Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1815 as a name for a distinct region that had been partly settled by Europeans; 1910 as the name of a nation.
Wikipedia
"South Africa" is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies.
This episode is also known as "Apartheight" and as "A South African Adventure".
Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie.
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost sovereign state in Africa. It is bounded on the south by 2,798 kilometres of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, on the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, and on the east and northeast by Mozambique and Swaziland, and surrounding the kingdom of Lesotho. South Africa is the 25th-largest country in the world by land area, and with close to 53 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. It is the only country that borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different Bantu languages, nine of which have official status. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European ( white), Asian ( Indian), and multiracial ( coloured) ancestry.
South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. Its pluralistic makeup is reflected in the constitution's recognition of 11 official languages, which is among the highest number of any country in the world. Two of these languages are of European origin: Afrikaans developed from Dutch and serves as the first language of most white and coloured South Africans; English reflects the legacy of British colonialism, and is commonly used in public and commercial life, though it is fourth-ranked as a spoken first language. The country is one of the few in Africa never to have had a coup d'état, and regular elections have been held for almost a century. However, the vast majority of black South Africans were not enfranchised until 1994. During the 20th century, the black majority sought to recover its rights from the dominant white minority, with this struggle playing a large role in the country's recent history and politics. The National Party imposed apartheid in 1948, institutionalizing previous racial segregation. After a long and sometimes violent struggle by the African National Congress and other anti-apartheid activists both inside and outside the country, discriminatory laws began to be repealed or abolished from 1990 onwards.
Since 1994, all ethnic and linguistic groups have had political representation in the country's democracy, which comprises a parliamentary republic and nine provinces. South Africa is often referred to as the " Rainbow Nation" to describe the country's newly developing multicultural diversity in the wake of segregationist apartheid ideology. The World Bank classifies South Africa as an upper-middle-income economy, and a newly industrialized country. Its economy is the second-largest in Africa, and the 34th-largest in the world. In terms of purchasing power parity, South Africa has the seventh-highest per capita income in Africa. However, poverty and inequality remain widespread, with about a quarter of the population unemployed and living on less than US$1.25 a day. Nevertheless, South Africa has been identified as a middle power in international affairs, and maintains significant regional influence.
South Africa is a single by Ian Gillan and former Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden. It was released in 1988 in UK by Virgin Records to coincide with the Nelson Mandela 70th birthday concert at Wembley Stadium. The single was mixed by Jimbo Barton.
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa.
South Africa may also refer to:
- Southern Africa, the southernmost region of the African continent
- Union of South Africa (1910–1961), the predecessor of the current Republic of South Africa
- South African Republic (1852–1902), or the Transvaal, known as ZAR (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek) in Dutch (and later Afrikaans)
- South African Republic (1914–1915), an insurgent state aligned with the Central Powers during World War I.
- "South Africa" (song), a song by Ian Gillan
- "South Africa" (The Goodies), an episode of the British TV series The Goodies
Usage examples of "south africa".
The forcible resetfling of Europe's Jews on this French island off South Africa received some study.
There are some two hundred thousand people waiting to get to South Africa.
The bloody kaffirs lord it over South Africa, too, my own homeland-over the white men who built the country up from nothing.
Yankee, he had spent some years in Mexico, and then drifted to South Africa during the war period, which, it will be remembered, lasted from 1877 to 1882.
All this is history with which most people in South Africa are familiar, but many do not know that some of the cannibals fled to Basutoland, where, among almost inaccessible mountains, they carried on their horrible practices for many years.
The largest collection, I believe, ever seen outside the Union of South Africa.
Southwest or to reach Australia from New Guinea and Indonesia, and the failure of farming to spread from South Africa's Natal Province to South Africa's Cape.
Southwest or to reach Australia from New Guinea and Indonesia, and the failure of farming to spread front South Africa's Natal Province to South Africa's Cape.
You all take out insurance for a sea trip from Europe to South Africa as passengers on a small freighter.
With half a million you could buy a good concession in Zambia or Botswana or fifty thousand acres of game ranch in South Africa.
On 4 September 1939, the day after Great Britain and France had declared war on Nazi Germany, General Barry Hertzog rose to address the Parliament of the Union of South Africa.
And the fact that when Dirk left South Africa she would not go with him.
Of course, I might have visited another place in Africa besides Ghana that was showing some promise, such as Benin or South Africa.