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Map of the South Africa within Africa.

TheRepublic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of the African continent. It borders the countries ofNamibia,Botswana,Zimbabwe,Mozambique, andEswatini, and entirely surroundsLesotho.

South Africa has the largest population of people ofEuropean descent in Africa, one of the largestIndian population outside ofAsia, as well as the largestColoured (of mixed European, Asian and African descent) community in Africa, making it one of the most ethnically diverse countries on the continent. Racial and ethnic strife between the black majority and the white minority have played a large part in the country'shistory andpolitics. TheNational Party began introducing the policy ofapartheid after winning the general election of1948; however, it was the same party under the leadership ofF.W. de Klerk who started to dismantle it in1990 after a long struggle by the black majority, as well as many white, coloured and Indian South Africans.

The country is one of the few in Africa never to have had acoup d'état, and regular free and fair elections have been held since1994, making it aregional power and among the most stable andliberal democracies in Africa.

South Africa is ranked as an upper-middle income economy by theWorld Bank. It has the second largest economy in Africa afterNigeria, and the 34th-largest in the world. Bypurchasing power parity, South Africa has the7th highest per capita income in Africa. Although being the second largest economy, South Africa has the most sophisticated economy in the continent, with modern infrastructure common throughout the country. The country is considered to be anewly industrialized country according to theWorld Bank classifications.

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The Cape of Good Hope looking westward, from the coastal cliffs above Cape Point, overlooking Dias beach

TheCape of Good Hope (Afrikaans:Kaap die Goeie Hoop[ˌkɑːpdiˌχujəˈɦuəp]) is a rocky headland on theAtlantic coast of theCape Peninsula inSouth Africa.

Acommon misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip ofAfrica, based on the misbelief that the Cape was the dividing point between theAtlantic andIndian oceans. In fact, the southernmost point of Africa isCape Agulhas about 150 kilometres (90 mi) to theeast-southeast. The currents of the two oceans meet at the point where the warm-waterAgulhas current meets the cold-waterBenguela current and turns back on itself. That oceanic meeting point fluctuates between Cape Agulhas andCape Point (about 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) east of the Cape of Good Hope). (Full article...)

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Afrikaans Language Monument'
Afrikaans Language Monument'
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TheAfrikaans Language Monument (Afrikaans:Afrikaanse Taalmonument) is located on a hill overlookingPaarl,Western Cape Province,South Africa. Officially opened on 10 October 1975, it commemorates the semicentenary of Afrikaans being declared an official language of South Africa separate fromDutch. Also, it was erected on the 100th anniversary of the founding ofGenootskap van Regte Afrikaners (the Society of RealAfrikaners) in Paarl, the organization that helped strengthen Afrikaners' identity and pride in their language.

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Shaun Morgan
Shaun Morgan Welgemoed (born 21 December 1978) is aSouth Africanmusician identified as thefrontman and main guitarist of thePost Grungemusic groupSeether.

In the May of the year 1999, Welgemoed became the rhythm guitarist and back-up vocalist of a new band, Saron Gas. There were four other members to the band; a female vocalist, a lead guitarist, bassist and drummer. However, when the singer and guitarist did not turn up to the first practice, the band decided to stay as a three-piece, with Welgemoed on lead vocals and guitar. Saron Gas enjoyed moderate success before the bass player decided to quit in January 2000, causing Welgemoed to get in touch with the only other good bass player he knew, Dale Stewart. The band released an album later that year, entitledFragile.

In January 2002, the band relocated to the United States to sign with Wind-up Records. During this time the band’s original drummer left to return home to South Africa, whilst the two remaining members were left to think of a new band name, at the request of Wind-up. Eventually they settled on Seether, after the Veruca Salt song of the same name. Shaun Morgan and Seether went on to release their debut major-label album,Disclaimer, on 20 August 2002.

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Boerewors (pronounced[ˈbuːrəˌvɔrs]) is a type ofsausage which originated in South Africa. It is an important part ofSouth African,Setswana,Zimbabwean cuisine and is popular across Southern Africa. The name is derived from theAfrikaans wordsboer (literally, a farmer) andwors ('sausage'). According to South African government regulation, boerewors must contain at least 90 percent meat or fat from beef, pork, lamb or goat. The other 10% is made up of spices and other ingredients. Not more than 30% of the meat content may be fat. Boerewors may not containoffal other than the casings, or anymechanically separated meat (as recovered through a process where meat and bone are mechanically separated). (Full article...)

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In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift—a more human face.

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A panorama of the Johannesburg CBD at sunrise looking east across the M1 highway.
A panorama of theJohannesburg CBD at sunrise looking east across theM1 highway.
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Johannesburg CBD at sunrise.

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