The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of the African continent. It borders the countries of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Swaziland. Lesotho is an enclave entirely surrounded by South African territory.

South Africa has experienced a significantly different evolution from other nations in Africa arising primarily from two facts; immigration from Europe reached levels not experienced in other African communities and a level of mineralogical wealth that made the country extremely important to Western interests, particularly during the Cold War. As a result of the former, South Africa is a very racially diverse nation. It has the largest population of people of Coloured (i.e., mixed racial background), White, and Indian communities in Africa. Black South Africans account for almost 80% of the population.

Racial strife between the white minority and the black majority has played a large part in the country's history and politics, culminating in apartheid, which was instituted in 1948 by the National Party, although segregation existed prior to that date. The laws that defined apartheid began to be repealed or abolished by the National Party in 1990 after a long and sometimes violent struggle (including economic sanctions from the international community) by the Black majority as well as some White, Coloured, and Indian South Africans.

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Blah blah its unoffensive there I wonder why. South Africa has a huge population of rich whites who have constantly referred to them as such
BkalldayJay (Bunny ) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:42:33 -0000
Blah blah its unoffensive there I wonder why. South Africa has a huge population of rich whites who have constantly referred to them as such
starting to think there needs to be a South Africa #twitter for the folks who wanna endear people with the term darkie -
Mastermindrw (Rob Da Menace) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:42:22 -0000
starting to think there needs to be a South Africa #twitter for the folks who wanna endear people with the term darkie -
@glitteryglossy Huh?? So someone in South Africa posted that? Clearly I am lost and confused.
Leseana (Brandi) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:42:07 -0000
@glitteryglossy Huh?? So someone in South Africa posted that? Clearly I am lost and confused.
I understand that #thingsdarkiessay is a TT because of South Africa...but can't we PLEASE try to make a racist comment or two? For me?
SatanTheDevil (Lucifer Beelzebub) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:41:36 -0000
I understand that #thingsdarkiessay is a TT because of South Africa...but can't we PLEASE try to make a racist comment or two? For me?
Support South Africa, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! - http://bit.ly/1po73I
handsoncomms (HandsOnCommunication) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:41:35 -0000
Support South Africa, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! - http://bit.ly/1po73I
Daaamn i give up tweeting about this.ppl are too ignorant 2 understand that this is a south african thing & its about south africa's culture
BuzzBWS (Ahmed Hoosain) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:40:51 -0000
Daaamn i give up tweeting about this.ppl are too ignorant 2 understand that this is a south african thing & its about south africa's culture

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Helicopter ride around Table Mountain, Cape Town, SA: Helicopter ride around Table Mountain and parts of the cape peninsula. Best thing was that they flew with the doors open. The helicopter was one of these old Hueys from the Vietnam war. Fantastic experience. The other passengers were surprised that I was not scared at all. Oh, and please forgive papa's shabby shaky cam work, he is getting old ... and the chopper was .. well . quite choppy. And check out mama screaming at the beginning.