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  The languages of South Africa - SouthAfrica.info
On the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, which united the former Boer republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State with the Cape and Natal colonies, English was made the official language together with Dutch, which was replaced by Afrikaans in 1925.
South Africa's Asian people, most of whom are Indian in origin, are largely English-speaking, although many also retain their languages of origin.
South Africa's second-largest language, isiXhosa is also known as the Southern or Cape Nguni, and is closely related to isiZulu, the most common home language in the country.
www.southafrica.info /ess_info/sa_glance/demographics/language.htm   (2435 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: State President of South Africa
Flag of Governor-General, Union of South Africa, 1910 The Governor General of the Union of South Africa was the representative of the British Crown in South Africa between May 31, 1910 and May 31, 1961.
Under South Africa's first non-racial Constitution, adopted in 1994, the head of state (and of government) was known simply as the President.
Apartheid in South Africa Flag of Governor-General, Union of South Africa, 1910 The Governor General of the Union of South Africa was the representative of the British Crown in South Africa between May 31, 1910 and May 31, 1961.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/State-President-of-South-Africa   (1647 words)

  
 PRIME MINISTERS - Online Information article about PRIME MINISTERS
Lichtenstein's Travels in Southern Africa in 1803–1806 (translated from the German, 2 vols., London, 181g–1815), and W.
Science in South Africa (Cape Town, 1905); H.
Milner's Work in South Africa, 1897–1902 (London, 1906), is largely concerned with Cape politics.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /PRE_PYR/PRIME_MINISTERS.html   (1055 words)

  
 Comparative Criminology | Africa - South Africa
South Africa's budgetary reforms such as the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and the Public Finance Management Act--which aims at better reporting, auditing, and increased accountability--and the structural changes to its monetary policy framework--including inflation targeting--have, however, created transparency and predictability and are widely acclaimed.
South Africa's courts are empowered to impose punishments of death (through early 1995), imprisonment, periodic imprisonment for a total of between 100 and 2,000 hours over a period of weeks or months, being declared a "habitual criminal," commitment to an institution other than prison, fines, and whipping.
South Africa's legal system, like the rest of the political system, was radically transformed as the apartheid-based constitutional system was restructured during the early 1990s.
www-rohan.sdsu.edu /faculty/rwinslow/africa/south_africa.html   (21642 words)

  
  Cape Town - MSN Encarta
Cape Town (Afrikaans Kaapstad), city in southwestern South Africa, the legislative capital of the country and the capital of Western Cape province.
Under apartheid—that is, South Africa’s system of racial segregation that was in effect between 1948 and the early 1990s—whites, Coloureds, fls, and Asians were forced to live in separate residential areas.
The University of Cape Town (founded as South African College in 1829 and established as a full university in 1918) is one of South Africa’s leading universities.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761577389   (953 words)

  
 Online Etymology Dictionary
South country in Britain means the part below the Tweed, in England the part below the Wash, and in Scotland the part below the Forth.
South Sea meant "the Mediterranean" (1398) and "the English Channel" (1432) before it came to mean (in pl.) "the South Pacific Ocean" (c.1528).
missionaries used it as an equivalent of "heathen" to refer to Bantus in South Africa (1792), from which use it came generally to mean "South African fl" regardless of ethnicity, and to be a term of abuse since at least 1934.
www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=south   (1824 words)

  
 Africa fiction
The senior officers of Britain's secret service, dealing with intelligence gathered in South Africa during the Cold War when apartheid was in full swing, move to plug a leak by eliminating a junior colleague, unmindful of a veteran intelligence processor whose decency, courage, and capacity for love threaten all security.
She is losing faith with the communist movement in Africa, and her marriage to one of the movement's leaders is disintegrating.
The tortuous history of South Africa is chronicled from the first arrival of European immigrants in the 15th century.
www.cheshirelib.org /Africafiction.htm   (1849 words)

  
 Another site dedicated to this line
  was born September 01, 1801 in Abbey (Paisley), Renfrew, Scotland, and died 1851 in Natal, South Africa.
1802 in, Cape, South Africa, and died Deceased.
)   was born 1822 in Woodlands Farm, Cape, South Africa, and died Deceased.
www.angelfire.com /sc3/biggar/southafrica.html   (878 words)

