Night view of Cape Townby NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

SOUTH AFRICA: The Apartheid 4

Important facts you should knowbefore you visit South Africa 5

Why is South Africa an Englishspeaking country? 6

The top three touristattractions in South Africa 7

The sound of South Africa 9

NELSON MANDELA 11

South African Cuisine 13

SPORTSCricket 15Rugby 17

LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICAThe Diary of a South African Girl 19A letter from Malu 20

THE WRITING COMPETITION 21

CONTENT

SOUTH AFRICATHE APARTHEID

by Víctor Cabrera ReyToday, we are going to learn more about the history of South Africa, butmainly; about the Apartheid. The Great Britain government thought that white and black people should be treated equally but british people who lived there didn’t think the same so the conflict started.

First, what is apartheid? Apartheid was a system of racial segregation inSouth Africa enforced through legis-lation by the National Party govern-ments.This system consisted in the creation of separate places like studio recreation rooms for different racial

groups, voting was exclusive for white men, interracial marriages were ban-ned or even sexual relations between them. Until 1993 South Africa was the only country that was controlled by a minority of white population.

In my opinion racial problems are one of the most common problems in the world and I can’t understand why. A person who believes that a black man is worse than you is stupid. Our race doesn’t decide who is better or worse, nothing justifies racism.

SOUTH AFRICATHE APARTHEID

IMPORTANT FACTSYOU SHOULD

KNOW BEFORE YOU VISIT

SOUTH AFRICAby Marisa Guzmán

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is a country located at thesouthern tip of Africa. South Africa is the 25th-largest country in the world byland area, and with close to 53 million people, is the world’s 24th-most popu-lar nation.

CapitalPretoria (executive)

Bloemfontein (judicial)Cape Town (legislative)

Largest cityJohannesburg

Official languages11 languages

(Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Xhosa, Swazi,Tsonga, Tswana, Venda and Zulu)

Governmentconstitutional parlamentary republic

PresidentJacob Zuma

Deputy presidentKgalema Mothalthe

Currencythe rand

Population51.19 million (2012)

Flagadoption on April 27, 1994

(colors: white ,blue ,black ,red ,green and gold)Ethnic Groups

79´5% black, many other ethnic groups

by Carlos Puente

Why is South Africa anEnglish speaking country?

The first colonists were dutch, but then the British arrived. Later came the Boers. South Africa was a British colony in 1902 when Boers lost the war. British and Boers were intereting because in South Afri-ca there were diamond fields and gold mines. The Boer War startedwith the conflict between British and Boers. There were two wars,

the first was between 1880 and 1881, and the second between 1899 and 1902. British and Boers have fought for twenty years, but in 1902, Boers knew they were going to lose the war because British had all the power. Fi-nally, in 1961 South Africa obtained the independence and was declared the Republic Of South Africa.

THE TOP THREE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA

KRUGER NATIONAL PARKIt is the biggest and the most important park in South Africa. It has got many types of animals. It usually takes an hour and a half. This park is amazing and very interes-ting. You can learn a lot about the animals.

APARTHEID MUSEUMIt is a museum where all people with other languages can go because there is an audio guide. This exhibition lasts two hours. Peo-ple like it because you learn the history of South Africa.

CANGO CAVESThis adventure is a classical visit in South Africa. It´s a tour in underground stone caves. During 90 minutes, a specialized guide walks and guides tourists through tunnels. All the people that live in South Africa have visited the caves because it is a different , fun and interesting adventure.

by Alejandra Barbasán Carmonar

THE SOUND OFSOUTH AFRICA

The sound of african music scene includes both popular and folk forms. Pop styles are based on Zulu (Isicatha-miya singing Harmonic Mbaqanga), rock, jazz, classical, gospel, rap, reggae, maskanda, kwaito...

Christian missions provided the first organised musical training in the country. Pop singers, for example, are from Angola, Botswana, Camerún and two famous groups are “Fisk Jubilee Singers” and “Thule Sizwe South Africa”.

The most famous pop singer is Lira. She was borned in Johannesburg (South Africa). Her name means ‘love’ in sesotho and she speaks four languages. “Ngiyazifela“ is one of her most famous songs.

by Alba Rodríguez Romero

HIS CHILDHOODBy Cristina Blancat Nelson Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in Mvezo, a village of 300 people near Umtata inthe Transkei. He was one of the thirteen children his father had. His real name is Rolihlala, which means “pulling the branch of a tree” or naughty.Nelson was an English nickname his teacher gave him at school. He was the first person ofhis family to go to school. After the death of his father, who was a lawyer counselor of thesupreme head of the tribe , he was mentored and started studying.

