SOUTH

AFRICA
What’s South Africa ?
 Southernmost country in Africa. Bored by Indian and Atlantic Ocean

 Multi-cultural population with 57 millions of inhabitants

 South Africa covers an area of 1.22 million km²

 South Africa shares border with Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

and Eswatini
 MEANING OF THE
FLAG COLOURS
Green  African earth and agriculture

Yellow  the richness of the subsoil, such as

diamonds and other precious metals

Black  the skin color of African people

before colonization

Red  blood spilt during clashes between

white and black populations.
 SOUTH AFRICA’S
ECONOMY
With a gross domestic product (GDP) of
$405.9 billion in 2022, South Africa is
one of Africa's most wealth-creating
countries.
One of the countries with the most
natural resources (subsoil rich in
mineral resources)

World’s leading producer of gold,

platinum, rhodium, chromium. 4th
diamond producing country
RELIGIONS
IN
SOUTH
AFRICA
80 %  Christian. Christianism is the
majority religion
15%  No religious affiliation
5%  Minority Religions (Islam,
Judaism…)
CLIMATE
Temperate climate  bored
by 2 oceans + Southern
Hemisphere

Great variety of climatic

zones

Climate change’s leading to

increase temparatures and
rainfall variability
APARTHEID AND “TOWNSHIPS”
• Created by the White Government in South Africa during the Apartheid Period (1948-1994)

• Colored People and other minorities were forced to move in special geography area, built in
periphery of towns and cities  The Townships

• The Apartheid stopped in 1994, with the system of Townships.

What’s exactly a
Township ?

The term « Township » refers to

A symbol of the apartheid in
special underdeveloped urban
South Africa, which lasted from
area. It was little towns located on
the late 19th century until the end
the periphery of the cities.
of Apartheid (early 1990s)
 Reserved to non-white people