The Country Of South Africa

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the largest African countries located in central Africa. Congo is a country that has grown out of a history of Belgian colonisation. Congo also has a long history of an unstable government with a lot of problems with internal corruption. Being a land rich on natural resources with a poor government, Congo has been the perfect target for foreign exploitation of the lands resources. There is a high demand for cobalt from first world countries and the demand keeps rising every year. The current battery technology enables big technology companies to sell small handheld technological devices. Congo is one of the worlds leading supplier of cobalt. Almost half of the worlds cobalt was mined there. This cobalt can be found in any rechargeable battery such as the battery of a laptop or a smartphone. A cobalt rich battery has enabled us to have phones small enough to can fit in our pockets. These litihium-ion batteries can contain up to 10 grams of refined cobalt. Refined cobalt is the most expensive element in these batteries. Today, several Chinese companies are buying cheap cobalt from Congolese miners who working under dangerous conditions. The Congolese people are poor and desperate enough to do the hard and dangerous work. Families are forced involve their children in the mining work to be able to survive. The work pays less than minimum wage. The foreign mining business in Congo has caused Congolese people to sacrifice their

When it comes to science technology South Africa has been no slouch, in 2011 they were able to produce a full body X-ray that emits up to 10 times less harmful dose than regular X-ray systems. Other inventions they were able to produce are the fingerprint identification classifier,3D Underwater imaging system, CAT Scan, Dolosse and many more. In terms of infrastructure South Africa is a large country, with nine provinces that lack the support of national infrastructure to connect big cities to small ones.

Ethnic groups have always been a big part of the African continent and countries leaving the DRC in no difference. Once a primordial, ethnic groups are now recognized to be historical creation, products of tangible processes of administrative categorization, political mobilization and socialization (Posner, 2003).The Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire is the second most ethnically diverse nation in the world, only behind India. Research shows that the DRC has over 200 different distinct ethnic groups as the nation is located in sub-Saharan Africa with the second largest rain largest rainforest in the world. The DRC accounts for over half of the total remaining rainforests in the Central African region. The capital city Kinshasa, now has its official language being French and other spoken languages consisting English, Swahili, Lingala, kikongo/Kituba and Tshilumba/Kiluba. Christianity, like many parts of Africa due to missionary influences, is the major religion practiced in the country and has a population of about 62.6 million, leaving Adult literacy rate at 70% and life expectancy rate of forty-six years sadly. The Bantu speaking people are the major ethnic group in the land leaving the others; mongo, lumba and kongo, also mangbetu-Azande making about 45% of the population.

The North Africa Story were the campaigns to take over North Africa. This was of major concern for the British because they would lose control over the Suez canal, which was a “lifeline” for the British colonies. Also, it endangered the oil reserves in the Middle East (“North Africa campaigns”). Here, the use of Ultra had both positive and negative affects to the outcome.

no gene pools. Therefore, there is no human race that is intellectually superior to another.

South Africa is a country found at the southern tip of Africa that boasts of a relatively rich history. Dutch traders arrived at the south most tip of present day South Africa in 1652 and built a stopover point on the path that was used to transport spice between Holland and the Far East, consequently instituting the town of Cape Town. After the British captured the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch residents fled to the north to institute their own republics in areas taken from the indigenous African populace (Beck, 2014). The exposition of gemstones and silver stimulated prosperity and immigration and increased the subjugation of the local population. The Afrikaners opposed English encroachments but were beaten in the Second South African War (1899-1902); nonetheless, the English and the Afrikaners, continued to rule over South Africa in 1910 under the Union of South Africa. Following a whites-only referendum, South Africa became a republic in 1961 (Thompson & Berat, 2014).

South Africa is a country of diversity, with 11 languages that are officially recognized--Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu (Statistics South Africa, 2011). Although South Africa has diverse communities, much of its history has proven a lack of representation. Up until 1994, South Africa was ruled by a white minority government, which came into power in 1948 and enforced a racial segregation policy called apartheid—a policy that mandates that black and white communities live in separate areas, commute separately, etc. (“South Africa: Background,” n.d.). The corrupt government also stirred conflict around neighboring countries. Eventually, the apartheid government dismantled as a result of an interim constitution created by F.W. de Clerk and Nelson Mandela, both of whom led a multiracial forum called the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) to transform the oppressive white government into a multiracial democracy (“South Africa: Background,” n.d.). However, the residual damage from the previous regime remains evident, with social problems such as poor education, high unemployment and poverty, and HIV/AIDS still rampant (“South Africa: Background,” n.d.). In fact, South Africa is home to the second highest number of HIV/AIDS patients in the world (“South Africa: Background,” n.d.). Despite the problems that South Africa faces, South Africa dominates in terms of the economy, with its economy being one

