ANGLAIS T.C Flashcards

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JULY 18th 1918

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born in the Tanksei in South Africa

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2
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1964

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sentenced to life imprisonment
for sabotage and high treason
sent to the jail on Robben Island
26/27 years of prison

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3
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1990

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released from prison after 26/27 years of prison

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4
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1993

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win the Nobel Peace Prize with F.W. de Klerk
the last apartheid president

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5
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1994

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elected president after the ANC ( African National Congress )
wins South Africa’s first multi-racial elections

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6
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December 5th 2013

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dies at 95

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7
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city called «the mother city»

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Cape Town

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8
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the capital cities

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  • Pretoria executive
  • Bloemfontein judicial
  • Cape Town legislative
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9
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symbol of the flag

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red, white and blue: colors of the Deutch colonists and the British flag
yellow, black and green: from the African National Congress (ANC) flag.
black: people
green: fertility of the land
yellow: gold, the mineral wealth beneath the soil

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10
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official languages of S.A

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11 official languages
3 main languages: Afrikaans, English and Zulu

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11
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when was the flag adopted

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27 April 1994

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12
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nickname of S.A and who is credited for it

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The Rainbow Nation, Archbishop Desmond Tutu to describe the Post-Apartheid SA

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13
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the motto

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Unity in diversity

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14
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the currency ( monetary unit)

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the Rand

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15
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number of inhabitants

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≈55M in 2016

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16
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today’s president

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Cyril Ramaphosa since 2017

17
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first europeans to settle

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dutch, french and german settlers ( Afrikaans ) from 1652-1700

18
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who came next afrikaanners

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the British conquered the settlement and occupied Cape Town in 1795

19
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South African independence

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self governance 1931
Republic independent from theCommonwealth: 1961

20
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who are called the Afrikaners

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decendant from the 1st settlers:
French
German
and Dutch protestants
whites: they speak Afrikaans, language derived from the Dutch

21
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segregation laws
name and date

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Apartheid 1948

22
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Apartheid means

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The state of being apart, separate ( but unequal)

23
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who introduced them and why
( the segregation laws )

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The right-wing National Party because they fear of black domination: a lot of them were leaving rural areas to move to the cities

24
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Apartheid main rules

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  • separate residential areas
  • black had to live in black only townships
  • at 16 every black persons was given a passbook to work in white areas
  • illegal to live to white areas without a pass
  • racially mixed marriages were prohibited
  • no right to vote
25
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township

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a residential development that confined non-whites ( Blacks, coloured and Indians ) living near or working in white-only communities.
Soweto: SOUTH-WESTERN-TOWNSHIPS ( most famous one )

26
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most famous anti-Apartheid political party
( when founded, most famous leader, when banned )

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AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS ( ANC )
- founded in January 8th 1912
- most famous leader:NELSON MANDELA, >imprisonment
- banned in 1960

27
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2 famous revolts against Apartheid

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SHARPEVILLE:1960
SOWETO:1976

28
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end of Apartheid

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date: June 30th 1991
Mandela and F.W De Klerk ended it and were awarded of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993

29
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when was the first one person, one vote election
who was elected

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27th April 1994
it was Nelson Mandela

30
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the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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1995
chairman: Archbishop Desmond Tutu
action&goal: commission which had to discover and reveal horrors,
the wrong-doings made under Apartheid
in hope of resolving conflicts left over from the past,
with testimonies of victims
and perpetrators of Apartheid.
AIM: reveal the whole truth about what happened during Aparthied to help bury the hatchet.