1. South Africa

2. South Africa Africa’s most developed country 5% of Africa’s population
2/5ths of Africa’s factory goods produced here
½ of Africa’s minerals are mined here
1/5 of Africa’s farm products grown here

3. 4 Primary Ethnic Groups
Blacks: probably arrived in the area 2000 years ago (79.5% of population)
Whites (9.4%)
Dutch colonists arrived in 1652, called Boers
Dutch language mixed with African language, called Afrikaans
English colonists began arriving in 1820, diamonds found in 1867
Asians (2.4%): Most from India, came to work on sugarcane plantations
Colored (8.8%): Blacks and Whites intermarried

4. Apartheid
Apartheid: Government policy of enforced segregation between ethnic groups

5. African National Congress
Formed in 1912
Protested unfair treatment of blacks by whites
1952: “Campaign for the Defiance of Unjust Laws”

6. Nelson Mendela Young lawyer
Took charge of the fight to end apartheid laws
Sent to prison in 1962
Spent 27 years in prison
Became South Africa’s first black president in 1994

7. F. W. de Klerk Became president of South Africa in 1989
Had supported segregation
Ended apartheid, freed political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela

8. Mandela's inauguration speech

9. South Africa Today Problems still exist for non-white South Africans
Education opportunities
Separate curriculums
HIV/AIDS
Doctors and hospitals located in “white” cities
S. Africa has highest number of people living with HIV/AIDs
2003 appx. 5 million people were infected with the disease

10. The numbers don’t lie . . .
Blacks
Whites
Population
Land allocation
Share of national income
Minimum taxable income
Doctors/population
Infant mortality rate
Annual expenditure on education per student
Teacher/student ratio
19 million million
13% %
<20% %
360 rands rands
1/44, /400
20%-40% %
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