A country that is completely surrounded by South Africa is
- Lesotho
- Botswana
- Swaziland
Most of the country lies
- on a plateau
- between high mountain ranges
- on low plains
80 % of the population are
- Blacks
- Whites
- Asians
Not very many people live in the north and west of South Africa because
- it is too dry
- there are high mountains near the Atlantic
- big cities were never founded there.
Johannesburg is the centre of
- the gold mining industry
- trade to and from Europe
- tourism
The government gets together in
- Cape Town
- Pretoria
- Johannesburg
After the end of Apartheid
- whites still controlled the economy
- whites handed over industries and fsctories to the blacks
- whites moved to other countries to set up new industries
The southern part of the country has a climate that is good for
- wine production
- raising animals
- dairy products
The first European to reach the Cape of Good Hope was
- a Portuguese
- a Frenchman
- an Englishman
When the British took over the colony the Dutch settlers moved
- to the northern part of the country
- back to Holland
- to the eastern coast
In the 20th century the white government passed laws
- to keep black and white people apart
- to give blacks the same rights as others
- to make blacks South African citizens
The first black President of South Africa was
- Desmond Tutu
- Nelson Mandela
- Frederik de Klerk