HILL Student Magazine

Healing Initiative Leadership Linkage

South Africa is a country on the southernmost tip of the African continent, marked by several distinct ecosystems. The Western Cape offers beaches, lush winelands around Stellenbosch and Paarl, craggy cliffs at the Cape of Good Hope, forest and lagoons along the Garden Route, and the city of Cape Town, beneath flat-topped Table Mountain. Capitals – Cape town,

Pretoria, Bloemfontein.

Celebrities, art & music

Elon Reeve Musk ( born June 28, 1971) is a South African-born American business magnate, investor,

engineer, and inventor. He

is the founder, CEO

and CTO of SpaceX. A co-

founder of Zip2, and founder of X.com, which merged with Confinity and took the name PayPal.

Charlize Theron (born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and film producer. She is known for starring in numerous Hollywood films, such as Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), and Atomic Blonde (2017).

South African art is the visual art produced by the people inhabiting the territory occupied by the modern country of South Africa. It’s an exquisite form and the idea of the paintings usually come from the tribes or people living in Africa. They also paint a lot of patterns. The art education is unique in Africa.

The South African music scene includes both popular (jive) and folk forms. Pop styles are based on four major sources, Zuluisicathamiya singing and harmonic mbaqanga. Popular music of Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znxcXxJSa24

SPORTS

Soccer, Cricket and Rugby are the most popular sports. Rugby Union has traditionally been the most popular sport in South Africa South Africa has hosted the football (2010), cricket (2003) and rugby (1995) world cups – it is the only country in the world other than England to have done so.

YOUTH EXCELLENCE & LEADER: What is catching the attention? O South Africa is the only country in the world to build and then decide to dismantle the whole of its

nuclear weapons program.

O The world’s second largest brewing company is in South Africa. SABMiller was founded as South

African Breweries in 1895.

O South Africa has three capital cities? Pretoria is the administrative capital, Cape Town the legislative

capital and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital.

FESTIVALS o Cape Town Minstrel Carnival o Cape Town International Jazz Festival o Knysna Oyster Festival o National Arts Festival o Oppikoppi Bushveld Festival o Royal Reed Dance o Jacaranda Festival

CONFERENCES o The IRES -314th International Conference on Science,

Technology and Management ICSTM o The IRES - 312th International conferences on

Engineering and Natural Science ICENS

United Nations voting record South Africa has joined China and Russia in voting against a United Nations (UN) resolution on the “promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the internet”. In a vote that surprised many, the South African delegation to the United

Nations abstained on a key vote in the UN Human Rights Council to appoint an

independent watchdog on sexual orientation. The resolution passed with 23

votes for, 18 against, and 6 abstentions.

Challenges Opportunities a. Drought

b. Famine

c. Insecurity

d. Increase in population

e. Unemployment

f. Corruption

g. Poor governance

Opportunities

a. Good monuments and historical places

that attracts many tourists.

b. Telecommunications (Like videocon)

c. Due to availability of more natural

resources there is good export.

d. IT

e. Good trade with other countries.

f. Sports facilities

g. Good constitution

The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including race,

gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion,

conscience, belief, culture, language and birth.

No person may unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds in terms of

subsection (3). National legislation must be enacted to prevent or prohibit unfair discrimination.

Discrimination on one or more of the grounds listed in subsection (3) is unfair unless it is established that the

discrimination is fair.

Everyone has inherent dignity and the right to have their dignity respected and protected.

Everyone has the right to life.

Freedom and security of the person

Everyone has the right to freedom and security of the person, which includes the

Everyone has the right to freedom of expression freedom of the press and other media, freedom to receive or impart

information or ideas,freedom of artistic creativity; and academic freedom and freedom of scientific research.

not to be deprived of freedom arbitrarily or without just cause(b) not to be detained without trial; (c) to be free from all

forms of violence from either public or private sources.(d) not to be tortured in any way; and(e) not to be treated or

punished in a cruel, inhuman or degrading way.2) Everyone has the right to bodily and psychological integrity, which

includes the

right—

(a) to make decisions concerning reproduction;

(b) to security in and control over their body; and

(c) not to be subjected to medical or scientific experiments without their informed consent.

There Is more problems in country than problems with other countries. Crime is a prominent issue in South Africa. The country has a very high rate of

murders, assaults, rapes (adult, child, elderly and infant), and other crimes

compared to most countries. Most emigrants from South Africa state that crime was a big factor in their decision to leave. The South African Police

Service is responsible for managing 1,115 police stations across South Africa.

