Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Nine provinces and eleven languages

South Africa has nine provinces; Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North-West, and Western Cape. South Africa has eleven official languages of which IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, English, Afrikaans, and Sepedi are the most widely spoken.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Cradle of humankind

South Africa has the world heritage site, the cradle of humankind, where hominid fossils of over 1 million years were found. Also the site produced the earliest controlled use of fire dating back over a million years.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Table mountain

Table mountain is the main feature that greets visitors to cape town. It is being considered as one of the modern seven natural wonders of the world. Internet voting and phone text voting is taking place now. When the cloud cascade over the edges it is like a table cloth covering the 3000 foot table.