Contents

Introduction South Africa's many faces Photos • 1 The colonial past Lead-in Photos and quotations 6

Spot on facts South Africa's colonial past between 1625-1910 Informational text 7

Core skill Analysing internet texts Texted-based analysis 8 workshop A Establishing the credibility of a website B Looking at two different internet texts Great Trek Internet text The Great Trek Internet text

Texts Meeting the natives of the Cape Historical non-fiction, drawing 11

Advanced texts The legacy of Cecil Rhodes 12 Black and British. A forgotten history Video Why is Cecil Rhodes such a controversial figure? Photos, newspaper article South Africa - an English-speaking country? Listening texts, statistics, map 14 The Anglo-Boer Wars Informational text, listening text, photos 16

2 What's ? Lead-in Photos and poem 18

Spot on facts 1910-1948: Laying the foundations for apartheid Informational texts 19

Core skill Analysing a short story Literary analysis 20 workshop A Short stories: Literary windows on people and society B Characterisation and narrative perspective Crepuscule Short story excerpt Death of a Son Short story excerpt

Texts Private and state security 23 She Doesn't Speak Short story excerpt The Questioning Short story excerpt Racial ambiguity 27 Me, Coloured Novel excerpt The Population Registration Act 1950 Informational texts The Pencil Test The Noose Short story excerpt Uprising 29 Soweto Blues , listening text Territorial and residential segregation 30 Territorial segregation: Dividing up the country Informational texts, map Sophiatown: an example of residential segregation The Colour of Our Skin? Video Born a crime Autobiography excerpt 32 Immorality Act 1927 Laws The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act 1949

Advanced text The Death of Masaba Short story 33

3 Hopes and challenges Lead-in Cartoon, photos, informational text 35

Spot on facts 1990-present: Transition and the new South Africa Informational text 36

Texts : Prisoner and president Photos, captions 37 Nelson Mandela in his first television interview Video Freedom fighter or terrorist? Autobiography excerpt, cartoon

Core skill Mediation 39 workshop Deutscher Touristenrekord in Südafrika Magazine article Wie ein Löwe dem Tod entrann Magazine article A What's that all about? B Mediating texts from German to English C Mediating a film from English to German Alarming Rise in Rhino Poaching in South Africa Video

Texts The economy and tourism Informational texts 42 Key development challenges The promise of a new start Sport-crazy South Africa Informational text, listening text 44

Advanced texts An NGO in South Africa Listening texts 45 An Englishman in Blikkiesdorp Personal narrative Volunteering at HOPE Cape Town Website, statistics, photos

Vocabulary 50