The types of crime are – MURDERS - Around 49 people are murdered in South Africa each day. RAPE - he country has one of the highest rates of rape

in the world, with some 65,000 rapes and other sexual assaults reported for the

year ending in March 2012. KIDNAPPING - Kidnapping in South Africa is a common in the country with over 4100 occurring in the 2013/2014 period, and

a child going missing every five hours.

Survey

Population 54,956,900

Ethnic groups

80.2% Black 8.8% Coloured 8.4% White 2.5% Asian

Area 1,221,037 Sq km

Table 1: Demographic

0-20 20-30 30-50 50-70 >70 Birth rate & death rate

Female 9967953 5,196,531 6,722,058 3,522,058 1,173,168 19.61 birth per 1000 people

Male 1,01,35,613 5,237,329 6,343,621 2,837,211 635,018 16.99 death per 1000 people

Table 2: Population

1991-2001 2001-2011 2011-2021

Female

Male

Table 3: Education

Primary Secondary Sr. Secondary College Post graduate

Female

Male

Table 4: Land

Aerable 12,500,000 hectares

Irrigated 16,700 sq km

Desert Area: 930,000 km2 (359,075 sq mi)

Forest 40 million hectares

Table 5: Import & Export

Table 6: Finance

1990-2000 2000-2010 2010-2020

Currency value against dollars

GDP Percentage, Inflation Percentage

GDP $326.541 billion

Inflation percentage

6.34%

Historical Perspective (Monuments &

lessons from history)

Unveiled in 1986 in Port Elizabeth’s Fleming Square, this

monument is dedicated to the king-priest Prester John. The

monument commemorates the Portuguese explorers who

landed around the coast of South Africa, in the late

15th century, under the rule of Prester John. Fleming

Square, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape

As the oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa,

the Castle of Good Hope has seen the development of a

very diverse nation. Originally intended as a replenishment

station in Cape Town, the building took shape under the

Dutch East India Companyfrom1666 to 1679. Darling and

Buitenkant Streets, Cape Town, Western Cape

The 1820 Settlers National Monument celebrates the

contribution of South Africa’s first English speakers and

their contribution to South Africa’s cultural melting pot.

The monument is used frequently as a location for

conferences and encourages the use of English as a contact

language, freedom of speech and, essentially, acts as centre

of creative activity and thought. Fort Selwyn Drive,

Grahamstown, Eastern Cape

Culture of country (traditional dresses)

kanzu is the traditional dress worn by Swahili speaking men. Women wear the kanga and the gomesi

Religions - Christianity, Islam,

Hinduism, traditional African religions

and Judaism.

Food

SYMBOLS & SIGNIFICANCE

Capital-cities & monuments on the Map

Climate: South Africa's climatic conditions generally range from Mediterranean in the southwestern corner of South Africa to temperate in the interior plateau, and subtropical in the northeast. A small area in the northwest has a desert climate. Most of the country has warm, sunny days and cool nights. Longitude and latitude: 30.5595° S, 22.9375° E

Neighboring Countries:

N: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique

E: Swaziland, Mozambique

W: Namibia

S: Lesotho

National Flag & Why Adopted on April 27, 1994, the flag of South Africa was designed to symbolize unity. The red, white and blue colours were taken from the colours of the Boer Republics. The yellow, black and green are taken from the African National Congress flag. Black symbolises the people, green the fertility of the land, and gold the mineral wealth beneath the soil.

National animal & Why

The country’s national

animal is the springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis),

which gets its common name from its

characteristic pronking or leaping display – from

the Afrikaans word pronk. The beloved animal has

lent its name to the South African national rugby

team, fondly known as ―the Boks‖ or ―die Bokke‖.

It is commonly found in South Africa.

National Sport & Why

Soccer is the national sport of South Africa.

Cricket and Rugby are also popular sports.

National Bird & Why

The national

bird of South Africa is the blue crane

(Anthropoides paradisia), the distribution of

which is almost entirely restricted to the

country. National Emblem & Why

Red Ensign defaced with the shield of the

coat of arms – authorised by the Admiralty

in 1910, for use on South African-registered

merchant ships, also used as an unofficial

"national flag".

National Flower & Why

The giant or king

protea (Protea cynaroides) is found in the

south-western and southern areas of the

Western Cape, from the Cedarberg up to just

east of Grahamstown. The proteas also give

their name to South Africa’s national cricket

team.

National Tree & Why

The real yellowwood (Podocarpus latifolius), a member of an ancient family of trees, is found across South Africa, from Table Mountain, along the southern and eastern Cape coast, in the ravines of the Drakensberg up to the Soutpansberg and the Blouberg in Limpopo.

Capitals: Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein

Government: ANC

Population: 55.91 million

Official Languages: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu.

Country Editors

Malvika Suresh 8A

Hitesh M 9C