South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA

HISTORY GEOGRAPHY & POLITICS

HISTORY

- 1850 First settlement by Europeans in the 16th century Colonized by Britons in 1815 Boers forced to emigrate after conflicts with Britons Nearly incapable for Boers to get footing

1850 – 1950 Gold and diamonds is found → increased immigration In 1899 Britons invaded Natal → the Boer war started Britons informed hostile against Boers After the Boar war (1899-1902) the Britons became dominant

BOER WAR

APARTHEID, 1948–1994 Consists of four cornerstones

Did not effect the white people Nelson Mandela and ANC made an end to Apartheid

GEOGRAPHY

LANDSCAPE A tip of Africa South Africa divides the ocean in two Varied landscape

LANDSCAPE A tip of Africa South Africa divides the ocean in two Varied landscape Shore – mountain range – highland - desert

CLIMATE Differences between east and west West → dry, desert, flat

East → moist, fruitful, varied terrain

DROUGHT

CYCLONES

NATURAL RESOURCES A great amount of nat. resources, especially minerals: Diamonds Gold Titanium, silver & nickel

POPULATION & SETTLEMENT Many different tribes

11 official languages and English is not dominant Live in the southern parts

POLITICS

FORM OF GOVERNMENT Parliament: people elect a parliament and a government

Democracy with several divisions of power The Republic of South Africa

PARLIAMENT Separation of power: Legislative power Judicial power Executing power

SOURCES Sør-Afrika og Storbritannia, Anders Hauglid (2009)

Presentation by Lars Mjelde & Anders Hauglid