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__ Introduction: __


 * The home country of South Africa is in the Africa continent and the border countries are The Northern Cape and Free State. The population is 50,586,275. The main languages spoken are Afrikaans, Zulu, English, Ndebele, Swazi, Venda, Spedi, Sesotho, Tsonga, Tswana, and Xhosa. The currency they use is [ZAR]/ Rand. For example: one hundred cents= 1 rand. The main religions are Christian= 80% Muslim=10% and Hindu=10%. The South Africa flag looks like this: **

 SOUTH AFRICAN FLAG



RAND/[ZAR]

__ Sports: __ The South Africans sports they play are soccer, rugby, football, cricket, hockey and running. The names of some of the teams are:

Soccer team: Bafana Bafana Rugby team: springboks

SOUTH AFRICA SPORTS

__ Traditional Clothing: __ The traditional clothing varies between tribes some common clothing would be a 2 piece animal hide skirt. CHEIF'S WEARING LEAPORD SKIN

__ Traditional Food: __


 * South Africa’s traditional foods are braais, dried meat, skop, vegetable stew, spicy sausage, biltong and droewors. **



__ Festivals and Celebrations: __


 * The festivals and celebrations are: **


 * . Human Rights Day: March 21st **


 * . Worker’s Day: May1st **


 * . Youth Day: June 16th **


 * . National Woman’s Day: August 9th **


 * . Heritage Day: September 24th **


 * . Good Friday **


 * . Easter Monday **


 * . New Year’s Day **


 * . Christmas **


 * . Boxing Day**
 * . Grahamstown Festival **

GRAHAMSTOWN FESTIVAL

__ The Arts __ :

They make jewellery, masks, paintings and sculptures.



__ Rituals, Customs and Beliefs: __

The wealth of a man is determined by how many cattle, goat’s and sheep he owns.





__ How dose South Africa contribute to the community and character of Brisbane today? __

There are many South African migrants in Australia today who work in many different areas of employment. For example: they have a restaurant called La Kasbah which is at 669 Stanley Street Woolloongabba.

__ How does South Africa influence the Australian way of life? __

Because of their many arts, beliefs and religions, festivals, foods, sports and there interesting culture.

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