Night view of Cape Town by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center CONTENT

SOUTH AFRICA: The Apartheid 4

Important facts you should know before you visit South Africa 5

Why is South Africa an English speaking country? 6

The top three tourist attractions in South Africa 7

The sound of South Africa 9

NELSON MANDELA 11

South African Cuisine 13

SPORTS 15 Rugby 17

LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA The Diary of a South African Girl 19 A letter from Malu 20

THE WRITING COMPETITION 21 SOUTH AFRICA THE APARTHEID by Víctor Cabrera Rey Today, we are going to learn more about the history of South Africa, butmainly; about the Apartheid. The groups, voting was exclusive for white Great Britain government thought men, interracial marriages were ban- that white and black people should ned or even sexual relations between be treated equally but british people them. Until 1993 South Africa was who lived there didn’t think the same the only country that was controlled so the conflict started. by a minority of white population.

First, what is apartheid? Apartheid In my opinion racial problems are one was a system of racial segregation in of the most common problems in the South Africa enforced through legis- world and I can’t understand why. A lation by the National Party govern- person who believes that a black man ments.This system consisted in the is worse than you is stupid. Our race creation of separate places like studio doesn’t decide who is better or worse, recreation rooms for different racial nothing justifies racism. IMPORTANT FACTS Why is South Africa an YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE English speaking country? by Carlos Puente YOU VISIT SOUTH AFRICA The first colonists were dutch, the first was between 1880 and 1881, by Marisa Guzmán but then the British arrived. Later and the second between 1899 and South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is a country located at the came the Boers. South Africa was a southern tip of Africa. South Africa is the 25th-largest country in the world by 1902. British and Boers have fought British colony in 1902 when Boers land area, and with close to 53 million people, is the world’s 24th-most popu- for twenty years, but in 1902, Boers lar nation. lost the war. British and Boers were knew they were going to lose the war Capital intereting because in South Afri- because British had all the power. Fi- Pretoria (executive) ca there were diamond fields and Bloemfontein (judicial) nally, in 1961 South Africa obtained Cape Town (legislative) gold mines. The Boer War started Largest city with the conflict between British the independence and was declared and Boers. There were two wars, the Republic Of South Africa. Official languages 11 languages (Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Xhosa, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda and Zulu) Government constitutional parlamentary republic President Jacob Zuma Deputy president Kgalema Mothalthe Currency the rand Population 51.19 million (2012) Flag adoption on April 27, 1994 (colors: white ,blue ,black ,red ,green and gold) Ethnic Groups 79´5% black, many other ethnic groups THE TOP THREE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA by Alejandra Barbasán Carmonar

CANGO CAVES This adventure is a classical visit in South Africa. It´s a tour in underground stone caves. During 90 minutes, a specialized guide walks and guides tourists through tunnels. All the people that live in South Africa have visited the caves because it is a different , fun and interesting adventure.

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK It is the biggest and the most important park in South Africa. It has got many types of animals. It usually takes an hour and a half. This park is amazing and very interes- ting. You can learn a lot about the animals.

APARTHEID MUSEUM It is a museum where all people with other languages can go because there is an audio guide. This exhibition lasts two hours. Peo- ple like it because you learn the history of South Africa. THE SOUND OF SOUTH AFRICA by Alba Rodríguez Romero

The sound of african music scene includes both popular and folk forms. Pop styles are based on Zulu (Isicatha- miya singing Harmonic Mbaqanga), rock, jazz, classical, gospel, rap, reggae, maskanda, kwaito...

Christian missions provided the first organised musical training in the country. Pop singers, for example, are from Angola, Botswana, Camerún and two famous groups are “Fisk Jubilee Singers” and “Thule Sizwe South Africa”.

