Fun Information About South Africa

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South Africa has tons of national parks and reserves that are the house of some amazing wildlife. The Kruger National Park is probably the most favored tourist spots within the African continent. It is among the world?s most breathtaking national parks. The Kruger National Park provides an ideal habitat for animals such as elephants, giraffes, rhinoceroses, monkeys, zebras, cheetahs, hyenas, hippopotamus, gazelles, elands, lions, and African wild dogs.

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About 50 % of the world?s gold is created in South Africa.

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South Africa has many famous people: Christian Barnard (surgeon), Miriam Makeba (singer and anti-AIDS activist), Caron Bernstein (model,actress and singer), Nelson Mandela (former president and anti-AIDS activist), Nadine Gordimer (writer), Athol Fugard (writer),Mathosa (singer), Zola Budd (sportswoman), Charlize Theron (actress), Ilene Hamann (actress and model), Harry Oppenheimer (anti-apartheid industrialist), Richard Goldstone (international judge), Musetta Vander (actress and model), Danny Koppel (singer), Zakes Mokae (actor), Juliet prowse (dancer and actress), and Joe Mafela (actor).

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The South African Penny Heyns, won the 100-and 200-meter breaststroke events with the 1996 Summer Olympics.She actually is considered among South Africa?s national heroines. Like Anthony Nesty (Suriname), Felipe Munoz (Mexico), Claudia Poll (Costa Rica), and Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe), Penny Heyns is really a Third World swimming icon.

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South Africa has several World Heritage Sites by UNESCO: Greater Saint Lucia Wetland Park (1999), Robben Island (1999), Drakensberg Park (2000), Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (2003), Vredefort Dome (2005), and Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2004).

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On March 26, 1998, American U.S. president Bill Clinton visited South Africa.

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The people of South Africa are proud that their country is a society of men and women with many different backgrounds. Many people are combination of several nationalities and races. A Couple Of million Asians reside in South Africa. The ancestors of the most of them has come from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives, and Sri Lanka.

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The Nobel Prize Nadine Gordimer can be a human rights activist. Her proudest moment was when she testified at a 1986 treason trial on the part of 22 South African anti-apartheid activists.

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South Africa has had famous athletes previously century: Reggie Walker (olympic 100m gold medallist in 1908), Esther Brand (olympic high jump gold medallist in 1952), Joan Harrison (swimmer,won 1 olympic gold medal in 1952), and Sam Atkinson (olympic 110m hurdles gold medallist in 1928).

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Mathosa was among the best singers in South Africa. She was called "South Africa?s Madonna in the townships". From the 1990s, Mathosa was considered amongst the most talented artists in Africa.

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The 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to South African author John Maxwell Coetzee. He was the fourth African Nobel laurate for literature after Wolle Soyinka of Nigeria (1986), Naguib Mahfouz of Egypt (1988), and Coetzee?s countrywoman Nadine Gordimer (1991). J.M Coetzee came into this world on February 9, 1940, in Cape Town, South Africa. He was cited from the Swedish Academy for an author "who in innumerables guises portrays the surprising involvement from the outsider".Certainly, Coetzee is amongst the most famous South African authors in the 21st century.

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South Africa hosted the 1999 Pan African Games.