...SOUTH AFRICA Contents Colour Blind 2 South Africa’s new underclass: poor whites 4 The Guilt (skyldfølelsen) 5 Tsotsi – film 7 Colour Blind By James Matthews Colour Blind is a short story by James Matthews. The short story is a long conversation between the coloured woman, Stephanie and her black friend, Freda. The conversation mainly contains a discussion about the two women’s status and situation in the town. The main theme in the discussion is whether the two women’s colour of the skin is right or wrong. The colour of the skin is very important in this short story, not only to the two women’s, but for the whole population, because the colour of your skin sends out a signal of your wealth and your position in society, even though it’s far from true. The short story ends up with a big argument between the two women. Setting * The short story takes place in Stephanie’s kitchen in South Africa in a township called Manenberg. Manenberg is a township of Cape Town that was created by the apartheid government for low-income colours families. Style and language * Simple language shot sentences Composition * It is chronological, contains introduction and no flash backs * It is an open ending, because we don’t know what happens next, I will imagine that they aren’t friends anymore, because Stephanie screams “Black bitch” after Freda at the end. Characters Stephanie | Freda | * She is coloured, but not black * She lived in a observatory...
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...South Africa Have you ever wonder if there is another person just like you in another country. Are that someone may be doing the same exact thing that you are doing at that moment or even like the same things you like. We would never know the answer to that question, unless we get out and explore the world of choices. I want you to lay back and close your eyes and dream of a place you would love to explore. As you do that I want you to keep in mind the following the different cultures you may come in contract with. See if discrimination still exists in that country you are visiting and what are the problems. What ethnic groups are in this country? South Africa is a country that is located at the top of Africa as you look at it; it put you in the mind of a guenia pig. It has diverse cultures and languages. Majority of the ethnic groups are black African. South Africa has many problems with discrimination that is widely spread around the world. I am here today to give you a bit of information of the things I have stated in this paragraph. As a child I always wonder about other cultures in countries, the different racial groups, and if discrimination was still going on in the world all over. Now I am able to explore the different things that may occur in other countries. Cultures Food: One of the cultures that caught my eye was the food that they eat. South African cuisine reflects the indigenous population and the country's many settlers. One of the most popular influences...
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...South Africa, alone of all the British colonies did not follow the political course of embracing democracy and freedom. Even though the geographic area called South Africa had a large British presence, the country was required to follow legislation given in the agreement of the surrender in 1806 from the Dutch. Those terms meant that the country was allowed to diverge from English law and replace it with South African law. The country at that time was not plagued with inequality, layers of a class system, prejudice or discrimination and the building of a new society was the idea on everyone’s minds. This ideal was not to be attained. In 1948 the National Party, led the first campaign that was openly racist. The National Party won 80 seats (mainly from Afrikaner voters), compared to the United Party’s 64 seats. Following the elections, legal or enforced apartheid or racial segregation officially began in 1948. It was not a new idea, but had been prevalent under the Dutch in colonial times. Legislation followed which separated the population into four racial groups (eventually changing in 1950 to three) with different rules for each. Suddenly racial discrimination was institutionalized (The History of Apartheid in South Africa, 1978). Residential areas, education, medical care, and other public services were separated. It is sad to say that the services were widely disparate in comparison to the services to white people which were vastly superior to the services to the non-white...
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...South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa known for its abundance of natural resources such as rich minerals, gold, coal, diamonds, and platinum. Both the English and Dutch colonized the country in the seventeenth century. English domination of the Dutch descendents, known as Boers or Afrikaners resulted in the Dutch establishing new colonies of the Orange Free State and Transvaal. Around the 1900s an English invasion broke out which lead to the start of the Boer War all due to the discovery of diamonds. Independence from England caused an uncomfortable power-sharing between the two groups until the 1940’s when the Afrikaner National Party was able to gain a strong majority. It was at this time the Apartheid system was created by the National Party (Omatseye, p. 142 & 144). The Apartheid was a system of government that started in 1948 and ended in 1994. This system separated groups according to their race classification. Legislation classified inhabitants into four racial groups, White, Black, Indian and Colored. The government also segregated medical care, beaches, and other public services, and provided black people with services inferior to those of white people. 2 The main issue of segregation was education, which lead to the Bantu Education Act in 1953 (Krabacher, p. 186). “Bantu education was intended to maintain white supremacy, provide a permanent source of semiskilled but cheap labor, and arrest the detribalization of blacks, especially...
