Dumela!
South African Culture
Africa the "Mother Land"
Welcome to South Africa - a country with many cultures, languages, scenery and wild life. South Africa-is a country with many tales and riches.
In 1994, with the first free national elections, we got a new president, and a new National flag.
The National anthem is "Nkosi Sikileli" The words to
this song are written in many languages. "Die Stem" is our National anthem
in the Afrikaans language.
South Africa has nine provinces (states)
· Gauteng
· Eastern Transvaal
· Free State
· Northern
Transvaal
· Eastern Cape
·
KwaZulu/Natal
· Northern Cape
· Western Cape
· North - West
There were also five homelands which are separate rural areas, which were created for the big tribes, namely Bophuthatswana for Tswana people, Venda for the Venda tribes, Transkei and Ciskei for the Xhosa tribes and Zululand for the Zulu tribes. The tribe's kings and chiefs rule these areas.
11 official languages
English-- Hello
Afrikaans-Hello
Zulu--
sawubona
Sotho--Dumela
Tswana--Kgotso/Dumela
Pedi--Dumela
Xhosa--Molweni
Venda--ndaa for men and Aah for women
Shangaan- abusheni
Ndebele-
South Africa is a country where people are separated by their race. There are black townships and white suburbs.
