SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

1. politics

   • all-white government until 1992
   • Apartheid policy
     • stopped with Mandela's election (1994)
     • segregation
       • townships

2. Commonwealth

   • left it because of the Apartheid policy
     • until 1960
   • association of ex-British colonies

3. Nelson Mandela

   • 1994 : elected President
   • stopped the Apartheid policy
     • non-violent, no hate towards the Whites
   • leader of ANC (political party)
     • lawyer
   • 1918-2013
   • 26 years in jail/prison
     • political prisoner

4. Cities

   • Pretoria: capital
   • Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban: largest cities
   • population: 50, 5 million inhabitants
     • 80% is Black
     • multi ethnic/ cultural
       • 11 different languages