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...Area -1,220,813 sq km Neighbours-Namibia in the northwest, Zimbabwe and Botswana in the north, and Mozambique and Swaziland in the northeast Caiptal -Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judicial) 1 Natural Resources Only 12 % of South Africa’s land area is cultivated 8 % is forested South Africa is the world’s largest producer of gold, Witwatersrand Gold is mined to depths below (10,000 ft) Diamonds are another important source of South Africa’s mineral wealth. diamond fields are located in the Kimberley area of Northern Cape. South Africa also has large reserves of chromite, vanadium, andalusite, manganese, platinum, nickel, and fluorite Cape of Good hope from cape point Climate South Africa enjoys a generally warm, temperate climate. Most of the country experiences light rainfall and long hours of sunshine Gamskapoortdam, dry lands, Little Karoo De Beers diamond mines, Kimberley Table Mountain, South Africa 2 Natural RegionsHighest peak-Njesuthi, a peak of the Drakensberg(11,306 ft). The plateau region – The High Veld (southern continuation of the great African plateau that stretches north to the Sahara. The Middle Veld The Bush Veld. Rivers and Lakes- Orange, Vaal, and Limpopo. The Orange is the longest, stretching about 2,100 km (about 1,300 mi). Washing sand for diamonds on the banks of the Vaal River orange river Baobab Tree, Limpopo, Musina 3 ...
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...CHAPTER 5 – CASE: South Africa • Neighboring Countries: Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Botswana, Namibia and Lesotho • Form of Government: presidential democracy • South Africa has 3 capitals: Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein • Population (2009): 49.1 million people • GDP (2009): $495.1 billion • GDP per capita: $10,1000 • Rainbow Nation: reflects the cultural diversity o of the total population, about 31 million are Black, 5 million are White, 3 million are Coloured and 1 million are Indian o Black population consists of four groups: Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda • Subgroups • Nguni: Zulu and Xhosa o White population: majority has Afrikaans roots; 40% of British decent • Languages: there are 11 official languages spoken • apartheid: system of legal racial segregation enforced by the Nationalist Party between 1948 and 1994 o UN trade embargo o reforms to apartheid in the 1980s failed to quell the mounting opposition o 1990 – President Frederik Willem de Klerk began negotiations to end apartheid, culminating in multiracial democratic elections in 1994, which were won by the African National Congress under Nelson Mandela • Black Economic Empowerment (BBE): post-apartheid program, designed to redress the inequalities of apartheid by giving previously disadvantaged groups (Black Africans, Coloureds, Indians, Chinese) economic opportunities previously not available to them o it has included measures such as employment equality, skills development, ownership...
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...South Africa South African landscapes provide us with the lush greens of the jungle, the dry grass of the savanna, the majesty of the mountains, the eroded clay of the desert and the high-rise mortar of the city. A filmmaker can find there any background desired as the scenery for his motion picture, but variety is not the only true value of the African landscape. Here we find the lush, well tended greens that represent the wealth and control of the Europeans who have invaded the country; the dry savannas where the animals roam freely, but the native peoples are restricted; the eroded clay that somehow manages to sustain life and reminds us of the outlying township slums that somehow sustain oppressed lives; and the stifling city where a restrictive government and looming skyscrapers bear down to oppress the human spirit. According to Hugo Munsterberg, "the photoplay tells us the human story by overcoming the forms of the outer world, namely, space, time and causality, and by adjusting the events to the forms of the inner world, namely attention, memory, imagination, and emotion" (104). The South African landscape reflects its country’s history and the struggle of its people, and when a director chooses it carefully for background in his film, it can add emotional and symbolic depth to his message. In 1652, the Dutch East India Company came from Europe to South African soil to set up a fort for the purpose of replenishing their ships with supplies. The Europeans, in their...