NELSON MANDELA AT UNIVERSITYBy Isaac Mejías Nelson Mandela studied law at the University of Witwatersrand.Mandela was the only native African student, and though facingracism. He studied the career from 1943 until 1949. While he wasstudying, he joined the ANC (African National Congress) YouthLeague.

HIS INFLUENCE ON SOUTH AFRICABy Julia Fátima In 1948 the National Party came into power, which institutionalized racial segregation with the apartheid. Under the inpiration of Ghandi, the ANC advocated no violent methods of struggle, and the Youth League (led by Nel-son Mandela) organized campaings of civil disobedience against apartheid laws. Mandela became the first black president of Sou-th Africa in 1994 and launched a policy of national reconciliation

NOBEL PEACE PRIZEBy Gerardo Márquez Nelson and Frederik were given the nobel prize for fighting against the oppression of the regime and aparetheid. He also worked for the national reconciliation, the progress of the country and the literacy of children. He always used the dialogue and understanding withoutviolence.

NELSON MANDELA

MOVIES ABOUT MANDELABy Esperanza Díaz

Nelson Mandela hasn´t starred in any movies, but there have been some films on his behalf:

-“Mandela and the Klerk”, a 1997 movie starring Sidney Poitier and directed by Joseph Sargent.

-“Goodbye Bafara” is the 2007 movie starring Joseph Fiennes and directed by Billie August.

-“Invictus”, starring Morgan Freeman and directed by Clint

Easwood, had its premiere the 11th December 2009.

-“Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”, released in 2013 and starring Idris Elba and Naomie Harris.

DEATH AND FUNERALBy Berta Álvarez

The death or South African expresident, Nelson Mandela, happened on 5th December 2013 in Johannesburg, after six months of critical lung problems.

To pay tribute to Mandela (who became an icon of reconciliation), leaders, celebrities, royals and especially South Africans met. One of the most

emotional moments was the greeting between two rivals, the U.S. Presisden, Barack Obama, and his counterpart from Cuba, Raul Castro.

The image went around the world.

NELSON MANDELA CHILDREN´S FUNDBy Claudia Carral

The Children fund of Nelson Mandela contributes to the memory of their history, listening to all their voices, in order to promote

peace, human rights and democracy. It was founded in 1999.

SOUTH AFRICAN CUISINEby Rocío García García

In this country we can taste “biltong” that has its origin in South Africa, after European settlers arrived in Southern Africa in the early 17th century. It is a variety of cured meat, dried and mixed with various ingredients so it changes the taste. It is made from raw fillets, applying vinegar and rubbing the strips of meat with a mixture of salt and pe-pper, coriander and cloves.

We can also taste “bobotie”, having its origin in white settler communities in Kenya, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zam-bia. It is a spiced minced meat baked with egg-based topping and soak bread.

And third, the “bunny chow” was crea-ted in Duban, a community of people with an Indian origin. It is made with a loaf of bread filled with curry.

Cooking Biltong

Cooking Bobotie

Cooking Bunny Chow

The South African national cricket team, nicknamed the Proteas, represents South Africa in international cricket. The team toured England in 1947. At Nottingham, Captain Alan Melville and vice-captain Dave Nourse achieved a Test match record for a third wicket partnership of 319. The following year Nourse, 38-year-old captain of Natal, was appointed Captain for the 1948 MCC Test matches in South Africa.

South Africa has a record for failing to win major tournaments. The 1992 Cricket World Cup, for example, featured a rain-affected semi-final played before the introduction of the Duckworth-Lewis rain rule. South Africa needed 22 runs from 13 balls when it started to rain.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CRICKET TEAM

by Pepe Cuesta y Pablo Martínez Rojo

CRICKET RULES

Cricket is a game played with a bat and a ball on a large field, known as a ground, between two teams of 11 players each.

The aim of the game is to score runs after hitting the ball and to put out the opposing batsmen when in the field.

The cricket rules displayed on this page are for the traditional form of cricket which is called “Test Cricket”.

However there are other versions of the game (eg. 50 over matches, Twenty20 Cricket, etc) where the rules differ

slightly.

THE SOUTH AFRICANNATIONAL RUGBY TEAM

South Africa´s national rugby team has won two world rugby cups and they

have also won the three nations cup three times. It´s a historical team and they have had good results since 1995.

