Fun facts about South Africa

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Perhaps the most famous South African movie is “Tsotsi” by Gavin Hood. “Tsotsi” is a story about the leader of a gang. On March 5, 2006, “Tsotsi” won the Academy Award for Foreign Language Film in Los Angeles.

In his speech, Gavin Hood said, “God bless Africa. Wow. I have a speech, it’s in my pocket, but that thing says 38 seconds. But mine is too long. Go to tsotsi.com and there’s a huge list of people. Because I’m accepting this, not for me. This is the best foreign language film. It’s there to start. Please stand up for Presley Chweneyagae and Terry Pheto. My two fantastic young leads. The cameras on them, please. Long live Africa. Long live. I have ten seconds. Ten seconds I just want to thank my fellow nominees with whom I have become close friends. We may have foreign language films, but our stories are the Same as your stories. They are about the human heart and the emotion. He says please wrap yourself. Thank you very much. Thank you to the Academy. Thank you. ”

Winner: “Tsotsi” (South Africa)

Finalists:

– “Sophie Scholl” (Germany)

– “Joyeux Noel” (France)

– “The Beast of the Heart” (Italy)

– “Paradise Now” (Palestine)

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For the first time since 1960, South Africa sent a delegation to compete in the Olympics. Certainly, South Africa sent 94 athletes to the 1992 Olympic Games, which were held in Barcelona, ​​Spain. The African delegation had athletes competing in seventeen areas: archery, badminton, boxing, kayaking, cycling, horse riding, fencing, pentathlon modern rowing. , sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field, weight lifting and wrestling. They returned to South Africa with two silver medals.

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Nelson Mandela was one of the most important leaders of the 20th century and played a fundamental role in the recovery of national democracy. Under his leadership, South Africa adopted one of the best constitutions in the world. Mandela once said: “And so it has come to pass that South Africa today experiences its rebirth, cleansed of a horrible past, matured from an attempt to start and go into the future with confidence. Our commitment is: never and never again the laws of our land. they will separate our people or legalize their oppression and repression. ”

Since 1993, in South Africa you can feel freedom. Unlike Cuba, Iran and Zimbabwe, South Africa is a democracy where civil society has immense influence and power.

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South Africa has many national parks and reserves that are home to amazing wildlife. The Kruger National Park is one of the most popular tourist spots on the African continent. It is one of the most beautiful national parks in the world. Kruger National Park offers an ideal habitat for animals such as elephants, giraffes, rhinos, monkeys, zebras, cheetahs, hyenas, hippos, gazelles, elands, lions, and African wild dogs.

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South Africa has three capitals: Cape Town (legislative), Pretoria (administrative) and Bloemfontein (judicial). However, Johannesburg is the most important economic, industrial and cultural center in South Africa. Third World along with Taipei (Taiwan), Mexico City (Mexico) and Seoul (South Korea). In 2006, Johannesburg had a population of 2.6 million

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For the first time, Africa will host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The Soccer World Cup to be held in South Africa. In 2000, FIFA President Joseph Blatter wanted FIFA to vote for South Africa. However, New Zealand’s Charlie Dempsey ducked the final vote and Germany cut it off.

In 2007, Thabo Mbeki, South African President, said: “I have no doubt that our local organizing committee, government at all levels and all stakeholders will do the necessary work to ensure that we host a better tournament in 2010. than the excellent 2006 World Cup tournament in Germany. ”

He also noted that millions of dollars have been spent in recent years reforming South Africa’s sports system.

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About half of the world’s gold is produced in South Africa.

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South Africa has many famous people: Christian Barnard (surgeon), Miriam Makeba (singer and AIDS activist), Caron Bernstein (model, actress and singer), Nelson Mandela (former president and AIDS activist), Nadine Gordimer (writer) , Athol Fugard (writer), Mathosa (singer), Zola Budd (athlete), Charlize Theron (actress), Ilene Hamann (actress and model), Harry Oppenheimer (anti-apartheid industrialist), Richard Goldstone (international judge), Musetta Vander (actress and model), Danny Koppel (singer), Zakes Mokae (actor), Juliet Prowse (dancer and actress) and Joe Mafela (actor).

