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South Africa Cities and Tourism Object Videos
- Active Cape Winelands Adventures
- Best Winelands Cheese Venues
- Camdeboo National Park
- Cape Floral Region
- Castle of Good Hope
- Cederberg Conservancy
- Dolphin Beach, Jeffreys Bay
- Drakensberg Tropical Ice Adventure
- Dumazulu Traditional Village
- Elephant Coast KwaZulu Natal
- Gateway Theatre of Shopping
- Gold Reef City
- Golden Gate Highlands
- Gorge Swing
- Hobie Beach
- Humewood Beach
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Kelly’s Beach, Port Alfred
- Kgalagadi Safari
- King’s Beach
- Knysna National Lake Area
- Kruger National Park
- Maloti Drakensberg Route
- Mapungubwe National Park
- Mossel Bay Skydive Adventure
- Nelson Mandela Museum
- Northern Cape
- Pilanesberg Safari
- Riverside Wildlife Rehabilitation
- Robben Island World Heritage Site
- Sanbona Wildlife Reserve Montagu
- Sandton City
- Sardine Run Feeding Frenzy
- South African Dune Boarding
- South African World Heritage Sites
- St Lucia Arts and Crafts
- Stadsaal Caves
- Sunshine Coast (Nelson Mandela Bay)
- Table Mountain National Park
- The Anglo-Boer War Museum
- Timbavati Safari
- Waterberg Safari
- Well’s Estate
- Wilderness National Park
- Alexander Bay
- Aliwal North
- Beaufort West
- Beitbridge
- Bethelehem
- Bisho
- Bitterfontein
- Bloemfontein
- Calvina
- Cape Town
- De Aar
- Durban
- East London
- Ermelo
- Graaf Reinet
- Grahamstown
- Hotazel
- Johannesburg
- Kimberley
- Klerksdorp
- Knysna
- Kokstad
- Kroonstand
- Krugersdorp
- Kuruman
- Ladysmith
- Levurrisa
- Mafikeng
- Mbabane
- Messina
- Mmabatho
- Mosse; Bay
- Nelspruit
- Newcastle
- Paarl
- Phalaborwa
- Pietermaritzburg
- Pietersburg
- Port Elizabeth
- Port Nolloth
- Port Shepstone
- Port St.Johns
- Pretoria
- Prieska
- Richards Bay
- Rustenburg
- Saldanha
- Sishen
- Springbok
- Stellenbosch
- Umtata
- Upington
- Vereeniging
- Victoria West
- Vryheid
- Welkom
- Witbank
- Worcester
About South Africa Country
The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland, while Lesotho is an independent country surrounded by South Africa. Modern humans have inhabited Southern Africa for more than 100,000 years. At the time of European contact, the indigenous peoples reflected migrations from other parts of Africa, where new tribes had become dominant. Two major groups were Xhosa and Zulu peoples.In 1652, a century and a half after the discovery of the Cape Sea Route, the Dutch East India Company founded a refreshment station at what would become Cape Town. Cape Town became a British colony in 1806. European settlement expanded during the 1820s as the Boers (original Dutch, Flemish, German and French settlers) and the British 1820 Settlers claimed land in the north and east of the country. Conflicts arose among the Xhosa, Zulu and Afrikaner groups who competed for territory.
The discovery of diamonds and later gold triggered the conflict known as the Anglo-Boer War, as the Boers and the British fought for the control of the South African mineral wealth. Although the Boers were defeated, the British gave limited independence to South Africa in 1910 as a British dominion. Within the country, anti-British policies among white South Africans focused on independence. During the Dutch and British colonial years, racial segregation was mostly informal, though some legislation were enacted to control the settlement and movement of native people, including the Native Location Act of 1879 and the system of pass laws. Power was held by the colonists. In the Boer republics, from as early as the Pretoria Convention (chapter XXVI), and subsequent South African governments, the system became legally institutionalised segregation, later known as apartheid, which established three classes of racial stratification. South Africa achieved its political independence in 1961 when it was declared a republic. The government legislated for a continuation of apartheid, despite opposition both in and outside of the country. In 1990, South African government began negotiations that led to dismantling of discriminative laws, and democratic elections in 1994. The country then rejoined the Commonwealth of Nations.
South Africa is known for its diversity in cultures, languages, and religious beliefs. Eleven official languages are recognised in the constitution. English is the most commonly spoken language in official and commercial public life; however, it is only the fifth most-spoken home language. South Africa is ethnically diverse, with the largest Caucasian, Indian, and racially mixed communities in Africa. Although 79.5% of the South African population is Black, this represents a variety of ethnic groups and different Bantu languages, nine of which have official status. About a quarter of the population is unemployed and lives on less than US$ 1.25 a day.
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