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...South Africa Nelson Mandela 1. Why did I choose this subject? Personal interest 2. Nelson Mandela’s Background A Normal kid A special name 3. Influence during apartheid Influence on people A dream 4. A national hero President of ANC A respectful man Sources: http://www.southafrica.info/mandela http://www.wikipedia.org/ I like to read about Nelson Mandela, I see him as an icon and a big hero, therefore I’d like to talk about him and his influence during the apartheid. Nelson Mandela is the youngest member of the Mandela-family. He was born the 18 th July 1918. His birth name was Rolihlahla. It means; to pull the branch on a tree, and it really means to be a troublemaker. A teacher, named Admiral Horatio Nelson, later gave him the name Nelson, because he thought that a black boy would be better of, if the Englishmen in power knew the name and knew how to pronounce it. Nelson Mandela has three brothers and nine sisters. His father was the chief of the small village; Mvezo, which can be found in the part of South Africa that are called Transkei. He was first-adviser to the Thembu king. Besides giving advice to the king, he was also the one, who had to note down the history of the Thembu tribe and the Xhosa people. His name was Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa Mandela. Nelson Mandela’s mother was one of his fathers four wives, her name was Nosekeni Fanny. There is now doubt that Nelson Mandela had a great deal of influence on people...
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...Assignment 1-Cultural Scanning South Africa is a country that is rich in cultures, values and customs that have been a part of our lively hood for hundreds of years. In your search for foreign expansion we know that you want to get to know more about our county before your company decides to settle on where to expand. In that understanding we will provide with an overview of our country and hope that we can be a great match for you and your company. Let’s start off with some fun facts about South Africa; South Africa believe it or not has 11 different official languages. English can be spoken though out South Africa and is used for administration purposes; some other languages include Afrikaans, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tsongo, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu. Since English is part of the 11 languages we will be able to communicate with you very easily. South Africa as the name implies is at the southernmost part of Africa with a population of over 42,000,000 people. Not only do we have different languages but different ethnic groups and religions. Ethnic groups include black, white, mix and Indian, religions consist of Christianity, Muslims and Hinduism. Religion is an important part of millions of people who live in this country since there is a variety of a religion South Africa is known as the rainbow nation and this is due to a variety of people, cultures and religions. There is no one specific religion that you are required to follow...
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...South Africa is the continent’s second-largest economy and comprises of more than 50 million consumers, a health and quality-conscious middle class, a fairly stable political climate and a sound, effective financial system (South Africa.info 2013). This positive environment seems to provide a solid foundation for Britannia Industries to expand its biscuit segment. However, it is important to conduct a more thorough and accurate analysis in order to have a better comprehension of the possible issues, opportunities and challenges that may occur upon entering the market. 3.3.1 The economic environment Since the 2008 global financial crisis, the South African economy has demonstrated uneven growth, with an average increase of above 2%. This is largely due to the effect of the global economy in addition to the country’s strong ties to advanced economies (Statistics South Africa n.a.). According to Schwab et al. (2013), South Africa was ranked as the 53rd most competitive country worldwide, overtaking Brazil to take second place among BRICS-countries. Regardless of some soft macro- economic indicators such as an extremely high unemployment rate (25.4%) and rising inflation (5.9%) (Trading Economics 2014), direct foreign investments (FDI) continue to flow into the county. As shown in Figure 1, South Africa is ranked as the 13thmost attractive FDI destination globally, coming ahead of Switzerland, Spain and Italy. This positive rating is a result of numerous successful large merger...
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...political and economic domination of blacks (Africans, “Coloreds,” and Asians) pursued by the National Party government of South Africa. According to Anthony Lemon of Geographic Review, apartheid can be described as the most ambitious contemporary exercise in applied geography which shaped South Africa’s social, economic and political geography to an extent more usually associated with the command economies of former communist countries. Throughout the history of South Africa there has been a division between whites and blacks but in the 1960s South Africa had a high economic growth, trade with Western countries grew, and investors from the United States, France and Britain wanted a piece of the action which crushed the resistance among blacks. Since 1964, Mandela, leader of the African National Congress, had been in prison on Robben Island just off the coast from Capetown, and it appeared that South Africa’s security forces could handle any resistance to apartheid. In the seventies the white supremacy of South Africa began fading. In 1976 South Africa’s Nationalist Party passed a law prohibiting instruction in schools to be in any language but Afrikaans and English. In 1978 the defense minister of the Nationalist Party, P.W. Botha, became Prime Minister. Botha’s entire white regime was worried about the Soviet Union helping revolutionaries in South Africa. Concerned over the popularity of Mandela, Botha denounced him as an arch-Marxist committed to violent revolution, but to...
