south africa

     

The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country locate at the southern tip of Africa. South Africa's coast stretches 2 798 kilometres and borders both the Atlantic and Indian oceans. To the north of South Africa lies Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland, while the Kingdom of Lesotho is an independent enclave surrounded by South African territory.

Trivia about south africa

  • In 1994, after a 20-year absence, this country's delegation was allowed to be seated in the U.N. General Assembly
  • Country whose flag includes pictures of the British & Dutch flags
  • In December 1967 Louis Washkansky, a patient in this country claimed, "I am a new Frankenstein"
  • A combination of "Nkosi Sikelel' Iafrika" & "Die Stem Van Suid Afrika"
  • Prince Edward & Marion, 2 small islands of this country, lie about 1200 miles southeast of Cape Town
  • The world's largest gold field, the Witwatersrand, is in this country
  • The ANC suspended talks with this country's government after the 1992 Boiphatong Massacre
  • This country's Kruger National Park is its most popular tourist attraction
  • This country's post-apartheid national anthem is "Nkosi Sikelel' Iafrka"
  • The best tiger's-eye comes from Griqualand West in this country also known for its diamonds
  • F.W. De Klerk was its president 1989-1994
  • This large country could say to tiny Lesotho, "Don't move, we've got you surrounded"
  • It was once called the Union of South Africa
  • "Big Love" meets "The West Wing"? Pres. Jacob Zuma, who presides over this country from Pretoria, has 3 wives
  • Cape Town in this country lies on Table Bay
  • Its name says where it's at
  • you're jogging in Johannesburg
  • Kruger
  • Nadine Gortimer, born in the Transvaal in this country, had her 1st story published when she was 15
  • The Great Karroo & the Little Karroo are dry tablelands in this African country's Cape Mountains region
  • In May 1994 the Security Council ended the arms embargo against this country due to the end of apartheid
  • During the Boer War, Doyle manned a field hospital in Bloemfontein in what's now this country
  • Sudafrica
  • In May 1910 Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal & the Orange Free State formed the union of this
  • On March 16, 1984 this country signed its first peace treaty with a black-ruled nation, Mozambique
  • In September 1984 "Jeopardy!" began its run & P.W. Botha began a more modest 6 years as pres. of this country
  • Segregation was in effect long before this country formally introduced apartheid in 1948
  • Western Cape,Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal
  • Australia,South Africa,New Zealand
  • In 2000 Durban in this country hosted the 13th International AIDS Conference & the first held on the continent
  • In 1995 Arthur Chaskalson, who defended Nelson Mandela in 1964, was sworn in as this country's chief justice
  • The 128-carat Tiffany Diamond was discovered in this country's famous Kimberley Mine
  • In a 1985 protest against apartheid, many countries banned the import of Krugerrands, gold coins from this country
  • If you're a native Capetonian, you were born in this country
  • Mangosuthu Buthelezi's Inkatha Freedom Party operated in this country while the ANC was outlawed
  • You'll reach the president's office in this country driving to the union buildings on Government Ave. in Pretoria
  • In 1999 Thabo Mbeki became this country's democratically elected president
  • Ex-P.M. P.W. Botha of this country was in wilderness when he died--not the political wilderness, an actual place
  • Afrique du Sud
  • Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein in 1892 in this country & lived there until he was 4
  • 'At 3,110
  • In 1961 this country's P.W. Botha assumed his first cabinet position--Minister of Coloured Affairs
  • In 1920 the League of Nations gave this neighboring country a mandate over the territory of Namibia
  • In 1986 Quayle voted to override Reagan's veto of sanctions against this country
  • In 1870 a rich diamond field was found where this country's city of Kimberley now stands
  • In 1961 the rand became legal tender in this country
  • An Act in the early 1900s unifed Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal & Orange River to establish this country
  • On winning her Oscar, a Gucci-clad Charlize Theron tearfully thanked "everybody in " this country, her homeland
  • Country in which Stephen Biko founded his black consciousness movement
  • Western Cape & Kwazulu-Natal are 2 of its provinces
  • Of both Boer & English descent, J.M. Coetzee of this country won the Nobel for Literature
  • F.W. De Klerk became president of this country in 1989, shared the Nobel Prize in 1993 & quit politics in 1997
  • Johannesburg boasts "appealing culture" but the zebras of the Northern Cape will "really entrance you"
  • Namibian workers may take off March 21 to mark their independence from this country
  • In 1989 students at a Cambridge, Mass. school boycotted Coca-Cola to protest its ties to this formerly racist country
  • The Otter Trail on the coast of this country's Western Cape Province may be booked up a year ahead
  • One of 3 capitals:Pretoria
  • On April 5, 1881 the Treaty of Pretoria granted independence to this country
  • This country with a direction in its name changed direction in the '90s by ending its apartheid policy
  • An orange tree on this country's coat of arms symbolizes the Orange Free State
  • On July 10, 1991 sanctions imposed in this country were lifted, allowing legal U.S. trade
  • This country's diamond rush began after some Boer children found a 21-carat stone in 1866
  • We don't mean to "Boer" you, but Paul Kruger has a national park named for him in this country
