The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of the African continent. It borders the countries of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Swaziland. Lesotho is an enclave entirely surrounded by South African territory.

South Africa has experienced a significantly different evolution from other nations in Africa arising primarily from two facts; immigration from Europe reached levels not experienced in other African communities and a level of mineralogical wealth that made the country extremely important to Western interests, particularly during the Cold War. As a result of the former, South Africa is a very racially diverse nation. It has the largest population of people of Coloured (i.e., mixed racial background), White, and Indian communities in Africa. Black South Africans account for almost 80% of the population.

Racial strife between the white minority and the black majority has played a large part in the country's history and politics, culminating in apartheid, which was instituted in 1948 by the National Party, although segregation existed prior to that date. The laws that defined apartheid began to be repealed or abolished by the National Party in 1990 after a long and sometimes violent struggle (including economic sanctions from the international community) by the Black majority as well as some White, Coloured, and Indian South Africans.

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How England should line up against the Warriors: England’s play their first match of their tour of South Africa.. http://bit.ly/3vdnyB
newsjackersport (newsjacker) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:01:21 -0000
How England should line up against the Warriors: England’s play their first match of their tour of South Africa.. http://bit.ly/3vdnyB
@RealTalibKweli U never know..some might be just upset cause u have said South Africa instead of Azania. Who knows what goes in ppl's mind
Africa4Africans (Imena) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:01:19 -0000
@RealTalibKweli U never know..some might be just upset cause u have said South Africa instead of Azania. Who knows what goes in ppl's mind
Is doing some Math. And after that a precentation about South Africa in English. Seems to be a interesting eveneing. am i right?
nikolaistromme (Nikolai Strømme) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:01:12 -0000
Is doing some Math. And after that a precentation about South Africa in English. Seems to be a interesting eveneing. am i right?
England’s Graeme Swann survives injury scare: Over in South Africa, England’s leading spinner Graeme Swann surv.. http://bit.ly/1i390j
newsjackersport (newsjacker) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:01:12 -0000
England’s Graeme Swann survives injury scare: Over in South Africa, England’s leading spinner Graeme Swann surv.. http://bit.ly/1i390j
@sportsexpress V: South Africa's Athletics chief Leonard Chuene for lying disgracefully during the Caster Semenya gender case.
apmbsd (Andrew McKay) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00:16 -0000
@sportsexpress V: South Africa's Athletics chief Leonard Chuene for lying disgracefully during the Caster Semenya gender case.
Cricket stars raise awareness about HIV in South Africa http://bit.ly/49orAe
UnicTunis (UNIC Tunis) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:59:34 -0000
Cricket stars raise awareness about HIV in South Africa http://bit.ly/49orAe

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