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...Phoenix COM/155 When most people are asked what they think of South Africa compared to the United States, the most common response that is given is that South Africa is a desert like the remaining continent of Africa is; this is as far from the truth as possible. Would you have ever thought that two countries could be so similar yet so different at the same time? South Africa is as up in the technology world as the United States is; if not further along to some degree. It is known to have the largest research association of great white sharks off of any coast. Although the United States and South Africa have several similarities, they are also quite different because the United States has a lower violence and poverty rate than South Africa. One similarity between the Unites States and South Africa is that they are a huge melting pot of ethnicity and race, that had to fight for what they believed was right between the higher percentages of races. Both countries races consist of whites, blacks, Asians, and Indians. But there is a huge difference in the race percentages’, according to "Race and Ethnicity in the United States" (n.d.), the majority of the more than 300 million people currently living in the United States consists of White Americans, who trace their ancestry to the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. In South Africa, black's makeup 79.0% of the total population ("Ethnic Groups in South Africa", n.d.). The percentage of all white households that are...
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... South Africa South Africa, a country on the southern tip of Africa, has an area of 471,442sq mi and a population of 44,188,000. It is predominately a black ethnicity with 76% of the population. Although South Africa is Africa's most developed country, most of the black people - rural and urban - are poor, with low standards of living. South Africa has vital natural resources such as diamonds and gold and is rich in other resources such as coal, chromite, copper, iron ore, manga- nese, platinum, phosphate rock, silver, uranium and vanadium (South Africa, 2008). It is obvious that South Africa can sustain their economy through these resources. Through the centuries South Africa has faced difficult time since the Dutch came in 1600’s, in 1700 they started importing slaves establishing the dominance of white over non- whites in the region. The non-whites faced discrimination for years under apartheid and political corruption ran by the whites. Today things look better for the people of South Africa, but they still have many obstacles to overcome. Although South Africa has overcome many travesties throughout the years, their reasonably new democracy faces more with complex political parties, recent struggles with homelessness, and what is being done about this situation. Firstly, apartheid is an “Afrikaans word literally meaning apartness,” refers to the policy of racial segregation and its concomitant economic and political discrimination that was adopted by the South African...
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...South Africa Strayer University SOC 300: Sociology of Developing Countries Professor T. Taylor August 31, 2015 South Africa South Africa is located at the southern tip of Africa. It is made up of a unique demographic, and is approximately twice the size of Texas (Cia.gov, 2015). The death rate in South Africa is the highest of any country (Cia.gov, 2015). AIDS is very prevalent, with South Africa having the fourth highest rate of any country in the world (Cia.gov, 2015). Economic growth is slow, and unemployment is around 25% (Cia.gov, 2015). While the economy of South Africa is experiencing slow growth, they still use the benefits of funding from banking institutions. It is important to understand whether funding from these banking institutions, as well as the general health of the population, affects the economy and politics of the country of South Africa. The World Bank and IMF have the potential to positively impact the economy in South Africa. According to Olawale and Garwe (2010), it is essential that more small and medium enterprises (SME’s) are started in South Africa. They posit this idea due to the high unemployment rate plaguing South Africa. While the World Bank is in full support of more SME’s being opened in South Africa, South Africans fear corruption will prevent them from beginning new SME’s. On the other hand, one could draw the conclusion that loans from the World Bank and IMF are allowing the corrupt South African government to continue thriving...
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...South Africa is one of the most geographically varied countries of the African continent, comprising territory that ranges from the rolling, fertile plains of the highveld and the wide open savanna of the Eastern Transvaal to the Kalahari desert and the peaks of the Drakensberg Mountains. While all of its diverse regions offer ample opportunities for adventure travel, the focus in South Africa--as in much of sub-Saharan Africa--is the safari. In addition to possessing two of the world's most renowned wildlife reserves, the Kruger and the Kalahari Gemsbok National Parks, the country contains over a dozen smaller regional parks and reserves. In addition, with its excellent road and rail systems, its abundance of top-rated accommodations, and its bountiful farmlands and vineyards, South Africa allows visitors ample opportunity for more luxurious comfort along with adventuresome excitement. Location, Geography, & Climate South Africa is located, as one might expect, on the southern tip of Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, the Indian Ocean on the south and east. Along its northern border, from west to east, lie Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe, and to the northeast are Mozambique and Swaziland. Wholly-enclosed by South Africa, and situated in its eastern central plain, is the independent kingdom of Lesotho. Almost all of South Africa's 472,000 square miles (1.2 million sq. km.) lie below the Tropic of Capricorn, and the country is geographically composed...
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