Apresentação da nossa new teacher da África do Sul, país colonizado pelos ingleses. Bem vinda Lizell

1. THIS IS THE STORY
ABOUT MY LIFE AND MY
COUNTRY

2. WHO IS LIZELL GREEN
I was born in the most beautiful city, Cape Town in South Africa. I am the 2nd youngest of 4 sisters.
I am an introvert but when i get to know people im more free. Sad but true, i cant ride a bicycle, im
not a good swimmer and i dont like speaking in front of people, funny enough .
My dream is to make my parents dreams come true. My mum have Always wanted her own
restaurant and my dad has Always wanted to have his own furniture business. I am an aunty of two
adorable boys they Always manage to make me smile.
I am a simple person, i dont want fame or a lot of Money but i realize what i have makes me a
milionare and when i share that with you today perhaps you will understand what i mean.

3. I HAVE A BIG FAMILY
I have a mom, dad, 4 sisters, 3
step Brothers, 2 brother in
laws, 2 very cute nephews, and
2 dogs
This is my mom and dad.
My moms name is Martha,she is the best
cook in the world.She is never afraid to try
something new. She is a house wife.
I call my dad handyman.His name is
Cedric. He can fix and make anything from
furniture, shoes, fix cars, building houses.
HeWorks in upholstery business.
My parents are very hardworking, strict but
Always gave us their best with lots of love.

4. MY SISTERS
I have 4 amazing sisters. Chantel is the oldest (40).
Lindsay is the 2nd eldest (37).
I have a twin sister her name is Leona (31).
My younger sis is Melissa (23).

5. SISTERS
Chantell
She is married to Shane.
They have 2 boys Noah
and Isaiah.
Lindsay
Lindsay is a baby sitter and
she does sign language.
Melissa
She Works and study Business
Management.She is like my
partner in crime,we do
everything together.

6. MY TWIN SISTER
We are 3 minutes apart.
She is married to Eddie. She Works and
studies psychology.she is the talkative
one.

7. I have 3 step Brothers Chadwin, Junaid and Ethan.They live in
Cape Town.
This is my dogs Dexter and Didi.

8. WHAT I LOVE
• I love spending time with my Family. I like to read, sing. I am part of a Art school where we
do sign language (Demonstrate), we also have dance and drama classes. I love Nature,
smelling the ocean and helping others makes me smile.
im also part of a group where Young ladies give food to the homeless , we visit the elderly
people at the old age homes, we go to childrens homes and we spend the day with them.
We clean and play with the children.

9. FRIENDS
• I love spending time with friends.Where we have sleep overs, we go to concerts,have braais,go
visit new places.
• I love going to the movies and make sure i go every week . I like action,a bit of romance. Some of
my favourites are 300, Troy, Lord of the Rings,The Hobbit..Theres just too many to mention

10. CHURCH
We have na amazing youth
band.We get together on
Friday evenings
We have a Project running
where we collect food and
give to those who do not
have
We have a very diverse
church. On a Sunday we
have Afrikaans, English,
Portuguese, Hamaric and
French service

11. MY COUNTRY
IN SOUTH AFRICA WE HAVE DEVELOPED CITIES LIKE CAPE TOWN
JOHANNESBURG, PRETORIA, DURBAN, KNYSNA, AND MANY OTHER
CITIES. WE HAVE ENTERTAINMENT, RESTAURANTS, AND OFFERINGS YOU
WOULD EXPECT TO FIND IN AMERICAN OR
EUROPEAN CITIES.
SOUTH AFRICA OFFERS A UNIQUE MIX OF CULTURE, WILDLIFE, AND BEAUTIFUL
LANDSCAPE; WE HAVE 11 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES, DIFFERENT CULTURES AND
RACE. WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS TO BREATH TAKING OCEAN AND WILD
LIFE.

12. WHAT THE COLOURS OF THE FLAG
SYMBOLISES
RED - FOR BLOOD
BLUE- FOR OPEN BLUE SKY
GREEN- FOR THE LAND
BLACK- FOR THE BLACK PEOPLE
WHITE- FOR THE EUROPEAN
FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES EG. GOLD
Y - SYBOLIZES THE MERGING NATIONALITIES – EG. UNITY

13. LIFE IN CAPE TOWN
I can tell you alot of nice things about my country but that wont be the whole truth. I believe the
good and the bad is part of any city or country.

14. I grew up in a area that had gangsterism, it wasnt safe to play
I went to Spes Bona High School, when i completed school i
left Cape Town because work opportunities was not good in
my city.

15. There are alot of gangsters in some poor áreas.
Sadly most children in these áreas dont care about
education and have no passion for life.
Some grow up in homes where there is no rules or there
are no parents
Children tend to go where they get attention and that
often happens on the street.
There are so much potential but few take the time to
nurture and give a helping hand.
At the moment drugs and gangsterism are the biggest
concerns.

16. TRANSPORTATION
Its easy to get around in Cape Town.There are alot of taxi´s, busses and some use the
train. Its very convieniant to go from your home to town.
Our taxi´s has a door operator and he normally shouts the name of the suburb or place
they are going to.

17. Rotating Cable car on
Table Mountain
A FEW POPULAR PLACES - Cape Point - This is where two oceans
meet – the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean on the west and the
warmer Indian Ocean waters on the east.

