Fun Facts about South Africa

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

speech, Gavin Hood said, "God bless Africa Wow I have a speech called so in my pocket, but this thing says 38 seconds but mine & # 39; s too long into tsotsi.com and there is a huge…. a long list of people. I am not accepting it for myself. it's the best foreign language film. it sits there with.Please begin to stand up Presley Chweneyagae and Terry Phet. two fantastic young leads. Put cameras in them, please. Viva Africa .. Viva Ive just ten seconds seconds.Ten would like to thank my fellow nominees who I've become friends with deep may have foreign language films, but the stories are the same as the story They & # 39;.. from the human heart and emotions. He says wrap.Thank please you very much. Thank you to the Academy. Thank you. "

winner, "Tsotsi" (South Africa)

Finalists:

– "Sophie Scholl" (Germany)

– "Joyeux Noël" (France)

– "The Beast of the Heart" (Italy)

– "Paradise Now" (Palestine)

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for the first time since 1960, South Africa's delegation to compete at the Olympics. Of course, South Africa has sent 94 athletes to the 1992 Olympic Games held in Barcelona, ​​Spain.The African delegation athletes competing seventeen areas: archery, badminton, boxing, kayaking, cycling, equestrian, fencing, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming , table tennis, tennis, track and field, wrestling and weighlifting. They returned to South Africa two silver medals.

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Nelson Mandela was one of the most important leaders of the 20th century.He played in the recuperation of the nation & # 39 fundamental role; s democracy. Under his leadership, one of the best constitutions adopted in South Africa in world.Mandela once said: "And so it came to pass that in South Africa today is going to her rebirth, cleansed of a horrible past, matured a tentative beginning, and reach out to the future with confidence pledge. I never, and will never again be the law of the land tear people apart or legalize repression and oppression ".

since 1993, you can feel the freedom in South Africa. Different from Cuba, Iran and Zimbabwe, South Africa, in a democracy, where civil society has a huge influence and power.

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South Africa a lot of national parks and reserves, which are home to some amazing wildlife. The Kruger National Park is one of the most popular tourist spots on the African continent. This is one of the world's most beautiful national parks. The Kruger National Park is 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, three large letters: Cape Town (legislative), Pretoria (administrative) and Bloemfontein (judicial) .However, Johannesburg is the most important economic, industrial and cultural center of South Africa.It is an important industrial city on the third world together Taipei (Taiwan), Mexico City (Mexico) and Seoul (South Korea) .In 2006 was Johannesburg's population of 2.6 million

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This is the first time Africa is hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup.The held Football World Cup 2000 South Africa.In Joseph Blatter, FIFA president, wanted to FIFA to vote in South Africa. However, New Zealand & # 39; s Charlie Dempsey jumped the final vote, and Germany broke it.For this reason, Germany hosted the World Cup in 2006.

In 2007, South African President Thabo Mbeki, said: "There is no doubt that the local organizing committee, government at all levels and all concerned will do the necessary work to ensure that the recipient is a better tournament in 2010, as the excellent 2006 German World Cup. "

It should be noted that millions of dollars have been spent in recent years on the reform of South Africa & # 39; s sports system.

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

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South Africa, many famous people: Christian Barnard (surgeon), Miriam Makeba (singer and AIDS activist), Caron Bernstein (model, actress and singer), Nelson Mandela (former president and anti-AIDS activist), Nadine Gordimer (writer), Athol Fugard (writer), Mathosa (vocals), 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 (vocals), Zakes Moka (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 are held in the summer of 1996 Olympics.She South Africa & # 39; s national heroines . As Anthony Nesty (Suriname), Felipe Muñoz (Mexico), Claudia Poll (Costa Rica) and Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe), Penny Heyns is a third world swimming icon.

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South Africa a number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Greater St. 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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March 26, 1998 American US president Bill Clinton visited South Africa.

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South Africa, several Nobel Prize as Mexico (3) India (2) Brazil (0) Argentina (3), Cuba (0) and People in China (1).

South Africa, six Nobel Prize winners:

1960: Albert J. Luthuli (Nobel Peace Prize)

1982 Aaron Klug (Nobel Prize in Chemistry)

1984: Bishop Desmond Tutu (Nobel peace prize)

1991: Nadine Gordimer (literature Nobel prize)

1993: Nelson Mandela and Frederik W. de Klerk (peace Nobel prize)

2003: John Maxwell Coetzee (Nobel prize for literature)

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the people of south Africa are proud that the country's society people from different backgrounds. Many more of a mixture of nationalities and races. About 2 million Asians living in South Africa. The ancestors of most of them came from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives, and Sri Lanka.

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South Africa superstar Charlize Theron an icon in Africa. She is a woman can not help but admire.

Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry has worked in the fashion model 1980s.Berry is not the only Hollywood star who became famous in front of a live special tasks. Many actresses, this early experience came in useful in his acting career. The South African actress Charlize Theron Who appeared in more than twenty films had a film career lasting more than ten years- supermodel in the 1990s.

Hollywood actress Charlize Theron was born August7, 1975, in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa.She the 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 was an international model, as the 16-year-old began his career in Milan, Italy. At the end of 1996 was a actress.On February 29, 2004, Charlize won the Academy Award for best actress for her role as Aileen Wuournos the film "Monster." He became the first African actress Academy Award for best actress in history.

Charlize Theron is one of the most beautiful women in the world.The wears elegant clothes complement her perfect body.

Filmography: "Celebrity" (1998), "Reindeer Games" (2000), "The Yard" (2000), "Men of Honor" (2000), "The Italian Job" (2003)

"Monster" (2003), "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" (2004), "North Country" (2005), and "The Brazilian Job (2006).

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The Nobel Nadine Gordimer, a human rights activist. he was the proudest when he testified on behalf of the 1986 treason trial of 22 south African anti-apartheid activist.

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South Africa was famous athletes in the past century: Reggie Walker (Olympic gold medalist in 100 in 1908), Esther Brand (Olympic high jump gold medalist in 1952), Joan Harrison (won swimmers one Olympic gold medal in 1952) and . Sam Atkinson (Olympic 110m hurdles gold medalist in 1928)

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Mathosa was one of the best singers in South Africa, he was called "southern Africa & # 39th; Madonna and the settlements. "in the 1990s, was considered one of the most talented artists in Africa Mathosa.

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of the 2003 Nobel prize for literature awarded to the south African author John Maxwell Coetzee. He was the fourth African Nobel literature laureate Soyinka of Nigeria after the Wool (1986), Naguib Mahfouz of Egypt (1988) and Coetzee & # 39; s countrywoman Nadine Gordimer (1991). J. M Coetzee was born on February 9, 1940 in Cape Town, South Africa. He cited the Swedish Academy, as the author, "who may be shaped depicted innumerables surprising involvement of the outsider" .Certainly, Coetzee is one of the most well-known South African authors in the 21st century.

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South Africa hosted the 1999 Africa Games.

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golf is a popular sport in South Africa. South Africa was a famous golfer history.In sport throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Gary Player was one of the best golfers in the world. He won various tournaments like the Masters Golf Tournament (1961.1974 and 1978), US Open (1965), PGA Championship (1962 and 1972) and the British Open (1959, 1968 and 1974) .His compatriot Bobby Locke won the British Open (1949, 1950, 1952 and 1957). In addition, South Africa has won twice at the World Cup Golf: 1965 (Gary Player and Harold Henning) and 1974 (Bobby Cole and Dale Hayes).

Source by Alejandro Guevara Onofre

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