Fanagalo is a pidginised form of Zulu taking also many English and Afrikaans words and spoken in South Africa, particularly in the mines, whence it gets its popular name of 'mine kaffir'. Research Fanagalo
The aardwolf (Proteles cristatus) is an African carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae. The aardwolf, whose name in Afrikaans means 'earth wolf', resembles a small striped hyena. It is yellowish with vertical black stripes and a bushy, black-tipped tail, and it bears a long, coarse mane of erectile hairs along the length of its back. The aardwolf lives on the open, grassy plains of southern and eastern Africa. The aardwolf feeds largely on termites, particularly on the species Trinervitermes trinervoides. It is nocturnal, lives in a burrow, and is usually solitary but may forage in small packs. The litter generally consists of three or four young. The aardwolf is harmless and shy; when attacked, by dogs for example, it emits a musky-smelling fluid and may fight. Research Aardwolf
The Republic of Namibia is a country in south west Africa. It has a total area of 824,290 km2. The climate is desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic. The terrain is mostly high plateau with the Namib Desert along the coast and the Kalahari Desert in the east. Natural resources are diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, lead, tin, zinc, salt, vanadium, natural gas, fish; suspected deposits of coal and iron ore. The religion is predominantly Christian. The principal language is Afrikaans spoken by about 60% of the white population, German 33%, and the official language, English spoken by about 7% of the population; there are also several indigenous languages.
Namibia was annexed by Germany in 1884, and conquered by South Africa in 1915. The League of Nations granted South Africa a mandate to govern the territory in 1920. The mandate was terminated by the UN in 1966 but this was ignored by South Africa, as was the 1971 ruling by the International Court of Justice that the territory be surrendered, and this resulted in a violent uprising led by SWAPO that resulted in independence for Namibia in 1990. Research Namibia
South Africa is a country in South Africa. It has a total area of 1,221,040 km2. The climate is mostly semi-arid; subtropical along the coast with sunny days and cool nights. The terrain is comprised of a vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain. Natural resources are gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas. The religion is Christian; Hindu and Muslim. The official language is English with Afrikaans and many vernacular languages, including Zulu, Xhosa, North and South Sotho and Tswana also spoken. Research South Africa
Afrikaans, togther with English, is an official language of the Republic of South Africa and Namibia, and is also spoken in Botswana, Mlawi and Zambia. Afrikaans is spoken mainly by the Afrikaners and is a Germanic language forming a variety of the Dutch language, modified by circumstance and the influence of German, French, other immigrant and local languages. Afrikaans became a standardised written language about 1875. Research Afrikaans
Tsotsitaal is an Afrikaans-based creole language spoken in South Africa. Tsotsitaal originated in the gold mines of the Transvaal in the late 19th century but by the 1980's was in little use and may now be extinct. Research Tsotsitaal
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