The most famous pop singer is Lira. She was borned in Johannesburg (South Africa). Her name means ‘love’ in sesotho and she speaks four languages. “Ngiyazifela“ is one of her most famous songs. NELSON MANDELA HIS CHILDHOOD DEATH AND FUNERAL By Cristina Blancat By Berta Álvarez Nelson Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in Mvezo, a village of 300 people near Umtata in The death or South African expresident, Nelson Mandela, happened on 5th the Transkei. He was one of the thirteen children his father had. His real name is Rolihlala, December 2013 in Johannesburg, after six months of critical lung problems. which means “pulling the branch of a tree” or naughty. To pay tribute to Mandela (who became an icon of reconciliation), leaders, Nelson was an English nickname his teacher gave him at school. He was the first person of celebrities, royals and especially South Africans met. One of the most his family to go to school. After the death of his father, who was a lawyer counselor of the emotional moments was the greeting between two rivals, the U.S. supreme head of the tribe , he was mentored and started studying. Presisden, Barack Obama, and his counterpart from Cuba, Raul Castro. The image went around the world. NELSON MANDELA AT UNIVERSITY By Isaac Mejías Nelson Mandela studied law at the University of Witwatersrand. MOVIES ABOUT MANDELA Mandela was the only native African student, and though facing By Esperanza Díaz racism. He studied the career from 1943 until 1949. While he was Nelson Mandela hasn´t starred in any movies, studying, he joined the ANC (African National Congress) Youth but there have been some films on his behalf: League. -“Mandela and the Klerk”, a 1997 movie starring Sidney Poitier and directed by Joseph Sargent.

HIS INFLUENCE ON SOUTH AFRICA -“Goodbye Bafara” is the 2007 movie starring Joseph Fiennes By Julia Fátima and directed by Billie August. In 1948 the National Party came into power, which institutionalized racial segregation with the apartheid. -“Invictus”, starring Morgan Freeman and directed by Clint Under the inpiration of Ghandi, the ANC advocated no Easwood, had its premiere the 11th December 2009. violent methods of struggle, and the Youth League (led by Nel- son Mandela) organized campaings of civil disobedience against -“Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”, released in 2013 and apartheid laws. Mandela became the first black president of Sou- starring Idris Elba and Naomie Harris. th Africa in 1994 and launched a policy of national reconciliation NELSON MANDELA CHILDREN´S FUND NOBEL PEACE PRIZE By Claudia Carral By Gerardo Márquez The Children fund of Nelson Mandela contributes to the memory Nelson and Frederik were given the nobel prize for fighting against of their history, listening to all their voices, in order to promote the oppression of the regime and aparetheid. He also worked for the peace, human rights and democracy. It was founded in 1999. national reconciliation, the progress of the country and the literacy of children. He always used the dialogue and understanding without violence. Cooking Biltong

SOUTH AFRICAN CUISINEby Rocío García García

In this country we can taste “biltong” that has its origin in South Africa, after European settlers arrived in Southern Africa in the early 17th century. It is a variety of cured meat, dried and mixed with various ingredients so it changes the taste. It is made from raw fillets, applying vinegar and rubbing the strips Cooking Bobotie of meat with a mixture of salt and pe- pper, coriander and cloves.

We can also taste “bobotie”, having its origin in white settler communities in Kenya, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zam- bia. It is a spiced minced meat baked with egg-based topping and soak bread.

Cooking Bunny Chow

And third, the “bunny chow” was crea- ted in Duban, a community of people with an Indian origin. It is made with a loaf of bread filled with curry. THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CRICKET TEAM by Pepe Cuesta y Pablo Martínez Rojo The South African national cricket team, nicknamed the Proteas, represents South Africa in international cricket. The team toured England in 1947. At Nottingham, Captain Alan Melville and vice- captain Dave Nourse achieved a Test match record for a third partnership of 319. The following year Nourse, 38-year-old captain CRICKET RULES of Natal, was appointed Captain for the 1948 MCC Test matches in South Africa. known as a ground, between two teams of 11 players each. Cricket is a game played with a bat and a ball on a large field, The aim of the game is to score runs after hitting the ball and

The cricketto put rulesout the displayed opposing on batsmen this page when are for in thethe traditionalfield. form of cricket which is called “”.

However there are other versions of the game (eg. 50 over matches, Twenty20 Cricket, etc) where the rules differ slightly.

South Africa has a record for failing to win major tournaments. The 1992 Cricket World Cup, for example, featured a rain-affected semi-

South Africa needed 22 runs from 13 balls when it started to rain. final played before the introduction of the Duckworth-Lewis rain rule. THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL RUGBY TEAM by Pablo Serrano Luque

South Africa´s national rugby team has won two world rugby cups and they have also won the three nations cup three times. It´s a historical team and they have had good results since 1995.