  
 South African Thoroughbred Horse Racing and Breeding
In South Africa, as the 19th century progressed, there were many favourable reports from reputable English horsemen, mainly in the military, which spoke in glowing terms of the sturdiness and hardiness of the Caper.
However, the stuttering bloodstock breeding industry in South Africa in the latter quarter of the nineteenth century was the recipient of two benifices, both side-effects of economic development unrelated to horses.
The first South African Derby was held at Port Elizabeth in 1885, and run annually there until the turn of the century, when it was moved to Johannesburg, which had become the racing centre of South Africa, well-supported by the wealth that had spilled from The Rand.
www.tbheritage.com /Breeders/SABreeding/SABreeders.html   (5947 words)

  
 1820Settlers.Com
The diary of Jeremiah Goldswain is a fascinating phonetic record of a rural dialect of English which came to South Africa with a number of Settler families.
Here, then, were the beginnings of the industrial society in South Africa, one which fosters social class divisions based on occupation, wealth and education (and, of course, family connections in Britain and Europe).
Today, those South Africans who speak a form of English close to Standard Southern British English are mainly over 40; with forbears coming from Britain, generally not more than two generations removed; resident in one of the ‘English-speaking’ cities with predominantly English-speaking social contacts; mainly in the professional class.
www.1820settlers.com /modules.php?name=News&new_topic=6   (6280 words)

  
 South Pacific Taxidermy
Jean and his uncle remained in South Africa for around 2 years and when they returned in 1821, bought back with them a staggering 131,405 specimens, most of which were plants.
Amongst the material brought back from Africa was the preserved body of an African native, presumed one of the Bathlhaping people which inhabited the confluence of the Orange and Vaal Rivers, possibly in the village of Kgathlane.
A young man of approximately 27 years of age who had died around 1830, his body was stolen by the Verreaux brothers, stuffed in the traditional methods of preservation and subsequently shipped to France along with an enormity of material collected by the two brothers.
www.southpacifictaxidermy.com /html/brothers.htm   (986 words)

  
 Namibweb.com in South Africa: Shongololo train trips in South Africa and Namibia
Founded in 1825, the South African Museum is the oldest museum in sub-Saharan Africa.
It is situated on a 10-kilometer plateau between the majestic Outeniqua Mountains to the north and the Indian ocean to the south.
The 243 000 ha Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park is one of South Africa's prime ecotourist destinations consisting of great open spaces in a world of gigantic peaks, of towering sandstone cliffs, hidden valleys, virgin forests, crystal clear rivers, rolling hills and grasslands.
www.langstrand.com /shongoghope.htm   (12145 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Reformed Churches
The first theological seminary was organized in 1825 at Carlisle, Pennsylvania; it was removed in 1836 to Mercersburg and in 1871 to Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Dutch settlers transplanted the Reformed faith to South Africa as early as 1652.
As a representative of conservatism the "Reformed Church in South Africa" was organized in 1859 by the Rev. D.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/12710a.htm   (1555 words)

  
 Subsaharan Africa
The slow-dying myth that Africa was deficient in fossil fuels.
Between 1822 and 1830, of 1568 soldiers in one detachment in W. Africa, 1298 died there of "climatic fever", 125 died on the voyage home, and half of the survivors died of tropical disease after returning to England; only 57 were discharged as "fit." pp.
A South African spokesman denied one of its planes was down and that his government was helping the rebels.
www.ems.psu.edu /~williams/world/africa.htm   (2817 words)

  
 Global Financial Data   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
During the brief Dutch rule, the first guilder coins were struck for South Africa in 1802 and exported to the Cape; however, because of the continuing hostilities, the coins were shipped on to Java and not used in the Cape.
The South African Rand (ZAR) replaced the South African Pound on February 14, 1961 at the rate of 1 Pound equal to 2 Rand.
South Africa created a Financial Rand (ZAL) between 1976 and 1995 for financial transactions involving the purchase and sale of securities.
www.globalfinancialdata.com /index.php3?action=showghoc&country_name=South_Africa   (831 words)

