https://padlet.com/martinlunder33/j1ffqoo4nzyh Made with a wink and a smile by Martin Lunder en-us 2019-05-08 13:03:53 UTC 2024-03-21 15:20:31 UTC hello@padlet.com martinlunder33 https://padlet.com/martinlunder33/j1ffqoo4nzyh/wish/358022254 Geography: South Africa is located at the southernmost region of Africa, with a long coastline that stretches more than 2,500 km. South Africa is the 25th-largest country in the world. It is about the same size as Colombia, twice the size of France, three times as big as Japan, four times the size of Italy and five times the size of the United Kingdom]]> 2019-05-08 13:09:27 UTC https://padlet.com/martinlunder33/j1ffqoo4nzyh/wish/358022254 martinlunder33 https://padlet.com/martinlunder33/j1ffqoo4nzyh/wish/358026179 Apartheid: Apartheid was a system of institutionalized racial segregation that existed in South Africa from 1948 until the early 1990s. Apartheid was characterised by an authoritarian political culture based on baasskap, which encouraged state repression of  black African, colored, and asian South Africans for the benefit of the nation's minority white population.]]> 2019-05-08 13:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/martinlunder33/j1ffqoo4nzyh/wish/358026179 martinlunder33 https://padlet.com/martinlunder33/j1ffqoo4nzyh/wish/358028377 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013 was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalized racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress(ANC) ]]> 2019-05-08 13:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/martinlunder33/j1ffqoo4nzyh/wish/358028377 martinlunder33 https://padlet.com/martinlunder33/j1ffqoo4nzyh/wish/358028603 South Africa offers both domestic and international tourists a wide variety of options, among others the picturesque natural landscape and game reserves, diverse cultural heritage and highly regarded wines. Some of the most popular destinations include several national parks, such as the expansive Kruger National Park in the north of the country, the coastlines and beaches of the KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape provinces, and the major cities like Cape Town ,Johannesburg and Durban.]]> 2019-05-08 13:21:42 UTC https://padlet.com/martinlunder33/j1ffqoo4nzyh/wish/358028603 martinlunder33 https://padlet.com/martinlunder33/j1ffqoo4nzyh/wish/358028676 Invictus is a 2009 American-South African biographical sports drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. The story is based on the John Carlin book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation about the events in South Africa before and during the 1995 Rugby World Cup. The Springboks were not expected to perform well, the team having only recently returned to high-level international competition following the dismantling of apartheid—the country was hosting the World Cup, thus earning an automatic entry.]]> 2019-05-08 13:21:51 UTC https://padlet.com/martinlunder33/j1ffqoo4nzyh/wish/358028676 martinlunder33 https://padlet.com/martinlunder33/j1ffqoo4nzyh/wish/360214245 2019-05-15 06:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/martinlunder33/j1ffqoo4nzyh/wish/360214245 martinlunder33 https://padlet.com/martinlunder33/j1ffqoo4nzyh/wish/360214545 2019-05-15 06:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/martinlunder33/j1ffqoo4nzyh/wish/360214545 martinlunder33 https://padlet.com/martinlunder33/j1ffqoo4nzyh/wish/360296769 2019-05-15 12:19:27 UTC https://padlet.com/martinlunder33/j1ffqoo4nzyh/wish/360296769