa• Nobel Peace Prize winner• He is a symbol of peace and forgiveness all over the world

Charlize Theron

• Hollywood actress• Won the best actress Oscar in 2004• Model for Dior

Dr. Christiaan Barnard

• Performed the firstever human hearttransplant.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

• Nobel Peace Prize Winner• Human Rights Activist

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Oscar Pistorius

• Oscar Pistorius is a sprint runner.

• Pistorius has dou-ble below-knee amputations, but still competes in the Olympic Games

South African people

Many people call South Africa the rainbow nation

That’s because there are many different types of people of many different colours that

live in South Africa

Black / African

White / Caucasian

IndianFormer Miss SouthAfrica and Miss Uni-

verse – Tatum Keshwar

Mixed race

South African race groups:

Race Black White Mixed Indian/Asian

Percentage 60% 20% 15% 5%

South Africans line up to vote in an election

South African Languages

English

“Hello”

Afrikaans

“Goeie Dag”

Zulu

“Sawu-bona”

Xhosa

“Molo”

But everyone usually says…

(How’s it going?)

Most South Africans are multilingual

They can speak many languages!

The most widely known language in South Africa is ENGLISH

Sports in South Africa

South Africans are very pas-sionate about sports!

RugbyThe South African rugby team is called

the Springboks

They are a great team!They won the 1995 World Cup and

they are the current World Cup champions!

Rugby

SoccerThe South African soccer team

is called Bafana Bafana, which means “boys, boys”.

In 2010, South Africa hosted the FIFA soccer world cup

Soccer

Everyone in the world was intro-duced to the famous

VUVUZELA!

Soccer

CricketThe South African cricket team

is called the Proteas

The Proteas are the best cricket team in the world and won the

2011 Cricket World Cup!

Cricket

Other Sports in South Africa

Field HockeyGolfHorse RacingYacht RacingTrack and FieldBallroom dancing

South African sports fans

South African Food

Boerewors – spicy sausage

Pap – mielie meal

Bunny chow – bread loaf filled with… well… whatever you want!

Koeksusters

Koeksusters are so delicious, they even have their own monument!

Biltong – dried meat

• Beef• Kudu• Ostrich• … even chicken!

Rumours you might have heard about South Africa

South Africans keep wild an-imals as pets in their gardens

FALSE!All wild animals are kept in big na-

tional parks away from people’s homes

It’s always hot and humid in South Africa

FALSE!Depending on where you are,

South African weather is usually mild.

Summer: 20 – 35 degrees celsius (hotter in some places)Winter: -8 – 15 degrees celsius (colder in some places)

Remember…

South Africans are known for being very friendly people, so if you want to know any-

thing about South Africa, just ask!