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INTRODUCTION: Background (short) Dutch traders landed at the Southern tip of modern day S.A. in 1652 and established a stopover point on the spice route between the Netherlands and the East, founding the city of Cape Town. After British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. |
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The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjugation of native inhabitants. The Boers resistee British encroachments but were defeated in the Boer War (1899-1902); however, the British and Afrikaners, as the Boers became known, ruled together under the Union of South Africa.
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In 1948, the National Party was voted into power and instituted a policy of apartheid. (the seperate development of races). The first multi-racial elections in 1994 brought an end to apartheid and ushered in black majority rule.
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GEOGRAPHY: Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the Africa Continent. total:1,219,912 sq km land:1,219,912 sq km - slightly less than twice the size of Texas. LAND BOUNDARIES: Border countries: Botswana 1,840km Lesotho 909km Mozambique 491km Namibia 967km Swaziland 430 km Zimbabwe 225km |
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