  
 FIRST GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He was buried on 12 Aug 1825 in South Africa, Cape Colony, Bathurst, "Beaufort Vale".
She was buried in Feb 1823 in South Africa, Cape Colony, Bathurst, "Beaufort Vale".
She was buried in South Africa, Cape Colony, Bathurst, "Beaufort Vale".
homepages.paradise.net.nz /boardman/revwil/d55.html   (209 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Louis Botha Information
South African general in the Boer War (1899-1902) and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa (1910-1919).
On the outbreak of the Second South African War he commanded the Boers besieging Ladysmith, and in 1900 succeeded Joubert in command Of the Transvaal forces.
When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, Botha became prime minister, and at the Versailles peace conference in 1919 he represented South Africa.
www.allrefer.com /louis-botha   (304 words)

  
 [02 May 1996] TAD/1825 : UNCTAD/WTO COMPLEMENTARITY, TRADE CONDITIONALITIES AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED AT UNCTAD IX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In response to the calls on UNIDO by African decision-makers and the international community to focus its activities on Africa, UNIDO is promoting the launching of an "alliance for African industrialization" whose main purpose is to strengthen the efforts of African industry to increase its productivity and international competitiveness.
It will stimulate and encourage private enterprises in Africa to form their own commercial partnerships at the country, subregional, regional and international level.
Africa represents the overwhelming number of commodity dependent, low income countries whose plight is increasingly getting precarious.
www.un.org /news/Press/docs/1996/19960502.tad1825.html   (7271 words)

  
 Catholic Hill : Ritter, South Carolina 1825  [BLACK CATHOLIC LIFESTYLE]
It is forty miles South West of Charleston and is at the crossroads of the Charleston and Savannah Highway.
At one time it was known as Thompson Crossroad and later as Catholic Crossroads.
Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without the expressed written permission of www.nbccongress.org is prohibited.
www.nbccongress.org /lifestyle/catholic-hill-ritter-south-carolina.asp   (834 words)

  
 FIRST DINOSAUR DISCOVERY IN SOUTH AFRICA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
It is a little known fact that the earliest discovery of dinosaur bones in South Africa were made early in 1845 by two eminent pioneers of science in the Eastern Cape, Dr William Guybon Atherstone and Mr Andrew Geddes Bain.
At the close of the Sixth Frontier War in the Eastern Cape (1834-35) Andrew Geddes Bain, a settler of Scottish descent, was appointed to the post of Assistant Engineer in the Royal Engineers to supervise the construction of military roads on the frontier, in the country around Grahamstown.
Reminiscences and anecdotes connected with the history of Geology in South Africa; or the pursuit of knowledge under difficulties.
www.ru.ac.za /affiliates/am/paranth.html   (2486 words)

  
 granma.cu -WITH ITS HARD HOPE, THE SOUTH ALSO EXISTS
Hugo Chávez Frías addressed the plenary session on behalf of the Latin America and Caribbean Group, from where he sent greetings with to Fidel with a Latin American, Martí and Bolívar heart and for whom he requested a round of applause as evidence of the fraternal appreciation of everyone.
After congratulating Malaysia and its Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on the success of its mandate at the head of the political grouping in the last three years, he emphasized that Venezuela is at Cuba ’s orders in terms of support for this new presidency.
The years went by, he recalled, and the 20th century arrived and the phenomenon was inverted; Africa rose up, Asia rose up and from that independence movement emerged leaders like Nasser, Sukarno, Tito, like those of ours at the time, and later founded the Non-Aligned Movement.
www.granma.cu /ingles/2006/septiembre/sabado16/discurchavez.html   (585 words)

  
 brandchannel.com | South African Wine | Alcoholic Beverages| brands | brand | branding news
This is a likely connection, due in large part to South Africa’s historical links with Britain and that the UK is a more developed wine market; the average Brit drinks 19 liters of wine per year as opposed to the US average of only 9 liters per capita.
Clearly, South Africa remains an exotic unknown as far as the average US wine buyer is concerned – A fact local exporters are learning to use to their advantage.
South African wine sales, already given a boost by the nation’s recent years in the spotlight and the popularity of its former president, Nelson Mandela, are now learning the value of the world’s image of their land.
www.brandchannel.com /features_effect.asp?pf_id=21   (2978 words)