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South African Penny Heyns, won the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She is considered one of South Africa’s national heroines. Like Anthony Nesty (Suriname), Felipe Muñoz (Mexico), Claudia Poll (Costa Rica) and Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe), Penny Heyns is an icon of Third World swimming.

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South Africa has many UNESCO World Heritage sites: Greater Saint Lucia Wetland Park (1999), Robben Island (1999), Drakensberg Park (2000), Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (2003), Vredefort Dome (2005) and Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2004).

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On March 26, 1998, US President Bill Clinton visited South Africa.

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South Africa has more Nobel laureates than Mexico (3) India (2) Brazil (0) Argentina (3) Cuba (0) and the People’s Republic of China (1).

South Africa has six Nobel Laureates:

1960: Albert J. Luthuli (Nobel Peace Prize)

1982: Aaron Klug (Nobel Prize in Chemistry)

1984: Bishop Desmond Tutu (Nobel Peace Prize)

1991: Nadine Gordimer (Nobel Prize in Literature)

1993: Nelson Mandela and Frederik W. de Klerk (Nobel Peace Prize)

2003: John Maxwell Coetzee (Nobel Prize in Literature)

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The people of South Africa are proud that their country is a society of people from different backgrounds. Many people are a mixture of various nationalities and races. About 2 million Asians live in South Africa. The ancestors of most of them came from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives and Sri Lanka.

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South African superstar Charlize Theron is an icon in Africa. She is a woman that one cannot help but admire.

Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry worked as a fashion model in the 1980s. Berry isn’t the only Hollywood star who made her living off special jobs before she became famous. For many actresses, this early experience proved useful in their acting careers. South African actress Charlize Theron – who has appeared in more than twenty films in a film career of more than ten years – was a supermodel in the 1990s.

Hollywood actress Charlize Theron was born on August 7, 1975 in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa and is of German and French descent. Charlize grew up to be a beautiful young woman and attracted the attention of many people, she speaks English, Afrikaans and Xhosa.

Charlize had been an international model since she was 16 years old. He started his career in Milan, Italy. In late 1996 she became an actress. On February 29, 2004, Charlize won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Aileen Wuournos in the film “Monster.” She became the first African actress to win an Oscar for best actress in history.

Charlize Theron is one of the most beautiful women in the world.

Filmography: “Celebrity” (1998), “Reindeer Games” (2000), “The Yards” (2000), “Men of Honor” (2000), “The Italian Job” (2003),

“Monster” (2003), “The Life and Death of Peters Sellers” (2004), “North Country” (2005) and “The Brazilian Job (2006).

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Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer is a human rights activist. His proudest moment was when he testified at a treason trial in 1986 on behalf of 22 South African anti-apartheid activists.

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South Africa has had famous athletes in the last century: Reggie Walker (1908 Olympic gold medalist in the 100 meters), Esther Brand (1952 Olympic gold medalist in high jump), Joan Harrison (swimmer, won 1 gold medal 1952) and Sam Atkinson (Olympic gold medalist in 110m hurdles in 1928).

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Mathosa was one of the best singers in South Africa. They called her “Madonna of the townships of South Africa”. In the 1990s, Mathosa was considered one of the most talented artists in Africa.

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The 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to South African author John Maxwell Coetzee. He was the fourth African Nobel laureate for literature after Wolle Soyinka of Nigeria (1986), Naguib Mahfouz of Egypt (1988) and Coetzee’s compatriot, Nadine Gordimer (1991). JM Coetzee was born on February 9, 1940 in Cape Town, South Africa. He was cited by the Swedish Academy as an author “who in innumerable ways portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider.” Coetzee is certainly one of the most famous South African authors of the 21st century.

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South Africa hosted the 1999 Pan African Games.

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Golf is a popular sport in South Africa. South Africa has had famous golfers throughout its sporting history. He won many tournaments such as the Masters Golf Tournament (1961,1974 and 1978), the United States Open (1965), the PGA Championship (1962 and 1972) and the British Open (1959, 1968 and 1974). Bobby Locke won the British Open (1949, 1950, 1952, and 1957). In addition, South Africa won the Golf World Cup twice: 1965 (Gary Player and Harold Henning) and 1974 (Bobby Cole and Dale Hayes).

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