South
Africa
The Republic
of South Africa has borders with Botswana,
Lesotho,Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, and
Zimbabwe.
Go
here to find a map of Africa and one of South Africa
About 43 million people live
in South Africa and they speak 11 different languages including
Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi,Tsonga,Tswana,
Venda, Xhosa and Zulu.
2 of the most important cities are Pretoria, which is the capital
city, and CapeTown.
The head of state is the President.
The government is elected by the people at elections. People
who are 18 years old and over can vote for the members of the
parliament.
The weather in South Africa is mostly sunny with
cool nights. Summer can very hot but it is cooler in the mountains.
Winters are mild but there is sometimes snow in higher places.
The money
used in South Africa is called
the rand.
The flag
of South Africa
This became the first flag of a united South Africa in April 1994, at the time the country held its first democratic elections and Nelson Mandela became President. The green 'Y' can be seen as the coming together of the different races of people in South Africa, joining together to take the road ahead together.
South African
farmers grow corn, wheat,
sugarcane, fruits, vegetables, beef, poultry, mutton, wool, and
dairy products.
There are gold and diamond mines in South Africa. Other industries include: automobile assembly, metalworking,
building machinery, making textiles, iron and steel, chemicals,
fertilizer, and making foodstuffs.
South Africa exports (sells goods it makes) to the USA, the United
Kingdom, Germany, Japan, and Italy.
Go here to listen to the South
African national anthem
http://www.thenationalanthems.com/inninazionali/southafrica[1].mid
Go here
to read about people in South Africa
If you use any part of this in your own work, acknowledge this source in your bibliography like this:
Thomas, R. & Sydenham, S. South
Africa [Online] www.kidcyber.com.au [2004]
updated March 2010©kidcyber