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HILL Student Magazine
Healing Initiative Leadership Linkage
South Africa is a country on the southernmost tip of the
African continent, marked by several distinct
ecosystems. The Western Cape offers beaches, lush
winelands around Stellenbosch and Paarl, craggy cliffs
at the Cape of Good Hope, forest and lagoons along the
Garden Route, and the city of Cape Town, beneath flat-
topped Table Mountain. Capitals – Cape town,
Pretoria, Bloemfontein.
Celebrities, art & music
Charlize Theron (born 7 Elon Reeve Musk ( born
August 1975) is a South African June 28, 1971) is a South
and American actress and film African-born
producer. She is known for American business
starring in numerous Hollywood magnate, investor,
films, such as Snow White and engineer, and inventor. He
the Huntsman (2012), Mad is the founder, CEO
Max: Fury Road (2015), The and CTO of SpaceX. A co-
Fate of the Furious (2017), founder of Zip2, and founder
and Atomic Blonde (2017). of X.com, which merged
with Confinity and took the
name PayPal.
South African art is the
visual art produced by the people
inhabiting the territory occupied by
the modern country of South Africa.
It’s an exquisite form and the idea of
the paintings usually come from the
tribes or people living in Africa. They
also paint a lot of patterns. The art
education is unique in Africa.
The South African music scene
includes both popular (jive)
and folk forms. Pop styles are based
on four major
sources, Zuluisicathamiya singing
and harmonic mbaqanga. Popular
music of Africa
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SPORTS
Soccer, Cricket and Rugby are the
most popular sports. Rugby
Union has traditionally been the most
popular sport in South Africa
South Africa has hosted the football
(2010), cricket (2003) and rugby (1995)
world cups – it is the only country in the
world other than England to have done so.
YOUTH EXCELLENCE & LEADER: What is catching the attention?
O South Africa is the only country in the world to build and then decide to dismantle the whole of its
nuclear weapons program.
O The world’s second largest brewing company is in South Africa. SABMiller was founded as South
African Breweries in 1895.
O South Africa has three capital cities? Pretoria is the administrative capital, Cape Town the legislative
capital and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital.
FESTIVALS
o Cape Town Minstrel Carnival
o Cape Town International Jazz Festival
o Knysna Oyster Festival
o National Arts Festival
o Oppikoppi Bushveld Festival
o Royal Reed Dance
o Jacaranda Festival
CONFERENCES
o The IRES -314th International Conference on Science,
Technology and Management ICSTM
o The IRES - 312th International conferences on
Engineering and Natural Science ICENS
United Nations voting record
South Africa has joined China and Russia in voting
against a United Nations (UN) resolution on the
“promotion, protection and enjoyment of human
rights on the internet”.
In a vote that surprised many, the South African delegation to the United
Nations abstained on a key vote in the UN Human Rights Council to appoint an
independent watchdog on sexual orientation. The resolution passed with 23
votes for, 18 against, and 6 abstentions.
Opportunities
Challenges Opportunities
a. Drought
a. Good monuments and historical places
b. Famine
that attracts many tourists.
c. Insecurity
b. Telecommunications (Like videocon)
d. Increase in population
c. Due to availability of more natural
e. Unemployment
resources there is good export.
f. Corruption
d. IT
g. Poor governance
e. Good trade with other countries.
f. Sports facilities
g. Good constitution
The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including race,
gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion,
conscience, belief, culture, language and birth.
No person may unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds in terms of
subsection (3). National legislation must be enacted to prevent or prohibit unfair discrimination.
Discrimination on one or more of the grounds listed in subsection (3) is unfair unless it is established that the
discrimination is fair.
Everyone has inherent dignity and the right to have their dignity respected and protected.
Everyone has the right to life.
Freedom and security of the person
Everyone has the right to freedom and security of the person, which includes the
Everyone has the right to freedom of expression freedom of the press and other media, freedom to receive or impart
information or ideas,freedom of artistic creativity; and academic freedom and freedom of scientific research.
not to be deprived of freedom arbitrarily or without just cause(b) not to be detained without trial; (c) to be free from all
forms of violence from either public or private sources.(d) not to be tortured in any way; and(e) not to be treated or
punished in a cruel, inhuman or degrading way.2) Everyone has the right to bodily and psychological integrity, which
includes the
right—
(a) to make decisions concerning reproduction;
(b) to security in and control over their body; and
(c) not to be subjected to medical or scientific experiments without their informed consent.
There Is more problems in country than problems with other countries. Crime
is a prominent issue in South Africa. The country has a very high rate of
murders, assaults, rapes (adult, child, elderly and infant), and other crimes
compared to most countries. Most emigrants from South Africa state that
crime was a big factor in their decision to leave. The South African Police
Service is responsible for managing 1,115 police stations across South Africa.
