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Nelson Mandela
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time
we fall.”
Nelson Mandela, one of the greatest political figures of all times, one of the
most inspirational figures, spent 27 years as a political prisoner in South
Africa before becoming the country's first black president. He is regarded as
a symbol of peace and reconciliation between the races. He is widely known
for his determination for achieve equality and fair treatment of blacks in
South Africa. He went to jail for what he believed to be wrong: judging
people solely based on their skin color. Most of the people put him on the
same level as Martin Luther King, Jr.
John Michael Coetzee
An author and academic from South Africa, a novelist and literary critic as well as a
translator, author of “Waiting for the Barbarians” and “Life and Times of Michael
K,” Coetzee was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy
in Stockholm described his books as being “characterized by their well-crafted
composition, pregnant dialogue and analytical brilliance. But at the same time he is
a scrupulous doubter, ruthless in his criticism of the cruel rationalism and cosmetic
morality of western civilization.”
Important places
 Battlefields and Island Prisons
 Historians can revel in the abundance of gripping stories on
the Zulu War and Anglo-Boer Battlefields. For a historical
and adventure filled South African holiday KwaZulu Natal
has it all: beaches, big five safari reserves, battlefields, world
heritage sites and wetlands
 The Eastern Cape Frontier
 South Africa's Eastern Cape has an incredible frontier history.
Apart from being a malaria-free big five safari area, the
Eastern Cape offers historical safaris into a time of expanding
empires and frontier settlers. It's also the land on which,
migrating African tribes and colonial frontiersmen collided
for the first time in recorded history
Culture
Religion - Christianity
Ethnic group- 75.2% is black ,13.6% is white, cape coloureds is
8.6%, and Asians is 2.6%.
Foods- barbeques, pojiekos is cooked meat and vegetable
stew , and miele pap is a stiff corn meal mix, ( Africa's diet)
Language- African, European, Asian, English, and etc.
Traditions – workers day on may 1st, humans rights day on
march 21st, June 16 is youth day ,heritage day on September
24st, and more
Music- is folk songs
Natural resources and geographic factors
Natural resources: gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel,
phosphates, tin, rare earth elements, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper,
vanadium, salt, natural gas
Geographic Factors
Geographic factors often have an important influence on the history, economy, and culture
of regions and nations. Three geographic factors are Monsoons, Nile River Valley, and
Island locations. Each of these have good and bad effects on an area, depending on the
temperature, climate and/or other mother nature controlled elements of the world. The
geographic features of an area answer many questions about the types of economy, the
background of their history and specific type of culture.
Monsoons mostly affect the Country of India. From June till September, the summer
monsoon blows from the southwest, in this direction it picks up moisture over the Indian
Ocean. This then drops vast amounts of rains on the coast and on the northern plain, but
the rains may cause floods which can kill some crops. From October to may, the winter
monsoon blows from lands to the northeast. These hot dry winds raise temperatures to
more than 100 degrees F. These monsoons specially affect the economic static of the
country.
physical features of South Africa
Physical Features of South Africa
Major
rivers,rivers,
Mountain
Ranges, Deserts, and valleys. Physical Features are things
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and Namib Deserts are also
located in South Africa.
Humans and physical environments
 they survive by: If they want water, they have to get it from the rivers. If they want
food, they have to find it, like for example, berries, they get it from bushes filled
with berries. If they want to learn, they have schools, with one class each. But some
people survive without eating for days
 they depend on the Amazon rain forest so they are trying to do their best.
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government
 The South Africa government type is based on a constitutional
democracy, with a constitution that is regarded as one of the
most progressive in the world, and a "Bill of Rights" second to
none.
The country has a three-tier system of government, and an
independent judiciary, operating under a parliamentary structure.
The South African government is decentralised in national, provincial
and local levels of government, called the three tier system, each with
its own legislature and executive, all based on a system of
interdependent, interrelated and co-operative government.
Location
 Location of South Africa is on the very southern tip
of Africa, it is a republic which is surrrounded by land
at the top and the two oceans, Indian Ocean and
Atlantic Ocean. Location of South Africa gives it the
very charecteristic climate and natural vegetation in
combination with geographical peculiariaties.
Location of South Africa is also responsible in a
major way for the economic and socio-political milieu
of the Republic of South Africa.