  
 Southern Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The extreme southern verge of Africa has been a crossroads for a very long time, and its history is quite complex as a result.
In southeastern South Africa, a Boer state established by the Vortrekkers of the 1st haslf of the 19th century.
The Swazi are a southern Bantu folk with a landlocked Kingdom on the eastern edge of South Africa, adjacent to Mozambique, and north of Zulu territory.
www.hostkingdom.net /soafrica.html   (1520 words)

  
 Rev. William Anderson Of Griquatown
William arrived in South Africa as a Missionary from the London Missionary Society in 1800.
P26 of Source adds that he sailed for South Africa in May 1800 arriving in Cape Town in September as part of the second party of LMS Missionaries including Rev.James Read, and 2 Dutch missionaries, Bastian Tromp and A.A. Van der Lingen.
He came as a Missionary to South Africa in the year 1800 and laboured with diligence and faithfulness for 21 years among the nativesn on both sides of the Orange River.
griquatownandersons.com /ancestors/3.htm   (1492 words)

  
 The Hindu News Update Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
I've a lot of runs behind me and experience of playing on bouncy pitches in South Africa," said the left-hander who last played in the Karachi Test in January this year.
Asked whether he was relieved at his comeback into top flight cricket or considered the opportunity as a challenge, Ganguly answered, "every series is a challenge whether it is your first Test or any other series".
Having been embroiled in a series of controversies, including a public spat with coach Greg Chappell, Ganguly parried queries that could send out wrong vibes to the powers-that-be in the BCCI or the Indian team in South Africa.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/holnus/001200611301825.htm   (496 words)

  
 Buitenverwachting 2004 Sauvignon Blanc Cellar Notes from wine.com
One of South Africa’s premier estates, this beautiful farm is situated on the east-facing slopes of the magnificent Constantiaberg and barely 12km from False Bay.
First sold as a 200 morgen sub-division to Cornelis Brink in 1773, Buitenverwachting flourished as a wine farm, due mainly to the 90,000 vines planted in 1825 by Ryk Cloete, brother of the famous Hendrik Cloete of Constantia.
Purchased by the Muller family in 1982, the farm was restored to its for-mer glory while extensive planting of the most selected of cultivars was initiated.
www.wine.com /v6/wineshop/notes.aspx?pproductid=YNG168425_2004   (355 words)

  
 Shipping in South Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The first steamship to reach South Africa's Cape was the 464-ton Enterprise in 1825, but it was something of an isolated event - only a few others called during the next two decades.
Agitation for better communications between Britain and South Africa led to the arrival of the first mailship, the Bosphorus, in Table Bay in January 1851 after a 40-day voyage.
Barely a decade later Sir Donald Currie, who had amassed a fortune from South African diamonds and gold, formed his Castle line to compete for South African trade, prompting 30 years of rivalry in which route times were progressively lowered (to a little below 15 days).
about-south-africa.com /talk/about56.html   (289 words)

  
 GroblerGrobbelaar - pafg141 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Charles Marais [Parents] was born on 13 Oct 1748 in Cape, South Africa.
Johanna Dorothea Cornelia Hendrika Dorfling was born on 16 Mar 1880 in Willomore.
Jan Blignaut [Parents] was born on 17 Mar 1754 in Cape, South Africa.
myweb.absa.co.za /johann.grobler/pafg141.htm   (478 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
ABR participated in the recent private sector conference in support of NEPAD held in Sandton Convention Center, Jo'Burg of which South Africa is a member; The ABR in 2002 promoted the establishment of the Ecomarine Seatrade International which is a sub-regional shipping line operating in the west and central african sub-region.
To mobilize youth to share the vision of the ANC for a non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous South Africa; to champion the interest of the youth in all areas of life; to build reconciliation and patriotism amongst the youth.
South Africa's new mineral policy was developed without the participation of ordinary people suffering from the effects of mining and mineral processing.
www.un.org /africa/osaa/ngodirectory/dest/countries/SouthAfrica.htm   (3499 words)

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