South Africa

COUNTRY INFORMATION

  • Capitals: Pretoria (executive), Bloemfontein (judicial), Cape Town (legislative)

  • Government: Semi-Parliamentary Republic

  • Population: 58.7 million

  • Major languages: 11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Setswana, Xhosa and Zulu

  • Religions: Christianity, Islam, indigenous beliefs

  • Life expectancy: 53 years (men), 54 years (women)

  • Currency: Rand

South Africa had a colonization history very different from the rest of Africa. The causes of these differences are the ones that lead the country to the apartheid.

The story of the South Africa during its darkest years: the apartheid with its protagonists and its acts.

The most important anti-apartheid leaders explained.

This is how it happened... This, is how they made apartheid collapse.

26 years after the end of apartheid, discrimination is still a relevant theme in South Africa. To truly become the "Rainbow Nation", Mandela's home country has to overcome some important racial barriers.

List of films, books and other important creations that rose awareness about the apartheid situation across the world.