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Racism in South Africa can be traced back to the earliest historical accounts of interactions between African, Asian, and European peoples along the coast of Southern Africa. [1] [2] It has existed throughout several centuries of the history of South Africa , [1] [2] dating back to the Dutch colonization of Southern Africa , which started in 1652.
Education in South Africa is governed by two national departments, namely the Department of Basic Education (DBE), which is responsible for primary and secondary schools, and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), which is responsible for tertiary education and vocational training. Prior to 2009, both departments were ...
1910. The Cape Colony, Natal Colony, Transvaal Colony and Orange River Colony are together renamed the four provinces of the Union of South Africa and granted Dominion status. Louis Botha becomes the first Prime Minister of South Africa. Founding of the South African Party. Construction of the Union Buildings begins.
Cape Town [a] is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. [11] It is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [12] The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality .
Chess South Africa ( CHESS SA, previously CHESSA) is the national governing body for the sport of chess in South Africa. Chess South Africa is affiliated to the World Chess Federation (FIDE), [2] and to the African Chess Confederation (ACC). Chess South Africa administers the official national chess rating [3] system based on the elo rating ...
SA Sign Language. 0.5%. At least thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and English, which is the primary language used in parliamentary and state discourse, though all ...
South Africa's energy crisis or load shedding is an ongoing period of widespread national blackouts of electricity supply. It began in the later months of 2007 towards the end of Thabo Mbeki 's second term as president, and continues to the present. [1] [2] The South African government-owned national power utility, and primary power generator ...
1 – Simon Mann, former British Army officer, security expert and mercenary, is extradited from Harare, Zimbabwe to Black Beach, Equatorial Guinea. March. 8 – Channel 4 wins a legal battle to broadcast the Simon Mann interview while he is incarcerated in Black Beach, Equatorial Guinea. May.