The South Africa
—— the rainbow nation
Area
• South Africa lies at the southernmost end of the African continent, stretching from latitude22ºto 35ºS and from longitude 17ºto 33ºE. The surface area is over 1.2 million square kilometres. That's five times the size of Britain .
The Rainbow Nation(彩虹之国)
• The total population of South Africa is 43 million, and is composed of a diversity of races, cultures, beliefs and languages arising from a cultural melting pot of the first Dutch, German, French and British settlers, with a dash of Italian and Jewish immigrants, spiced with Indonesian slaves and exiles, Indian and Chinese indentured labourers, Nguni peoples from the north and local Khoi-San tribes.
The New Democracy(新民主)
• South Africa's New Democracy is underpinned by the Constitution, which was signed into law in1996. It is seen as a barricade against racism and any infringement of individual rights. The first democratically elected government in 1994 was headed by President Nelson Mandela(纳尔逊曼德拉)