18. YOU CAN SEE THE PENGUINS AT BOULDERS
BEACH

19. THE BIG 5
• The Lion- they have 3 hunted methods,
baiting(lying and waiting), stalking and
hounding
The Elephant – they can hear each others
trumpet call 5 to 8 kilometers away

20. THE BIG 5
The Buffalo- reported
to kill more people in
africa than any other
animal.
The Leopard- They run
up to 58km/h and can
leap 6m horizontally and
3m vertically. They are
also very strong
swimmers.
The Rhino –the name
rhinoceros means
horn

21. THE BEST VINYARDS IN SOUTH
AFRICA
Stellenbosch
Franschhoek Valley
Paarl

22. ROBBEN ISLAND
Is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 km west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, Cape Town.
Former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island for 18 of the
27 years he served behind bars before the fall of apartheid.

23. Robben Island - Mandela spent nearly two decades at the remote
facility after being found guilty of sabotage in 1964. He was one of
more than 3,000 political prisoners that have been held at Robben
Island — now a museum and historical site.

24. Inside the prison he has alot of influence and that
became known outside the prison walls aswell

25. Inside the prison

26. PRETORIA
The most important building is the Union Building.The official seat of the South African government and also
house the offices of the president of South Africa. President Jacob Zuma

27. 9M HIGH STATUE OF NELSON MANDELA. THE
STATUE WAS UNVEILED 16 DECEMBER 2013.
THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS THE FRONT OF
THE UNION BUILDING

28. A FEW POPULAR PLACES IN GAUTENG
(PRETORIA AND JOHANNESBURG)
SAFARIS- to see the
wild animals
The Botanical
Gardens-50ha of
diferente tipes of
plants. It has about
200 Bird species
Monument
Voortrekker-this was
to remember the
(afrikaans and dutch
pioneers) who left

29. MONTE CASINO- the inside of the
casino looks like you are walking
outside.

30. GOLD REEF CITY – Is especialy popular in the summer time.They also
have hot air baloons
For interest sake in 2009 South Africa won best holiday destination in
Africa by taking home 18 of the 33 available African awards.So if you are
wondering where to go on your next vacation,,,

31. THE GAUTRAIN

32. 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP
South Africa has been chosen to host
the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the most
popular sporting event in the world.
This took place between 11 June and 11
July 2010.
This is the first time in the 77-year
history of the FIFAWorld Cup that this
event is being held on African soil
The World Cup placed South Africa in
the limelight and gave us alot of
international exposure.
32 Countries took part in this
amazing event.

34. THE 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP
The Vuvuzela became very popular
during the soccer world cup. Do you
have in Brazil?

35. STADIUMS
JOHANNESBURG
Can hold 80 000
spectators
DURBAN
Can seat 56 000 but can
be up-scaled to 85 000
CAPE TOWN
During the world cup the
satium could seat 64 100 ,
presently it Can seat 55 000

36. WHO WON?
Spain won the world cup. Even though we did not win, it was na experiance we will
never forget.The atmosphere, the people, the game, that was priceless

37. SPORTS
Soccer
Our national soccer team is Bafana
Bafana (meaning the boys, the boys).
This sport is particular popular
among black people
In 2010 we hosted the FIFA World cup
Rugby
Our national team is The Springboks
This sport is very popular especialy
to people of Afrikaner decent.
We have had alot of success and won
the world cup in 1995 and 2007.
Cricket
Our national Cricket team is the
Proteas.
It is traditionally the sport popular
among the white British and Indian
communities, even though now it is
followed by members of all races.

38. CRICKET - Here we have the cricket team who won in 2014,AB DE Villiers awesome
batsman and Johnty Rhodes the best fielder ever.

39. RUGBY – Here we won the 1995 world cup.This is
what you call a scrum ( restarting play after a minor
infringement) and below we won the 2007 world
cup.

40. BAFANA BAFANA- Our colours re a little simular to
Brazil, but we dont play so well.  most people
support local teams and international teams

41. JOHANNESBURG (OLIVER TAMBO) AIRPORT
2009 JOHANNESBURG'S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WAS RANKED AFRICA'S BEST AIRPORT.

42. CAPE TOWN AND DURBAN INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT. DURBAN IS ALOT SMALLER THAN
CAPE TOWN AND JHB AIRPORT

43. SOUTH AFRICAN MONEY
• The Rand (sign R the code Zar) is the
currency of South Africa
• The code ZAR is from the Dutch Zuid
Afrikaanse Rand
• R1 equals to 0.25 Real

44. CULTURE AND FOOD
There are 11 oficial languages. There are no language
barriers in South Africa since nearly everybody
speaks English
South Africa is composed of diverse
groups of people who create a vibrant
culture

45. You get some Afrikaners
that are farmers Zulu Tribe
Xhoza tribe
Indians

46. Venda
Coloureds

47. The Coons.
This a part of my culture.They practise during the
year and in the Holiday season from december to
January the walk through the streets singing and
dancing.

49. FOOD
BILTONG
Some people know it as
jerky.You get diferente
flavours like chilli,
barbeque, chutney
BRAAI
In some places it is known
as barberque
SPIT BRAAI
Its where they put a whole
lamb or pig on the fire

50. MORE FOOD
Sosatie- meat on a
stick
Bobotie-made out of
meat Boerewors

51. TRADITIONAL FOODS
Mielie- also known as
corn
Bredie- also known as
stew
Potjie Kos- this is
made on the fire.The
nice thing is you can
throw almost anything
in the pot.

52. EVERY DAY MEALS
Sago pudding –
consist of milk and
sago
Briyani is made with
yellow rice.You get
diferente types like
chicken,meat,
fish,some people put
boiled eggs
Curry- just like
Briyani, you also get
diferente tipes of
curry

53. SNACKS
Samoosa Koeksister
Melktert- this is a
dessert and it consist
mostly of milk