South Africa

• Capitals:
  • Pretoria (administrative)
  • Cape Town (legislative)
  • Bloemfontein (judicial)
• Major Cities
  • Johannesburg
  • Durban
• Major Geographical Features
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Orange River
  • Kalahari Desert
  • Cape of Good Hope
• Official Name: Republic of South Africa
• Religion: various Christian faiths
• Languages:
  • Afrikaans (official)
  • English (official)
  • Ndebele (official)
  • Pedi (official)
  • Sepedi (official)
  • Sesotho (official)
  • Swazi (official)
  • Tsonga (official)
  • Tswana (official)
  • Venda (official)
  • Xhosa (official)
  • Zulu (official)
• 1806: Settled by the British
• 1867: Diamonds discovered
• 1886: Gold discovered
• 1990s: Apartheid rule ends
  • Apartheid was the system of racial segregation in South Africa
  • 1994-1999: Nelson Mandela serves as president. He was the first black South African to hold that office
• Independence: 1910 from Great Brittain
• Government: republic
• Currency: rand
• Two Texases are slightly larger than South Africa
• Literacy: 86.2%
• Climate: Dry Mid-Latitude (Grassland)
• Completely surrounds Lesotho, almost completely surrounds Swaziland
• Hosted the 2010 World Cup
• Richest and most modern nation in Africa
• Also called the "Rainbow Nation"