1. SOUTH AFRICA
Presentation designed to introduce South Africa. Purposely change slides only on click so that teacher can elaborate as she wishes.

2. Map of South Africa

3. National Anthem "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"
Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo, Yizwa imithandazo yethu, Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.(Xhosa and Zulu)
Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso, O fedise dintwa le matshwenyeho, O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso, Setjhaba sa South Afrika - South Afrika.(Sesotho)
Uit die blou van onse hemel, Uit die diepte van ons see, Oor ons ewige gebergtes, Waar die kranse antwoord gee,(Afrikaans)
Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.(English)
English translation
Lord bless Africa May her glory be lifted high Hear our petitions Lord bless us, your children
Lord we ask You to protect our nation Intervene and end all conflicts Protect us, protect our nation Protect South Africa, South Africa
Out of the blue of our heavens Out of the depths of our seas Over our everlasting mountains Where the echoing crags resound
Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.

4. Our Flag Our flag show 2 paths leading into one.
It is very colourful and each colour means something.

5. Government A democratically elected president and government
Thabo Mbeki

6. Our money
Our currency is called the “Rand” (ZAR)

7. Our national symbols King Protea Sprinbok Galljoen Real Yellowwood
Blue Crane

8. Capital cities Cape Town (The “mother city”) - Legislative capital
Pretoria – Administrative Capital
Bloemfontein – Judicial capital

9. Apartheid Under apartheid people were kept separate.
Now we are often called a “Rainbow Nation” because so many different kinds of people live in this country.

10. Nelson Mandela The first president of a truly democratic South Africa
Very well known all over the world
Does a lot of good for children

11. Our wildlife
We are used to having so many animals around, but people from other countries think it is so wonderful!!

12. Sights
Kruger National Park
Wine farms

13. Sights
Cape Point
Karoo

14. Sights
Kimberly – “The big hole”
Table mountain

15. Sights
Cango Caves
Wonderful beaches

16. People
Some of the traditional people in rural areas

17. An old photo of warriors

18. Poverty
Unfortunately many of our people are VERY poor and/or have no jobs.

19. We can boast about:
South Africa has about 10% of all known species of plants on Earth.
Eighth largest wine producer in the world.
Worlds largest producer of gold
Renowned for our wines
The Cullinan 1 or Star of Africa.
- Cut from the largest diamond crystal ever found.

20. Very diverse country Great variety of climate zones.
Mountainous scrubland
Kalahari Desert
Coastline lush and well watered
Wine area has a Mediterranean climate