South Africa has a diverse landscape and culture due to influences from indigenous groups like the Khoi and San as well as European and Asian immigrants. It has three capital cities - Cape Town is the legislative capital known for landmarks like Table Mountain; Bloemfontein is the judicial capital; and Pretoria is the executive capital with many jacaranda trees. South Africa has a dark history of apartheid racial segregation laws, but became a multi-racial democracy after Nelson Mandela was elected president following his imprisonment for fighting apartheid. The country is known for wildlife conservation in parks and being the first African host of the FIFA World Cup.

2. ID of South Africa
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3. Geography
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SOUTH
AFRICA

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 Table Mountain alone has over 1,500 species of plants,
more than the entire United Kingdom.
 South Africa is the second largest exporter of fruit in the
world.
 Kruger National Park supports the greatest variety of
wildlife species on the African continent.
 South Africa is the first country in Africa to host the
prestigious FIFA World Cup (will take place in 2010).
 South Africa has the highest commercial bunge jump in
the world (710 feet).
Facts

5. Culture
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 Due to his cultural diversity
South Africa has many cultural
traditions inspire by the Britishes,
Dutches and Africans.
 Known as the “Rainbow Nation”
due to its diversity

6. Currency
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 Rand is the official currency of
South Africa.
 They have 5 bills and 9 coins
 One South African rand equals
to 0,09$ U.S. dollars

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Cape Town

8. Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa.
The city is famous for its harbour as well as such well-known landmarks
as Table Mountain. It´s the legislative capital of South Africa.
The Cape Town city bowl as seen from Table Mountain

9. Table Mountain
Table Mountain, with its near vertical cliffs and flat-topped
summit, and with Devil's Peak and Lion's Head on either
side, together form a dramatic mountainous backdrop
enclosing the central area of Cape Town, also called City
Bowl .
Devil's Peak
Seen from Lion's Head
Lion's Head
Seen from Table Mountain

10. Robben Island is an island, 6.9 km west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, Cape Town.
Robben Island is internationally known for the fact that former President of South
Africa Nelson Mandela was in jail on Robben Island for 18 of the 27 years he served
behind bars before the fall of apartheid.

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Cape Town
Bloemfontein

12. Bloemfontein
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 Bloemfontein is known as the judicial capital of the nation, one of
South Africa's three national capitals and popularly and poetically
known as "the city of roses", owing to the abundance of these flowers
and the annual rose festival held there.

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Cape Town
Pretoria
Bloemfontein

14. Pretoria
 It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive
(administrative) national capital. Is popularly known as the Jacaranda City
due to the thousands of Jacaranda trees planted in its streets, parks and
gardens.
Jacaranda trees 

15. Natives
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 The Khoi and the San people (now known as the Khoisan) are the only
indigenous groups of South Africa. The rest either migrated from other
parts of Africa or come from Europe and India. And thats why we say
that South Africa is such a rich country in terms of culture

16. Apartheid
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 Apartheid was the political regime of South Africa from
1948 to 1994 and it was the time where many rights were
denied to the black people.
 Many laws were made to denied the rights of the black
people.
 Apartheid last almost 50 years and it was one of the most
extreme examples of racism that we can find.

17. Mandela (1918-2013)
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 Nelson Mandela was born in 1918 ant it was the
first democratic president of South Africa and
symbol of freedom and anti racism.
 Mandela was in jail for about 30 years
 Recently in December 2013 Mandela died.

18. National Parks
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19. Sports
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 South Africans love sports.
Rugby, cricket and surf are the
most played and since 2010 with
the Fifa World Cup
 South Africa won the 2007
Rugby World Cup and hosted
the 2010 FIFA World Cup

20. The Freedom Park The Big Pineapple

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Apartheid Museum Statue of Mahatma Gandhi

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Koeksisters:
are very
sticky and
sweet and
taste
like honey.
Bunny Chow:
is a fast
food dish
consisting of a
hollowed out
loaf
of bread filled
with curry.
Bobotie: is a
dish consisting
of
spiced minced
meat baked
with an egg-based
topping.
Amasi: is the
common word
for fermented
milk that
tastes like
cottage
cheese or
plain yogurt.