In 1995, the South African national

François Pienaar was the captain, an important part of therugby history team of the won team. their The first most world interesting cup. played and they won it! They won the other world thingcup in was 2007. that it was the first time South Africa

They are called the Springboks and they wear a green and yellow uniform. The current coach is Heyneke Meyer, and the most important player of the team is John Smith.

Nelson Mandela and François Pienaar, 1995. THE DIARY OF A Hey Alonso! I am Malu, your friend from South Afri- SOUTH AFRICAN GIRL ca. I´m writing this letter because today is the international day of peace.I hope today is a great day for you. 20/01/2014 My family and I have done some typical acti- vities of his area and I want to tell you about Dear diary, them. Everybody has sung and danced Sou- today I woke up and I saw my mother preparing breakfast. I had th African songs of our ancestors. We had a breakfast and I went to school. When I f inished school I ate and great time. went to play football with my friends. Hope to see you soon.

24/01/2014 Kisses and greetings Dear diary, Malu I haven’t done anything during these days, I´ve only gone to school, done some homework and played football but today, me and my friends, could maybe go to the cinema to watch “The hunger Games”. That would be incredible...

After the movie we aet a burger with fries and we met Telu Mashamaite, wow!. In the end, the day was great.

26/01/2014 Dear diary, This weekend has been incredible. I have had a lot of fun and we also ate monkey steak.

by Aurora Moreno Racero by Alonso Cano García THE WRITNG COMPETITION These are the four best stories the students of the British School have written for the special edition magazine related with South Africa. The writers had to choose between two possible stories, ‘The lost tourist’ or `The South African wild boy/girl’, and adapt the story to the country we were going to talk about in the magazine. Hope you enjoy the creative skills of our students. “The South African wild GiRL” “The LOST WOMAN” by Alba Navas Martín by Manuel Fernando Rodríguez

Anne was a girl of English parents, raised since childhood with wild Last week, a ranger saved a woman in the jungle. The woman said ‘I African pets. Anna was born in Pretoria, daughter of Degri Sylvie and was lost because I was taking photos of some birds and when I tur- ned around, the people weren´t there.’ She was lost for two days, she her life traveling around Africa, to countries like Zimbablue, Botswa- survived with some fruit. She said that the ranger found her while naRobert ... She Jame, lived photographers in a tent in the offorest Africa. and Anne always lived woke the withfirst tenthe yearssun shi of- he was with other tourists. She also said ‘It was a nightmare… I was ning on her face, with her parents at her side. Anne established great very scared because my mobile phone went dead and I didn’t have relationships with local animals, including an elephant, a leopard and any way to communicate with the people… but thanks to Mark, the a baboon. months after the parents left England for work and there- ranger, I´m safe now. He saved my life’. She thought she could be dead fore decided to leave Anne by a South African family. because in the jungle there isn´t any potable water or enough food. I When she returned to England with her parents, at the age of 14, will be more responsible next time’. much missed animals, but very quickly settled in the city. Years later, she starred in nature documentaries in South Africa for 23 years and now she is studying film at Oxford University. “ROSE AND HER TRIP” by Carmen Blanco

“The South African wild GiRL” Rose was a 23 year old woman, photographer, young, beautiful and by Miguel Ángel Marín Ruiz South Africa to take photos of the province of Limpopo. Rosebrave. went When to she Kruger finished National studying Park photography, and took many she went photos on aof trip rare to He´s got family there, in Johannesburg. Juan went to visit the city and animals and exotic plants . When it was late, Rose got lost in the park. haveJuan isa walkfrom in Spain the park. and heHis traveled family lives for the in a first house time on tothe South outskirts Africa. of It was cold and she was afraid because there were lots of dangerous the city. Juan went to the park in the other part of the city. When he animals. She had some peanuts in her bag and she gave them to a realized, he didn´t know where he was. big elephant she saw. When the elephant ate the peanuts, Rose got His mobile was at his falmily´s house. Then he asked a lot of peo- on to the elephant and took some amazing photos of the sun and the ple from Johannesburg where the street where his family lived was. scenery. She slept on top of the elephant and in the morning, when a The people were very friendly and nice. Everyone helped Juan and he group of people saw her, they picked her up and saved her. found and arrived at his family´s house. He spent four hours in the In the end, her photos were a big success. She now lives in South Afri- street and was very tired and happy to see is family again ca and dedicates her life to take pictures of all the country.