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The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of the African continent. It borders the countries of Namibia , Botswana , Zimbabwe , Mozambique , and Eswatini , and entirely surrounds Lesotho .
Chief Hintsa OF The Gcaleka Xhosa
South Africa has the largest population of people of European descent in Africa, one of the largest Indian population outside of Asia , as well as the largest Coloured (of mixed European, Asian and African descent) community in Africa, making it one of the most ethnically diverse countries on the continent. Racial and ethnic strife between the black majority and the white minority have played a large part in the country's history and politics . The National Party began introducing the policy of apartheid after winning the general election of 1948 ; however, it was the same party under the leadership of F.W. de Klerk who started to dismantle it in 1990 after a long struggle by the black majority, as well as many white, coloured and Indian South Africans.
The country is one of the few in Africa never to have had a coup d'état , and regular free and fair elections have been held since 1994 , making it a regional power and among the most stable and liberal democracies in Africa.
South Africa is ranked as an upper-middle income economy by the World Bank . It has the second largest economy in Africa after Nigeria , and the 34th-largest in the world. By purchasing power parity , South Africa has the 7th highest per capita income in Africa. Although being the second largest economy, South Africa has the most sophisticated economy in the continent, with modern infrastructure common throughout the country. The country is considered to be a newly industrialized country according to the World Bank classifications.
Voortrekker Monument
Credit: John Walker
The Voortrekker Monument is located just south of Pretoria in South Africa . This massive granite structure is prominently located on a hilltop, and was raised to commemorate the Voortrekkers who left the Cape Colony between 1835 and 1854.
...that although Pretoria is considered to be the capital of South Africa , the country actually has three capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial).
...that South Africa entirely surrounds another country - Lesotho , an independent constitutional monarchy.
...that Approximately 900 bird species are found in South Africa alone, which represents 10% of the worlds total bird species.
Frederik Willem de Klerk OMG DMS ( də-KLURK , də-KLAIRK , Afrikaans: [ˈfriədərək ˈvələm də ˈklɛrk] ; 18 March 1936 – 11 November 2021) was a South African politician who served as state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994 to 1996. As South Africa 's last head of state from the era of white-minority rule, he and his government dismantled the apartheid system and introduced universal suffrage . Ideologically a social conservative and an economic liberal , he led the National Party (NP) from 1989 to 1997.
Born in Johannesburg to an influential Afrikaner family, de Klerk studied at Potchefstroom University before pursuing a career in law. Joining the NP, to which he had family ties, he was elected to parliament and sat in the white-minority government of P. W. Botha , holding a succession of ministerial posts. As a minister, he supported and enforced apartheid, a system of racial segregation that privileged white South Africans . After Botha resigned in 1989, de Klerk replaced him, first as leader of the NP and then as State President. Although observers expected him to continue Botha's defence of apartheid, de Klerk decided to end the policy. He was aware that growing ethnic animosity and violence was leading South Africa into a racial civil war. Amid this violence, the state security forces committed widespread human rights abuses and encouraged violence between the Xhosa and Zulu people , although de Klerk later denied sanctioning such actions. He permitted anti-apartheid marches to take place, legalised a range of previously banned anti-apartheid political parties, and freed imprisoned anti-apartheid activists such as Nelson Mandela . He also dismantled South Africa's nuclear weapons program . (Full article... )
Hertzoggies being sold in a South African bakery for R5.99 (roughly US$0.42) each.
