South Africa

Of Africa, African country and British Commonwealth.   May also be referred to as Republic of South Africa.

A republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers).

This concept's ID is @1~47781

City

  • Cape Town 0 facts

    Port city in southwestern South Africa; the seat of the legislative branch of the government...

  • Johannesburg 0 facts

    City in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for...

  • Kimberley 0 facts

    City in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing.

  • Durban 0 facts

    A port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; resort and industrial center.

  • Bloemfontein 0 facts

    The seat of the supreme court.

  • Soweto 0 facts

    A large collection of African townships to the southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa...

Botswana

  • Kalahari 0 facts

    A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana.

  • Sotho 0 facts

    A member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and...

  • Tswana 0 facts

    A member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa.

State

  • Transvaal 1 facts

    A province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu;...

  • Free State 0 facts

    A province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State...

  • Cape Province 0 facts

    A former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and...

African

  • South African 1 facts

    A native or inhabitant of South Africa.

  • Xhosa 0 facts

    A member of the Negroid people of southern South Africa.

River

  • Limpopo 0 facts

    An African river; flows into the Indian Ocean.

  • Orange 0 facts

    A river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean.

Also contains

  • Natal 2 facts

    A region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; "Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in...

  • laager 0 facts

    A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.

  • biltong 0 facts

    Meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun.

  • kaffir 0 facts

    An offensive and insulting term for any Black African.

  • Pretoria 0 facts

    City in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Afr...

  • trek 0 facts

    A journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers).

  • mealie 0 facts

    An ear of corn.

  • kopje 0 facts

    A small hill rising up from the African veld.