South+Africa

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We the United Nations of the World are a World in conflict.. so let's discover some of these conflicts in South Africa...

[|HISTORY:] The history of South Africa date back to the ancient times.there is recorded history dating all the way back to 500 bc. Settlers were tired of the climate and land of northern africa so so they settled on South Africa. to their surprise they found many riches in this country. Over the years the South Africans were stolen from. Thanks to the greed in South Africa the country has had an unfortunate fall in the economy. South Africa used to be separated by apartheid which basically was seperation of blacks and whites in South Africa, the blacks got put in to ghettos and were treated horribly by the whites and superiors. The blacks who were actually the natives in South Africa suffered for twenty years. The years of struggle finally ended with a new government.

In 1970 the government started a programme of neclear wepons devolopment, making six moveable nuclear wepons. In the 1990's the government repealed apartheid so that all South Africans were treated the same, they also got rid of their all their nulear possessions.

In 1994 the first universal elections were held in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was the man elected. Nelson before becoming president of South Africa was an anti-apartheid activist. Nelson served 27 years in jail because of what he believed and fought for in his country. As president Nelson Mandela made changes in South Africa, he encouraged blacks and couloreds to go look for jobs and not be afraid he also encouraged blacks to be on the very hated South African rugby team, as it was filled with whites. Nelson made a change to the world not on ly South Africa. __ [|SOUTH AFRICA GEOGRAPHY] __ The climate in South Africa varies from desert climate to subtropical climate (79) ||= 26.5 (79.7) ||= 25.4 (77.7) ||= 23.0 (73.4) ||= 20.3 (68.5) ||= 18.1 (64.6) ||= 17.5 (63.5) ||= 17.8 (64) ||= 19.2 (66.6) ||= 21.3 (70.3) ||= 23.5 (74.3) ||= 24.9 (76.8) ||= 22.0 (71.6) || (60.3) ||= 15.6 (60.1) ||= 14.2 (57.6) ||= 11.9 (53.4) ||= 9.4 (48.9) ||= 7.8 (46) ||= 7.0 (44.6) ||= 7.5 (45.5) ||= 8.7 (47.7) ||= 10.6 (51.1) ||= 13.2 (55.8) ||= 14.9 (58.8) ||= 11.4 (52.5) || (0.59) ||= 17 (0.67) ||= 20 (0.79) ||= 41 (1.61) ||= 69 (2.72) ||= 93 (3.66) ||= 82 (3.23) ||= 77 (3.03) ||= 40 (1.57) ||= 30 (1.18) ||= 14 (0.55) ||= 17 (0.67) ||= 515 (20.28) || South Africa is ranked number six on the megadiverse population of species.It has more than 20,000 species of plants which is about 10% of the worlds vegitation! __ ECONOMY IN SOUTH AFRICA __ ﻿The economy in South Africa is not as good as some other countries, alot of the country is still in poverty. This is due to all of the internal issues from the past.Unemployment in South Africa is very high, the country is in the top 10 countries for income inequality. Although a few key areas are presumably wealthy such as durban, Cape Town, and Port Elizabeth. The average white middle class family earns up to four times as much as an average black middle class family. Even though South Africa is a poor country, it has a rising economy, someday the South Africans will have a booming economy, but for now they stay in poverty. GDP(PER CAPITA): $10,700 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 23.3% South African Rand= .13931 of a us dollar
 * ~ [ [|hide] ] Climate data for Cape Town, South Africa ||
 * ~ Month ||~ Jan ||~ Feb ||~ Mar ||~ Apr ||~ May ||~ Jun ||~ Jul ||~ Aug ||~ Sep ||~ Oct ||~ Nov ||~ Dec ||~ Year ||
 * ~ Average high °C (°F) ||= 26.1
 * ~ Average low °C (°F) ||= 15.7
 * ~ [|Precipitation] mm (inches) ||= 15
 * ~ Avg. precipitation days ||= 5.5 ||= 4.6 ||= 4.8 ||= 8.3 ||= 11.4 ||= 13.3 ||= 11.8 ||= 13.7 ||= 10.4 ||= 8.7 ||= 4.9 ||= 6.2 ||= 103.6 ||
 * ~ Sunshine hours ||= 337.9 ||= 299.9 ||= 291.4 ||= 234.0 ||= 204.6 ||

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__ ﻿ __ __ PROBLEMS IN SOUTH AFRICA __ One of the most prominent problems in South Africa is HIV/AIDS. People in South Africa can be affected by it with out even knowing it. Another prominent problem in South Africa is crime, it has one of the worlds highest crime rates. South Africa has thousands of refugees trying to get in to the country every year, these refugees running from prosicution. Finally, South Africa has problems with drugs, it is the transshipment center for Hash, heroin, and cocaine. It is also a big cultivator of Marijuana, they also have the worlds largest market for illicit methaqualone (METH).

__GOVERNMENT:__ The type of government in South Africa is Republic, became a republic on 27 April 1994.

[|__PEOPLE/CULTURE:__] The South African people are very suffering people, well most not all. The population is about 49,109,107. The life expectancy for males is 50 years old women is 48 years old. People living with AIDS is 5.7 million people. South Africa is also number 1 in the world for HIV/AIDS related deaths rounding up to about 350,000 a year. The most prominent language in South Africa is isiZulu, even though there are over 11 official languages. The school life expectancy is only 13 years.