The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of the African continent. It borders the countries of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Swaziland. Lesotho is an enclave entirely surrounded by South African territory.

South Africa has experienced a significantly different evolution from other nations in Africa arising primarily from two facts; immigration from Europe reached levels not experienced in other African communities and a level of mineralogical wealth that made the country extremely important to Western interests, particularly during the Cold War. As a result of the former, South Africa is a very racially diverse nation. It has the largest population of people of Coloured (i.e., mixed racial background), White, and Indian communities in Africa. Black South Africans account for almost 80% of the population.

Racial strife between the white minority and the black majority has played a large part in the country's history and politics, culminating in apartheid, which was instituted in 1948 by the National Party, although segregation existed prior to that date. The laws that defined apartheid began to be repealed or abolished by the National Party in 1990 after a long and sometimes violent struggle (including economic sanctions from the international community) by the Black majority as well as some White, Coloured, and Indian South Africans.

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coupedumonde2010.mondecentral.com: Brazil vs Italy (3 - 0) FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009 2half 1
mondecentral (Mondecentral Web) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:39:28 -0000
coupedumonde2010.mondecentral.com: Brazil vs Italy (3 - 0) FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009 2half 1
@aimeer92 - make it happen! 2010 South Africa is THE place to be :) http://bit.ly/3oAghA or check out: http://bit.ly/4wEI2w
Go2Africa (Go2Africa) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:38:49 -0000
@aimeer92 - make it happen! 2010 South Africa is THE place to be :) http://bit.ly/3oAghA or check out: http://bit.ly/4wEI2w
@KimKardashian Hi Kim.. All the best... Hope you feel better soon. Much Love from South africa
nataliecarollus (Natalie Carollus) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:38:37 -0000
@KimKardashian Hi Kim.. All the best... Hope you feel better soon. Much Love from South africa
South Africa's Dirt Trackers are facing Leicester tonight. Both teams are fielding less experienced players than usually. #springboks #rugby
ObseloV (Richard Pretorius) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:37:53 -0000
South Africa's Dirt Trackers are facing Leicester tonight. Both teams are fielding less experienced players than usually. #springboks #rugby
New Blog Post : South Africa Politics and News Monitor – McCarthy recalled by ... http://bit.ly/3tKVx bsrss
Vanessa_RW (Vanessa) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:36:16 -0000
New Blog Post : South Africa Politics and News Monitor – McCarthy recalled by ... http://bit.ly/3tKVx bsrss
RT @uVuvuzela: RT @2010CL: New South Africa Logo to Market the Country http://tinyurl.com/ycx3ys7 What do you think?
yvonnejohnston (Yvonne Johnston) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:35:47 -0000
RT @uVuvuzela: RT @2010CL: New South Africa Logo to Market the Country http://tinyurl.com/ycx3ys7 What do you think?

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