South Africa by Gustav Fjærli

The flag

gustav_fjaerli — 2013-09-17 11:46:35 UTC

Here is the flag of South Africa in South Africa's shape on the map

Map

gustav_fjaerli — 2013-09-17 11:49:39 UTC

South Africa is located in Africa.

Language

gustav_fjaerli — 2013-09-23 08:32:25 UTC

In South Africa there isn't really an official language,there is 11 official languages. The inhabitants speak different languages, but there is one main language that is used in the governement and that is english. An average South-African speaks two different languages.

Population

gustav_fjaerli — 2013-09-23 08:42:06 UTC

51,7 million people live's in South Africa. 79% of them are africans, while the rest is either asians, americans or europeans.

Some historical events

gustav_fjaerli — 2013-09-23 08:45:38 UTC

In 1652 the first europeans settled in Cape Town, which is one out of three capitals in South Africa
In 1852 the British colonies takes control over Cape Town.
In 1886 the country went rich after gold was discovered in Johannesburg.
In 1902 the British takes full controll over South Africa
In 1910 South Africa becomes an indipendent nation
On the 18th of July in 1918, Nelson Mandela was born. He lived on to become a political legend in South Africa.
In 1948 the Apartheid was introduced and it became legal to physically seperate different racial groups.
In 1952 a group led by Nelson Mandela himself starts a campaign against apartheid.
In 1960 67 Africans were killed while protesting against apartheid
In 1962 Nelson Mandela was arrested for plotting against the government, he spent 27 years in prison.
In 1990 president F.W De Klerk announced the end of apartheid, That day was the last day Nelson Mandela spent in prison.
In 1993 De Klerk and Nelson Mandela were awarded the Nobel Peace Price for their work against apartheid.
In 1994 Nelson Mendela became president.
In 1999 Nelson Mandela stepped down as president
In 2004 Thabo Mbeki begun his second term as the president.
In 2009 Jacob Zuma was elected as the president.
In 2010 South Africa hosted the official FIFA World Cup.

Sources;

gustav_fjaerli — 2013-09-23 08:56:54 UTC

http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/south-africa/history-timeline

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa

The 2010 FIFA World Cup

gustav_fjaerli — 2013-09-24 11:41:12 UTC

In 2010 South Africa became the first african country to host the finals. South Africa were awarded the competition in 2004 and from 2004 to 2010 they built five new stadiums that cost US$1 billion. The tournment started June 11 and ended July 11, 31 days of pure football. 32 teams from 6 different continents participated in the tournmanet. 64 games was played and 145 goals were scored during the tournament.

The opening game of the tournament was South Africa - Mexico wich enden 1-1 after goals from Siphiwe Tshabalala and Rafael Marquez. South-Africa did not progress from the group stage but they will be remembered for joy they showed on the pitch.

Spain won the World Cup when they defeated Netherland 1- 0 after Andres Iniesta netted the winning goal i the 116th minute. It was a fantasic final and when Iniesta scored, the whole spanish population went crazy. Spain did not only win glory and happiness, they cashed in $31 milion US dollars.

Here is some beatiful highlights from the World Cup

gustav_fjaerli — 2013-09-25 08:40:00 UTC