South Africa

Location:
South Africa is located at the extreme south of Africa, between the
Atlantic and the Indian oceans. It has as territorial borders with Namibia,
Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland and Lesotho.

Official Language:
South Africa has a high variety of official languages. In total there
are eleven languages: English and Afrikaans are two most used, due to that
they are considered as indo- European languages. The other nine languages
belong to Ndebele, the soto's north, soto south, the swati, the Tsonga, the
Tswana, the sale, the Xhosa and finally the Zulu.

Currency
The official currency in South Africa is the Rand. This is
represented by the letter R. The Rand came as a substitute of the southafrican peso in 1961.

Flag

A bandeira da frica do Sul constituda por seis cores: preto,

amarelo, verde, branco, vermelho e azul, e por um Y posicionado no centro
e na horizontal. O Y simboliza a convergncia de uma s nao, aps o
regime de apartheid.
O vermelho simboliza o sangue, o azul o cu, o verde a terra do pas
coberta de rica vegetao, o preto os cidados negros, o brancos os
cidados brancos e o amarelo o ouro, minrio abundante em solo sulafricano.

The South African flag is composed with six colours: black, yellow,
green, white, red, and blue. It also has an Y, at the horizontal centre,
meaning the convergence of just one nation, after the apartheid period.
The red symbolizes the blue, the sky is represented by the blue,
green means the country covered with rich green fields, the black colour
represents the black citizens and the white the white citizens. The gold is
represented in the yellow colour; this is because there are large quantities
of ore in South African soil.

South African anthem:

Capital
Cape town is the capital. This city is famous because of its natural
beauties. Due to this it was considered one of the most beautiful cities in
the world.

Weather
In general terms, the South African weather is hot. In areas near
the equator, the temperature has little varieties, the average is 25
degrees. It is a region of abundant rainfall throughout the year.
In the area of the tropics, the variation of temperature is also high
during the day and throughout the year. There is a rainy season during the
summer months north of the Equator, and south during the winter. In the
area of the deserts there are extreme temperatures, it can reach 50 C
during the day, and sometimes it has very low temperatures at night. The
rain is scarce in these regions.
Fauna e Flora:
Flora:
The flora of South Africa is spectacular with wildflowers and exotic
ones also, there are examples from lilies to the red-hot pokers (an exotic
flower that grows in the savannas). Large areas of the north are covered by
savannah, characterized by thorny acacias and trees. There are few
remaining forests along the south coast south and on the northeast of the
country.

Fauna:

The African fauna is very interesting and diverse. We can find

elephants, pygmy shrews, giraffes, leopards and rhinos. Normally these
animals can be seen in the national parks, but it is still possible to observe
crocodiles and hippos in some rivers in the north coast regions.
The birds are also very abundant and diversified since the ostriches,
the koris, swallows, flamingos and many others.

Turism:
In Johannesburg you can visit the complex of the Hill Constitution,
(it is a fort that worked as a prison. It was in this prison that Nelson
Mandela and Ghandi served their sentences). It is an essential visit to
make, to understand what the apartheid was and to have knowledge of
south African history. Nowadays, in this space works the Supreme Court.
Dam Emmarantia, the Fnb Stadium, the Germiston Lake, the Gold
Reef City, the Botanical Garden, the Lion Park, the Apartheid Museum, the
New Victory Theater, the Sci Bono Discovery Center, The Zoo, the
Witwaterrand University and the Orthodox Church are more examples of
monuments to visit.

Visit:
In Cape Town:
Tabua cable

Cape of Good Hope

Robben Island
Boulders beach
Isle of seals
Constantia
Cape Peninsula
Baia table

In Durban:
Victoria Street Market
Giba Gorge Mountain Bike Park
Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve
Umhlanga Rocks
Giba Gorge Horse Trails
Wet 'n Wild
Suncoast Casino
uShaka Marine World

Nelson Mandela:
Nelson Mandela is a lawyer, former rebel leader and former
President of South Africa. Regarded as the most important leader of black
Africa, he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Until 2009, he dedicated 67
years of his life to the service of humanity - like human rights lawyer and
prisoner of conscience; he even became the first president of South Africa
free. That is why in his honor the UN established the International Day of
Nelson Mandela, on the day of his birth, in order to valorize, around the

world, the fight for freedom, justice and democracy. He was the most
potent symbol of the struggle against the apartheid regime. This is a racist
system formalized in 1948, and global model for endurance. According to
Ali Abdessalam Treki, President of the General Assembly of the United
Nations, Nelson Mandela is "one of the greatest moral and political leaders
of our time."