SOUTH AFRICA BY: GEORGINA RIVERO MAIN MENU National Anthem

MAIN MENU NATURAL FEATURES WEATHER BACKGROUND RECENT EVENT TOURISM SOURCES MAP ECONOMY GOVERNMENT PEOPLE POPULATION LITERACY

MAP OF COUNTRY MAIN MENU CAPITAL: Pretoria

ECONOMY MAIN MENU IMPORTS: machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs EXPORTS: gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment CURRENCY: rand EXCHANGE RATE: 1 USD= south African rands on Nov. 20, 2014

GOVERNMENT MAIN MENU TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Republic CHIEF OF STATE: President Jacob Zuma HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: President Jacob Zuma

PEOPLE MAIN MENU LANGUAGE: IsiZulu (official) 22.7%, IsiXhosa (official) 16%, Afrikaans (official) 13.5%, English (official) 9.6%, Sepedi (official) 9.1%, Setswana (official) 8%, Sesotho (official) 7.6%, Xitsonga (official) 4.5%, siSwati (official) 2.5%, Tshivenda (official) 2.4%, isiNdebele (official) 2.1%, sign language 0.5%, other 1.6% RELIGION: Protestant 36.6% (Zionist Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%), Catholic 7.1%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% ETHNIC GROUPS: black African 79.2%, white 8.9%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5%, other 0.5%

POPULATION MAIN MENU POPULATION: 48,375,645 YEAR: 2014

LITERACY MAIN MENU

NATURAL FEATURES MAIN MENU MAJOR BODIES OF LAND: vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain MAJOR BODIES OF WATER: South Atlantic ocean, Indian Ocean NATURAL RESOURCES: gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, rare earth elements, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas

WEATHER MAIN MENU CLIMATE: mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights Temperatures in Pretoria in C MonthDec Day High low

BACKGROUND MAIN MENU Dutch traders landed at the southern tip of modern day South Africa in 1652 and established a stopover point on the spice route between the Netherlands and the Far East, founding the city of Cape Town. After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjugation of the native inhabitants. The Boers resisted British encroachments but were defeated in the Second Anglo Boer War ( ); however, the British and the Afrikaners, as the Boers became known, ruled together beginning in 1910 under the Union of South Africa, which became a republic in 1961 after a whites-only referendum. In 1948, the National Party was voted into power and instituted a policy of apartheid - the separate development of the races - which favored the white minority at the expense of the black majority. The African National Congress (ANC) led the opposition to apartheid and many top ANC leaders, such as Nelson MANDELA, spent decades in South Africa's prisons. Internal protests and insurgency, as well as boycotts by some Western nations and institutions, led to the regime's eventual willingness to negotiate a peaceful transition to majority rule. The first multi-racial elections in 1994 brought an end to apartheid and ushered in majority rule under an ANC-led government. South Africa since then has struggled to address apartheid-era imbalances in decent housing, education, and health care. ANC infighting, which has grown in recent years, came to a head in September 2008 when President Thabo MBEKI resigned, and Kgalema MOTLANTHE, the party's General-Secretary, succeeded him as interim president. Jacob ZUMA became president after the ANC won general elections in April National presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for May 2014.

RECENT EVENT MAIN MENU Saturday November, 29 the Taliban killed a father and his two teenage children. The father running an education charity, the son was 17 and the daughter 15. They were shot dead zahir said at the press conference.

TOURISM MENU MAIN MENU FLIGHT POINT OF INTEREST MENU

FLIGHT TO PRETORIA Price of Roundtrip = $3, USD From December 10 – December 15, 2014 MAIN MENU TOURISM MENU From: MonterreyTo: Atlanta Dep: 12:55 pmArr: 4:27 pm Flight: 5009Airline: Delta From: JohannesburgTo: Atlanta Dep: 8:55 pmArr: 6:50 am + 1 day Flight: 201Airline: Delta From: AtlantaTo: Johannesburg Dep: 8:42 pmArr: 6:55 pm + 1 day Flight: 200Airline: Delta From: AtlantaTo: Monterrey Dep: 9:46 amArr: 11:52 am Flight: 5001Airline: Delta

POINT OF INTEREST MENU MAIN MENU TOURISM MENU NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM BLYDE RIVER CANYON

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS MAIN MENU TOURISM MENU POINT OF INTEREST MENU The National Zoological gardens also known as the Pretoria Zoo is founded by Jan Willem Boudewjin Gunning and was opened October 21, The National Zoological Gardens were established after the second bloer war in There are about 9,000 animals and in those animals there are about 700 species. Major exhibits are the aquarium, aviary, mammals, and reptiles. They offer an exiting opportunity for families and groups to sleep over in the zoo

BLYDE RIVER CANYON MAIN MENU TOURISM MENU POINT OF INTEREST MENU The Blyde River Canyon is located in Mpumalanga, It is 25 kilometers and is around 750 meters (2,461 ft) deep. The canyon consists mostly of red sandstone. The highest point of the canyon, is 6,378 ft above sea level. The canyon is 1,383 meters (4,537 ft) deep. The Blyde River Canyon is the one of the largest canyons on earth. Blyde means “glad” or “happy in Dutch. The canyon is a very popular tourist region.

IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM MAIN MENU TOURISM MENU POINT OF INTEREST MENU The Iziko South African museum is a national museum located Cape Town. The museum was founded by lord Charles Somerset in 1825, the first in the country. The museum is organized on four levels and many of exhibitions, from art to fossils, marine animals and meteorites. There are fossils almost 700 million years old, there are also stone tools made by people 120,000 years ago. The Iziko museum has been in the company's garden since 1897.

SOURCES MAIN MENU 1Flag, Capital, Imports, Exports, Currency, Type of Government, Chief of State, Language, Religion, Ethnic Groups, Total Population, Literacy, Bodies of Land, Bodies of Water, Natural Resources, Land Use, Climate, Background CIA WorldFactbook 2AnthemHand Out Folder 3Mapwww.infoplease.com 4Exchange RateGoogle Currency Converter 5Pict of Billwww.traveling.com 6Pict of Coinsen.wikipedia.org 7Pict of Chief of State buzzsouthafrica.com 8Pict of Headbuzzsouthafrica.com 9Pict 1 for Peoplekeywordpicture.com 10Pict 2 for Peopleafrodrumming.com 11Population by Genderwww.geohive.com 12TemperaturesGoogle Weather 13Recent Eventwww.theguardian.com 14Pict 1 for Recent Eventwww.theguardian.com 15Pict 2 for Recent Eventwww.reuters.com 16Flightwww.expedia.com 17Point of Interest 1en.wikipedia.org 18Pict 1 for PI1en.wikipedia.org 19Pict 2 for PI1myjoburg.com 20Point of Interest 2en.wikipedia.org 21Pict 1 for PI2www.tripadvisor.co.uk 22Pict 2 for PI2sightseer.tv 23Point of Interest 3en.wikipedia.org 24Pict 1 for PI3www.tripadvisor.co.uk 25Pict 2 for PI3sightseer.tv