A
Hertzoggie , also known in
Afrikaans as a
Hertzogkoekie or in
English as a
Hertzog cookie , is a jam-filled
tartlet or cookie with a coconut topping commonly served on a cup-like pastry base. (
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The following are images from various South Africa-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Union Buildings , government administrative centre, Pretoria,
c. 1925 (from
History of South Africa )
Image 3 Map of the black homelands in South Africa at the end of apartheid in 1994 (from
History of South Africa )
Image 5 Gateway to the
Castle of Good Hope , the oldest building in South Africa (from
Culture of South Africa )
Image 6 Johannesburg before gold mining transformed it into a bustling modern city (from
History of South Africa )
Image 7 Looking out over the floodplains of the Luvuvhu River (right) and the Limpopo River (far distance and left) (from
History of South Africa )
Image 9 The
British Empire is red on the map, at its territorial zenith in the late 1910s and early 1920s. (
India highlighted in purple.) South Africa, bottom centre, lies between both halves of the Empire. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 10 An array of traditional South African cuisine (from
Culture of South Africa )
Image 12 Oracles of the Pink Universe by Simphiwe Ndzube, 2021 (from
Culture of South Africa )
Image 13 Groot Constantia , the oldest
wine estate in South Africa, was founded in 1685 by
Simon van der Stel . The
South African wine industry (New World wine) is among the lasting legacy of the
VOC era . The recorded
economic history of South Africa began with the VOC period. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 14 View of
Table Bay with ships of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), c. 1683. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 15 The rise of the Zulu Empire
under Shaka forced other chiefdoms and clans to flee across a wide area of southern Africa. Clans fleeing the Zulu war zone
included the
Soshangane ,
Zwangendaba ,
Ndebele ,
Hlubi ,
Ngwane , and the
Mfengu . Some clans were caught between the Zulu Empire and advancing
Voortrekkers and
British Empire such as the
Xhosa . (from
History of South Africa )
Image 17 "For use by white persons" – sign from the apartheid era (from
History of South Africa )
Image 18 Statue of Bartolomeu Dias at the High Commission of South Africa in London. He was the first European navigator to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 19 Meat on a traditional South African
braai (from
Culture of South Africa )
Image 20 An account of the first
trekboers (from
History of South Africa )
Image 21 Jan van Riebeeck , first Commander of the Dutch East India Company colony (from
History of South Africa )
Image 22 Simon's Town harbour and naval base in South Africa were used by the Allies during World War II. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 23 Emily Hobhouse campaigned against the appalling conditions of the
British concentration camps in South Africa, thus influencing British public opinion against the war. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 24 King
Cetshwayo (ca. 1875) (from
History of South Africa )
Image 25 Painting of the Sharpeville massacre of March 1960 (from
History of South Africa )
Image 26 Flag of the South African Republic , often referred to as the
Vierkleur (meaning four-coloured) (from
History of South Africa )
Image 27 Daniel François Malan , National Party leader from 1934 to 1953 (from
History of South Africa )
Image 28 The
Castle of Good Hope (
Kasteel de Goede Hoop in Dutch), Cape Town. Founded officially in 1652,
Kaapstad /Cape Town is the oldest
urban area in South Africa. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 29 Frederik W. de Klerk and
Nelson Mandela , two of the driving forces in ending apartheid (from
History of South Africa )
Image 30 Replica of an
East Indiaman of the
Dutch East India Company /
United East Indies Company (VOC). The Dutch East India Company was a major force behind the (c. 1590s–1720s) and
Netherlandish cartography (c. 1570s–1670s). (from
History of South Africa )
Image 31 Harry Smith (from
History of South Africa )
Image 33 Church on
Greenmarket Square in Cape Town, South Africa with a banner memorialising the Marikana massacre (from
History of South Africa )
Image 34 Regional geography during the period of the Anglo–Boer wars:
South African Republic /Transvaal
Orange Free State British
Cape Colony Natal Colony (from
History of South Africa )
Image 35 Cecil John Rhodes, co-founder of De Beers Consolidated Mines at Kimberley (from
History of South Africa )
Image 36 Shaka Zulu in traditional
Zulu military garb (from
History of South Africa )
Image 37 Indian indentured labourers arriving in Durban (from
History of South Africa )
Image 38 King Moshoeshoe with his advisors (from
History of South Africa )
Image 39 The
statue of
Jan van Riebeeck , the founder of
Cape Town , in Heerengracht Street. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 40 Generals Smuts (right) and Botha were members of the British
Imperial War Cabinet during World War I. (from
History of South Africa )
Image 42 Nicolaas Waterboer, Griqualand ruler, 1852–1896 (from
History of South Africa )
Image 43 Boer
Voortrekkers depicted in an early artist's rendition (from
History of South Africa )
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