“THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA” 17:1 pgs 454-7

1. A LAND RICH IN RESOURCES 2. Most industrialized country

3. Only a few benefit 3. rural areas = poor

2. mineral resources 3. one of richest mineral countries in the world

4. largest producer and exporter of gold 4. diamonds4. coal and platinum

1. SOUTH AFRICA’S HISTORY & PEOPLE 2. 78% = Black African

3. Ancestry = Bantu-speaking 4. settled in Africa 100-1000 AD

3. Largest groups today (tribes)4. Sotho (SOO-too)4. Zulu and Xhosa (KOH-suh)

2. Boers 3. Dutch word = farmers 3. settled 1600s 3. Then – German, Belgian, French 3. Group = Afrikaners

4. pushed Africans off best land 4. set-up farms & plantations

5. workers from India – worked sugar

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Charlize Theron - Afrikaner

Boers – African Dutch Farmers

Zul

Bantu

Rural – poor areas

diamond mine

British – 1800s3. More came after discovery of diamonds &

gold3. British vs. Afrikaners

4. 1902 Boer War – Afrikaners defeated 4. 1910 – territories became the

Union of South Africa 5. Part of British Empire

6. Ruled by White Africans3. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

(ANC) 4. 1912- founded by Black Africans 5. hopes of gaining power

3. APARTHEID = “apartness”4. illegal - differ races & ethnic to mix 4. limits the rights of blacks

5. forced Black Africans to live in separate areas = HOMELANDS

5. not allowed to vote5. 40 yrs of protest

6. many jailed trying to get equality

4. UN declares a crime against humanity 4. many countries stop trade w/ S. Africa 4. 1991 = END OF APARTHEID

5. 1994 – First democratic election 6. Nelson Mandela =

president7. 1st Black African Prez

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2. The People3. 11 official languages 3. 2/3 = Christian 3. 1/3 = African religions 3. Challenges

4. better living for poor 5. Most European Africans live well 5. Most Black Africans live in crowded townships

6. neighborhoods outside cities 4. AIDS epidemic

5. S Africa hit hard 2. Lesotho & Swaziland

3. enclaves 4. small countries located inside larger

country3. very poor – dependant on S. Africa

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