The types of crime are – MURDERS - Around 49 people are murdered in
South Africa each day. RAPE - he country has one of the highest rates of rape
in the world, with some 65,000 rapes and other sexual assaults reported for the
year ending in March 2012. KIDNAPPING - Kidnapping in South Africa is a
common in the country with over 4100 occurring in the 2013/2014 period, and
a child going missing every five hours.
Table 1: Demographic
0-20 20-30 30-50 50-70 >70 Birth rate & death rate
Female 9967953 5,196,531 6,722,058 3,522,058 1,173,168 19.61 birth per 1000 people
Male 1,01,35,613 5,237,329 6,343,621 2,837,211 635,018 16.99 death per 1000 people
Table 2: Population
1991-2001 2001-2011 2011-2021
Female
Male
Table 3: Education
Primary Secondary Sr. Secondary College Post graduate
Female
Male
Table 4: Land
Aerable 12,500,000 hectares
Irrigated 16,700 sq km
Desert Area: 930,000 km2
(359,075 sq mi)
Forest 40 million hectares
Table 5: Import & Export
Table 6: Finance
1990-2000 2000-2010 2010-2020
Currency
value
against
dollars
GDP Percentage, Inflation Percentage
GDP $326.541
billion
Inflation 6.34%
percentage
Survey
Population 54,956,900
Ethnic groups 80.2% Black
8.8% Coloured
8.4% White
2.5% Asian
Area 1,221,037 Sq
km
Historical Perspective (Monuments &
lessons from history)
Unveiled in 1986 in Port Elizabeth’s Fleming Square, this
monument is dedicated to the king-priest Prester John. The
monument commemorates the Portuguese explorers who
landed around the coast of South Africa, in the late
15th century, under the rule of Prester John. Fleming
Square, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
As the oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa,
the Castle of Good Hope has seen the development of a
very diverse nation. Originally intended as a replenishment
station in Cape Town, the building took shape under the
Dutch East India Companyfrom1666 to 1679. Darling and
Buitenkant Streets, Cape Town, Western Cape
The 1820 Settlers National Monument celebrates the
contribution of South Africa’s first English speakers and
their contribution to South Africa’s cultural melting pot.
The monument is used frequently as a location for
conferences and encourages the use of English as a contact
language, freedom of speech and, essentially, acts as centre
of creative activity and thought. Fort Selwyn Drive,
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape
Culture of country (traditional dresses)
kanzu is the traditional dress worn by
Swahili speaking men.
Women wear the kanga and
the gomesi
Religions - Christianity, Islam,
Hinduism, traditional African religions
and Judaism.
Food
SYMBOLS & SIGNIFICANCE Capital-cities & monuments on the Map Climate: South Africa's climatic conditions generally range from Mediterranean in the southwestern corner of South Africa to temperate in the interior plateau, and subtropical in the northeast. A small area in the northwest has a desert climate. Most of the country has warm, sunny days and cool nights. Longitude and latitude: 30.5595° S, 22.9375° E Neighboring Countries: N: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique E: Swaziland, Mozambique W: Namibia S: Lesotho
National Flag & Why National animal & Why
The country’s national
Adopted on April 27, 1994, the flag of South animal is the springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis),
Africa was designed to symbolize unity. The which gets its common name from its
red, white and blue colours were taken from characteristic pronking or leaping display – from
the colours of the Boer Republics. The yellow, the Afrikaans word pronk. The beloved animal has
black and green are taken from the African lent its name to the South African national rugby
National Congress flag. Black symbolises the team, fondly known as ―the Boks‖ or ―die Bokke‖.
people, green the fertility of the land, and It is commonly found in South Africa.
gold the mineral wealth beneath the soil.
National Sport & Why National Bird & Why
The national
Soccer is the national sport of South Africa.
bird of South Africa is the blue crane
Cricket and Rugby are also popular sports.
(Anthropoides paradisia), the distribution of
which is almost entirely restricted to the
country.
National Emblem & Why
National Flower & Why
The giant or king
protea (Protea cynaroides) is found in the
Red Ensign defaced with the shield of the south-western and southern areas of the
coat of arms – authorised by the Admiralty Western Cape, from the Cedarberg up to just
in 1910, for use on South African-registered east of Grahamstown. The proteas also give
merchant ships, also used as an unofficial their name to South Africa’s national cricket
"national flag". team.
National Tree & Why
Capitals: Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein
Government: ANC
Population: 55.91 million
Official Languages:
The real yellowwood (Podocarpus Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern
Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda,
latifolius), a member of an ancient Xhosa and Zulu.
family of trees, is found across
South Africa, from Table Mountain,
along the southern and eastern
Cape coast, in the ravines of the
Drakensberg up to the
Soutpansberg and the Blouberg in Country Editors
Limpopo. Malvika Suresh 8A
Hitesh M 9C
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