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South Africa
Elliott J. Clemente
School of Criminal Justice, Liberty University
Author Note
Elliott J. Clemente
I have no known conflict of interest to disclose.
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to
Elliott J. Clemente
Email: ejclemente@libertyuniversity.edu
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Abstract
South Africa’s two-tier system of forced segregation where blacks and whites lived through
completely different worlds. A system known as Apartheid put a minority white population in
place and kept in place in many cases at the end of a weapon. A system so insidious that it sent
thousands to its prisons and others to their graves. The system sent a future president of the
country to the infamous Robin Island for twenty-six years and starting a revolution that would end
with a former prisoner lead the country out apartheid and back on the world stage.
The nation’s majority black citizens were forced to live a subhuman existence. A system where
the white minority were made to believe that they were superior to blacks. Apartheid system made
the county an international pariah among industrial nations of the world. The system based on
racial superiority was established in the 17th century with the founding of the country. However, it
was not until the middle of the 20th century with the official recognition from the government the
system was codified.
In the years following the end of the Apartheid, South Africa has seen a metamorphose becoming
a global destination.
Africa is one of the oldest countries globally, with South Africa being one of the oldest
regions in the continent. Human remains have been discovered dating back to 3.67 million years
ago to the dawn of humanity. Where man first stood upright and walked his way to expanding and
becoming the most successful species ever.
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In 1652, the Dutch East Indian with 6000 ship armada established trading and resupply
post at the southern tip of the African content were Dutch, English, and other European countries.
This post would serve the sea-going merchants traveling through the region on their way and
returning from India. The station at Turtle Bay on the Cape Peninsula was established as a mid-
point with military surveillance capabilities.
South Africa is the southernmost region on the continent of Africa. The coastline
circumnavigates the country’s entire perimeter, from Messina on the East coast to Port Nolloth
on the west, some 1,770 miles. The coastal plains lead to the edge of the Cape Fold Mountain
range. Thus, it covers the entire southern region of the country, on the northern edge of the Cape
Fold Mountains range where the Central Plateau pastoral land meet. The eastern part of the
Plateau is the country’s highest point, with an altitude of 5,249-6,233 feet above sea level.
Keywords:
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People and Society of the South Africa
Prior to 1652, the Cape colony was established at Turtle Bay; merchants from Portgual
would land and trade goods and resupply their vessels with water, meat, vegetables with the
Khoikhoi people. A race of nomadic herders that wondered this part of Africa rising, cattle, and
sheep are traveling the region with the seasons searching for grazing land for their animals. Due to
their nomadic lifestyle, Khoikhoi people never settled in one place.
Holly bible
There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you
are all one in Christ Jesus (King James, Galatians 3:28, 1769/2021)
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Introduction
South Africa is the southernmost region on the continent of Africa. The coastline
circumnavigates the country’s entire perimeter, from Messina on the East coast to Port Nolloth
on the west, some 1,770 miles. The coastal plains lead to the edge of the Cape Fold Mountain
range. Thus, it covers the entire southern region of the country, on the northern edge of the Cape
Fold Mountains range where the Central Plateau pastoral land meet. The eastern part of the
Plateau is the country’s highest point, with an altitude of 5,249-6,233 feet above sea level. Rivers
located on the Central Plateau drain and run west into the Orange River and the Indian
Modern South Africa has approximately 53 million people within its borders,
encompassing 1,219,909sq km. It shares its Northern border with five countries (Namibia,
Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Swaziland). On the country’s western border sits the
Southern Atlantic; on its Eastern and the southern borders is the Indian Ocean. Historically, its
geographical location midway point between England and the Indian sub-continent has made this
region popular among seafarers.
The country’s multiethnic makeup has made a destination for millions from around the
world. The population of South Africa is almost 53 million and consist of 79.5 percent black, 9
percent white, 9 percent, 9 percent “colored,” and 2.5 percent Asian or Indian resident. The South
African context refers to people of mixed race and is often associated with African and Dutch
ancestry (Terrill, 2016).
There are 11 different officially recognized languages spoken in the South African region.
Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda,
and Xitsonga. Most of the languages spoken are Bantu rooted tongues. A significant portion of the
South Africans speaks a variation of the Bantu dialect. Dutch variant is also a Bantus, but the
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