Earlier, I mentioned the unilateral consequences of trade protection policies between cooperating nations or economies. Now let us look at the multilateral effects that this can pose. Research shows that membership in trade organizations like the World Trade Organization (WTO) haven't and will not play a significant effect on trade. In the early 90s, Africa signaled a very important shift in its developmental strategy. This shift was from the promotion of the continent's exports while controlling imports, to a more open view on tariff liberalization . This paradigm shift, can mostly be seen in the commitment South Africa showed in General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GATT (the predecessor to the WTO). Within the GATT, South Africa agreed

South Africa is a country of diversity, with 11 languages that are officially recognized--Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu (Statistics South Africa, 2011). Although South Africa has diverse communities, much of its history has proven a lack of representation. Up until 1994, South Africa was ruled by a white minority government, which came into power in 1948 and enforced a racial segregation policy called apartheid—a policy that mandates that black and white communities live in separate areas, commute separately, etc. (“South Africa: Background,” n.d.). The corrupt government also stirred conflict around neighboring countries. Eventually, the apartheid

For this paper, I decided to focus on the South African State of the Zulu and how it emerged into a state from a small tribe during the Early 1800’s. Shaka Zulu, The leader of the Zulu and the face of the Zulu as a nation when they came to power, was known to be a very fierce fighter and strong leader. Born around approximately 1787 as an illegitimate half-son to the current leader of the Zulu, he was exiled from the state and worked his way up as the equivalent of an officer in an opposing states military. Once Shaka’s father died, he used his military expertise along with the help of his current tribe’s leader to take control of the Zulu tribe for himself, since he did have the blood line of their previous leader. Shaka almost single handedly grew the Zulu from a small south African Tribe into a state of over 100,000 people with almost half of the total population being in the active military. Through militaristic and expansionist values, Shaka quickly grew the Zulu from a small tribe into a large warring state which raided many other South African Tribes for their resources and wealth, and Shaka also absorbed them into the Zulu tribe whenever possible in order to increase his power and area of control.

Corruption has overrun all aspects of South African culture since the early 1900’s. The government, the police force, and all of the citizens commit acts of corruption on an everyday basis in order to secure contracts, grants, and in order to earn more money. From a business standpoint, as government contracts are given to certain businesses with connections, many other legitimate businesses are driven out of the market, often leading to less than ideal goods. Prices have significantly inflated, as the contracts are not necessarily given to the lowest bidder, which has caused a very chaotic currency in South Africa

South Africa is located in Southern Africa, it stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. South Africa is ranked the 25th largest country in the world by land area and 25th most populated nation. South Africa is the only nation-state named after its geographic location. After the establishment of a constitutional nonracial democracy in 1994, there was an agreement signed not to change its name. It is a nation of diversity. South Africa has 49.32-million people and a variety of cultures, languages and religious beliefs.

During the month of February, I was given the opportunity to go to South Africa, and present part of my thesis in collaboration with another student. This experience was one in a million for me and it was only the second time in my life that I was able to travel to another country. The only other time was for preview, where I went to London.

It is needless to say that South Africa is home to the largest known gold reserves in the world, which is estimated to be around 40000 tons. South Africa cradles about 45-55% of the world’s total global gold reserves and mining is perhaps the biggest and most popular industry in South Africa as the nation’s economy basically depends on gold mining.

Lesotho, from which the capital is Maseru, is located in southern Africa and is an enclave of South Africa (SA), sharing 909km of borders with its land-locking neighbor. The terrain is mostly composed of highlands with plateaus, hills, and mountains; it is the only country in the world that has the totality of its land above 1000 meters. Arable land and permanent crops account for 10.27% of the land while the rest (89.72%) is mountainous. The surface area is 30,355 sq km; same size as Belgium, slightly smaller than Maryland. Some of Lesotho’s natural resources are water, diamonds, sand, clay and building stone. The nation produces mostly cereals such as corn, wheat, pulses, sorghum, barley and also livestock. Lesotho is a