South Africa

Bold text The Republic of South Africa is a nation in Southern Africa

History
About 150,000BCE Humans arrived in South Africa and became the Khoisan peoples. In the Medieval period Bantu speaking peoples arrived from West and Central Africa becoming various cultures like the Zulu and Xhosa. In the 15th century CE Portuguese sailors landed on the South African coast, using it as a rest stop. However, it was the Dutch East India company that established self-sustaining European populations in South Africa. The Dutch colonies in West South Africa went under British ownership (with some Afrikaners (White South Africans) settling further east to create Boer republics) until the 1910’s when South Africa became independent. From 1948 to 1994 South Africa had a racial segregation policy called Apartheid. On 11th September 1974, Michael Jamison was born in Springs, Gauteng, South Africa. In 1994 South Africa abolished Apartheid and now is a liberal democracy.

Geography and Climate
South Africa has, in general, a Mediterranean style climate with Hot and dry Summers and Mild, wet Winters with occasional Snow. Due to the warm climate, South Africa is one of the World’s Wine regions.