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 The laws that defined apartheid began to be repealed or abolished by the National Party in 1990 after a long and sometimes violent struggle (including economic sanctions from the international community) by the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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DTNSouthAfrica (DTN South Africa) Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:17:16 -0000
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@WayneRooney ROONEY he goes by the name WAZZA u my hero dude my name is Lee an I'm from south africa:)
bubz_shb (Lee Mathews) Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:16:36 -0000
@WayneRooney ROONEY he goes by the name WAZZA u my hero dude my name is Lee an I'm from south africa:)
Nahom just said Lebanon is in South Africa -.-
PutPrideAside (Carla ) Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:16:18 -0000
Nahom just said Lebanon is in South Africa -.-
@RicRico11 Truly beautiful! And I am in South Africa in a village with abt 198 houses, 8 dirt roads - no tar! A cafe!!! And po opens 3x wk!
Hope4Hollywood (Bernadette ) Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:16:08 -0000
@RicRico11 Truly beautiful! And I am in South Africa in a village with abt 198 houses, 8 dirt roads - no tar! A cafe!!! And po opens 3x wk!
@_robin_sharma I gave my copy of your book The Greatness Guide to a young friend It has transformed her life. Pls come to South Africa soon!
Fantasiasparkle (Diane Atherton) Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:15:39 -0000
@_robin_sharma I gave my copy of your book The Greatness Guide to a young friend It has transformed her life. Pls come to South Africa soon!
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