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REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (HISTORY (APARTHEID (White and non-white people…
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
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HISTORY
FIRST SETTLEMENTS
• In 1486 Bartolomeu Dias came to South Africa • In 1652 Jan Van Riebeeck founded Cape Town
• In 1797 the united kingdom occupied the city of the leader
• In 1931 the united kingdom approved the state of Westminster
• In 1948 the national party established the apartheid .
BOERS
The Boers are the members of the Dutch and Huguenot population that settled in southern Africa in the late 17th century.
During the 16th and 17th centuries, Dutch, Boers , Germans, and Huguenots migrated to South Africa.
BRITISH
During the Napoleonic Wars, the Cape Colony was annexed to the British and became their colony officially in 1815. This period segnatoanche the rise to power of the Zulu under their king Shaka Zulu. After several conflicts arose between the British, Boers and Zulus, which led to the Zulu defeat and the ultimate defeat in the Second Boer Boer War .However, the Treaty of Vereeniging established the framework of independence of South Africa Limited as the 'Union of South Africa .
APARTHEID
Apartheid was a policy of racial segregation established after World War II by the white Government of the Republic of South Africa. It was abolished in 1994.
The apartheid had two events separated whites from blacks in areas abitateda both (for example compared to the use of means and strutturepubbliche); the establishment of Bantustans, the semi-independent territories in which many blacks were forced to move. In a primotempo both blacks that whites staged protests against apartheid, Forts were also international pressure, even in dellosport world; The liberazionedi Nelson Mandela, in 1990 after 27 years of captivity (due to the denial of the "crimes" he committed), and its subsequent election as head of state decreed LaFine of apartheid and the beginning of a new era.
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White and non-white people could not use the same facilities (schools, hospitals, means of transport)
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NATIVE PEOPLE
The total population of South Africa is about 50 million, of which indigenous groups are estimated at about 1%
~Nama : residing mainly in the Northern Cape Province
~Koranna : mainly in Kimberley and Free State Province
~Griqua : residing in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Free State and Kwa-Zulu-Natal provinces
~Cape Khoekhoe : residing in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape, with growing pockets in Gauteng and Free State Provinces
CULTURE
FAMOUS PEOPLE
Desmond Tutu is a South African peace activist, he was the first black Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, he fought against apartheid and he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Nadine Gordimer is a South African novelist and writer, she won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991.
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Dave Matthew
is a South African born American singer-songwriter musician and actor ,best known as the lead vocalist songwriter and guitarist for the Dave Matthew Band.
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Christiaan Barnard
Was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant in 1967 and a second overall heart transplant.
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Jody David Scheckter
is a South African former auto racing driver. He was a formula one world driver champion. He was in the Ferrari team.
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Nelson Mandela fought against apartheid. This is why he was jailed for 27 years.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize and he became President of South Africa in 1994.
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Oscar Pistorius is a paralympic athlete, his nickname is "the fast man on no legs". In 2013 he killed his girlfriend.
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LANGUAGES
South Africa has 11 official languages. Before 1994 only English and Afrikaans were official languages.
The most inclusive language is still the zulu, which is understood by more than 50% of the population
and is becoming a lingua franca of the country;
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FLAG
The national flag of the Republic of South Africa was adopted on 27 april 1994.
The flag was designed by the State Herald Frederick Brownell in the years when Nelson Mandela was President.
It represents the multicultural society of South Africa and its history.
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CURIOSITIES
A few kilometers from Cape Town in South Africa there is a place where a lot of penguins live.They are very small and quiet.
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TOURISM
MUSEUMS
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Hector Pieterson 
Mandela Family Museum
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PLACES TO SEE
national park of Kruger
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ENVIRONMENT
The environment of South Africa is mostly desert so the ideal place to spend a vacation is to have plenty of water
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