In 1995, the South African national rugby team won their first world cup.

François Pienaar was the captain, an important part of the history of the team. The most interesting thing was that it was the first time South Africa played and they won it! They won the other world cup in 2007.

They are called the Springboks and they wear a green and yellow uniform. The current coach is Heyneke Meyer, and the most important player of the team is John Smith.

by Pablo Serrano Luque

Nelson Mandela and François Pienaar, 1995.

THE DIARY OF A SOUTH AFRICAN GIRL

20/01/2014

Dear diary,today I woke up and I saw my mother preparing breakfast. I had breakfast and I went to school. When I f inished school I ate and went to play football with my friends.

24/01/2014Dear diary, I haven’t done anything during these days, I´ve only gone to school, done some homework and played football but today, me and my friends, could maybe go to the cinema to watch “The hunger Games”. That would be incredible...

After the movie we aet a burger with fries and we met Telu Mashamaite, wow!. In the end, the day was great.

26/01/2014Dear diary, This weekend has been incredible. I have had a lot of fun and we also ate monkey steak.

by Aurora Moreno Racero

Hey Alonso!I am Malu, your friend from South Afri-ca. I´m writing this letter because today is the international day of peace.I hope today is a great day for you.My family and I have done some typical acti-vities of his area and I want to tell you about them. Everybody has sung and danced Sou-th African songs of our ancestors. We had a great time.Hope to see you soon.

Kisses and greetingsMalu

by Alonso Cano García

THE WRITNG COMPETITIONThese are the four best stories the students of the British School have written for the special edition magazine related with South Africa. The writers had to choose between two possible stories, ‘The lost tourist’ or `The South African wild boy/girl’, and adapt the story to the country we were going to talk about in the magazine. Hope you enjoy the creative skills of our students.

“THE SOUTH AFRICAN WILD GIRL”by Alba Navas Martín

Anne was a girl of English parents, raised since childhood with wild African pets. Anna was born in Pretoria, daughter of Degri Sylvie and Robert Jame, photographers of Africa. Anne lived the first ten years of her life traveling around Africa, to countries like Zimbablue, Botswa-na ... She lived in a tent in the forest and always woke with the sun shi-ning on her face, with her parents at her side. Anne established great relationships with local animals, including an elephant, a leopard and a baboon. months after the parents left England for work and there-fore decided to leave Anne by a South African family.When she returned to England with her parents, at the age of 14, much missed animals, but very quickly settled in the city. Years later, she starred in nature documentaries in South Africa for 23 years and now she is studying film at Oxford University.

“THE SOUTH AFRICAN WILD GIRL”by Miguel Ángel Marín Ruiz

Juan is from Spain and he traveled for the first time to South Africa. He´s got family there, in Johannesburg. Juan went to visit the city and have a walk in the park. His family lives in a house on the outskirts of the city. Juan went to the park in the other part of the city. When he realized, he didn´t know where he was.His mobile was at his falmily´s house. Then he asked a lot of peo-ple from Johannesburg where the street where his family lived was. The people were very friendly and nice. Everyone helped Juan and he found and arrived at his family´s house. He spent four hours in the street and was very tired and happy to see is family again

“THE LOST WOMAN”by Manuel Fernando Rodríguez

Last week, a ranger saved a woman in the jungle. The woman said ‘I was lost because I was taking photos of some birds and when I tur-ned around, the people weren´t there.’ She was lost for two days, she survived with some fruit. She said that the ranger found her while he was with other tourists. She also said ‘It was a nightmare… I was very scared because my mobile phone went dead and I didn’t have any way to communicate with the people… but thanks to Mark, the ranger, I´m safe now. He saved my life’. She thought she could be dead because in the jungle there isn´t any potable water or enough food. I will be more responsible next time’.

“ROSE AND HER TRIP”by Carmen Blanco

Rose was a 23 year old woman, photographer, young, beautiful and brave. When she finished studying photography, she went on a trip to South Africa to take photos of the province of Limpopo.Rose went to Kruger National Park and took many photos of rare animals and exotic plants . When it was late, Rose got lost in the park. It was cold and she was afraid because there were lots of dangerous animals. She had some peanuts in her bag and she gave them to a big elephant she saw. When the elephant ate the peanuts, Rose got on to the elephant and took some amazing photos of the sun and the scenery. She slept on top of the elephant and in the morning, when a group of people saw her, they picked her up and saved her.In the end, her photos were a big success. She now lives in South Afri-ca and dedicates her life to take pictures of all the country.