South AfricaBy C J

South African Flag

The South African Flag is mainly made of the old South African flags and although they have no official meaning, the past meanings of the colours are: red for all the blood from all the killings, blue for the open skies, green for all the land, yellow for all the gold, black

and white are for the skin colours of the people there.

South Africa Facts

• South Africa is on the southern edge of Africa • South Africa’s capital is shared between Cape

Town and Pretoria • The biggest city in South Africa is

Johannesburg • There are 11 official languages spoken – 2 are

European (English and Afrikaans) and 9 are from different African tribes

Map of South Africa

Population of South Africa

• South Africa has way more people than New Zealand

• In fact South Africa has a population of 50.5 million people.

• New Zealand has just over 4.4 million people.

South Africa and Rugby

• South Africa has a great rugby team and a long history of success.

• There are only two teams that have won the Webb Ellis Cup twice – South Africa and Australia.

• If South Africa wins this Rugby World Cup, they will be the first to win it 3 times and the first to win it in a row.

GO SOUTH AFRICA!!!• The symbols are the

springbok and the Protea

• The Springbok is the national animal of South Africa and that is why they use it on the rugby jerseys

Winning TeamRugby World Cup 2007