South Africa by Emma Wilmann

The flag

emmamwilmann — 2013-09-23 08:31:38 UTC

The South African flag contents of the colors red, green, white, black, yellow and blue.

Sources

emmamwilmann — 2013-09-23 08:33:53 UTC

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

http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/african_languages.htm

http://www.southafrica.net/country/us/en/top10/entry/top-10-cities-enus

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

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

http://www.ask.com/question/why-did-nelson-mandela-go-to-prison

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/2/nelson-mandela-not-dead-aide-elder-bush-apologizes/

Language

emmamwilmann — 2013-09-23 08:50:05 UTC

Afrikaans and English are South Africa's most spoken languages. Many people also speak

tribal languages at home such as Swazi, Tswana and Pedi.

Cities

emmamwilmann — 2013-09-23 19:55:18 UTC

Cape Town (capital of the province Western Cape), Johannesburg (largest city in the country) and Pretoria are important cities in South Africa.

Location

emmamwilmann — 2013-09-23 20:12:06 UTC

South Africa lies at the South tip of Africa, and it's neighbors are Botswana, Lesotho, Mosambik, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.

Apartheid

emmamwilmann — 2013-10-13 20:50:37 UTC

Apartheid is the Afrikaans word for separation. It is used as a name for the racist way South Africa was organized when The National Party ran the country from 1948 to 1994. People were separated into four categories (racial groups): White (mainly Europeans), black (native South Africans), Asians (Indians, Pakistanis and more) and colored (People related to former slaves. White people led the country and many places were reserved only for them.

Nelson Mandela

emmamwilmann — 2013-10-13 21:45:18 UTC

Nelson Mandela was South Africas first black president. He became president in 1994 which was the end of Apartheid. He was born in 1918 and is 95 years old. He spent 27 years in prison for battling apartheid, encouraging black South Africans to go o strike and more. In 2013 he was sick, but is getting better. Many people thought he was going to die and many people also thought he was dead, but he is not. He is getting old and is not as often seen in the media as before.