  • In 2009 a Johannesburg TV producer staged a 30-day fast to protest cutbacks in this nation's broadcasting
  • Adopted in 1994 & seen here, the flag of this African nation reflects its racial & ethnic diversity:
  • Potchefstroom University,Technikon Natal,Rand Afrikaans University
  • Andre Brink, one of this country's finest novelists, has translated Lewis Carroll into Afrikaans
  • Namaqualand,Bushmanland,Zululand
  • Most of Nadine Gordimer's novels including "July's People" are set in this country where she grew up
  • In 1920 the League of Nations gave this country a mandate to administer the territory of Namibia
  • Zebras & leopards are among the wildlife found at Kruger National Park in this country
  • What was once called the Univ. of the Orange Free State is now the University of the Free State in this country
  • Botswana's economy is closely tied to this country with which it shares its longest border
  • It's the beloved country in Alan Paton's "Cry, The Beloved Country"
  • The Great Karroo is a vast, arid plateau in the western Cape province of this country
  • Durban & East London are 2 of this country's chief ports
  • In Africa:East London,Tembisa,Krugersdorp
  • Prime Minister Jan Chistiaan Smuts
  • This country's Transvaal Museum is noted for such fossilized remains as Australopithecus Africanus
  • In Africa:President Thabo Mbeki
  • Biltong from this country is Afrikaans for rump & tongue--it's from the rump & tastes like smoked tongue
  • Calling it "her proudest day", in 2007 Oprah opened a school for impoverished girls in this country
  • Mayor Dinkins fought to divest the city of funds invested in companies that did business with this country
  • East Timor,North Korea,South Africa
  • The 3,106-carat Cullinan Diamond, the largest ever discovered, was unearthed in what's now this country in 1905
  • Pieter Botha,F.W. de Klerk,Nelson Mandela
  • Lesotho
  • Mafikeng, formerly Mafeking, is the capital of this country's province of North-West
  • This country's Hendrik Verwoerd Reservoir, aka the Gariep, was created by the damming of the Orange River
  • Lesotho
  • Zola Budd
  • This beloved country is the setting of Alan Paton's "Cry, the Beloved Country"
  • The Cape Times, The Volksblad
  • Thabo Mbeki fought to eliminate apartheid & now leads this African country
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers a clue from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) The Newseum in Washington has a ballot box from this country's first free election in 1994; the ANC triumphed over the National Party
  • Mozambique & Namibia
  • Kimberley,Humansdorp,Soweto
  • The Cape Business News & The Natal Witness
  • British Gen. White successfully defended Ladysmith, besieged in 1899-1900 in what's now this country
  • This country's Rand was named for a gold mining region
  • A Gray Lady is said to haunt this African country's castle of Goede Hoop
  • Landlocked, Swaziland is surrounded by Mozambique on 1 side & this country on the other 3
  • "Lost in the Stars" is a musical version of Alan Paton's "Cry, the Beloved Country", set here
  • At 3,110 feet, Tugela Falls in this country's Kwazulu-Natal province is the world's second highest
  • Limpopo & Northern Cape
  • This country once used a Cape foot, which was .314858 meters
  • If you want to drive from Klerksdorp to Roodepoort in this country, head east & hang a left at Sasolburg
  • Boer generals Louis Botha & Jan Smuts were the first 2 prime ministers of this country
  • Found at the tip of a continent, it's the country where Nelson Mandela was born
  • Home to 43 million people, it borders Mozambique & Botswana
  • Namibia, Botswana & Zimbabwe are on this country's northern border
  • Tiffany displays the 128.5 carat Tiffany Diamond, found in 1877 in this present-day country's Kimberley Mines
  • St. Croix Island off this country's Port Elizabeth has the largest colony of jackass penguins (they bray like donkeys)
  • Athol Fugard spent much of his life in Port Elizabeth in this country & set many of his plays there
  • Zulu, Sesotho & Xhosa are among this country's 11 official languages
  • Pieter W. Botha was elected as this country's first executive state president September 5, 1984
  • The world's largest gold field is in the Witwatersrand region of this country
  • In the late 1770s Robert Gordon explored this present-day country from the High Veldt to the Orange River
  • In 1984 in this country Pieter was Botha PM & president
  • Golden opportunities await in this African country that leads the world in gold production
  • In 2010 this country is scheduled to host the World Cup, the first African country to do so
  • 44 million-strong African country seen here
  • "A Sport of Nature" is the story of a black activist's white wife in this, author Nadine Gordimer's homeland
  • Durban,2.4 million
  • Nadine Gordimer
  • Botswana shares the Kalahari desert with this country directly to its south
  • Eastern Cape,Kwazulu-Natal,Mpumalanga
  • The Nelson Mandela National Museum comprises 3 sites in & around Qunu in this country
  • Kruger National Park
  • Orlando in this country does not have Disney World, but nearby Soweto is becoming a tourist destination
  • In 1990 Namibia became independent from this country that had controlled it for 75 years
  • If you're marching to the Voortrekker monument outside of Pretoria, you're in this country
  • Bloemfontein is the judicial capital of this nation
  • The lion population is dwindling; get to this nation's Kruger National Park to see them
  • Jagersfontein,Krugersdorp,Ladysmith
  • Namibia
  • Bitterfontein & Loeriesfontein
  • It has not one, not two, but three capital cities
  • Gandhi lived in this African country during the Boer War & served as a medical volunteer

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