Discover South Africa (B1 - B2)

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  South Africa lies at the southern end of the African continent, where the Atlantic and Indian oceans come together.  It has an area of about 1.2 million square kilometers.  Its neighbours to the north are Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland. Lesotho is a small country that is completely surrounded by South Africa. 

  For a long time in the past centuries South Africa was governed by Whites, although about 80 % of the population are Blacks. In the 1990s the election of the first Black president , Nelson Mandela opened a new chapter of South African history. 

  
  
  

  Image: M.Bitton, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  South African flag Image:Flag design by Frederick Brownell, image by Wikimedia Commons users, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

  
  
  

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  • century = a period of a hundred years
  • election = when people vote to choose someone for an official position
  • surrounded = to be around something
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  • Select activity Apartheid

    

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  • Select activity South Africa Problems

    

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  • Select activity Facts About South Africa

    

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  • Select activity How Gold Created A Nation

    

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  • Select activity Multiple Choice Test

    

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