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All Cities in South Africa. Base Camp in South Africa : Base Camp Buffalo City Base Camp Bushbuckridge Base Camp City of Cape Town Base Camp City of Johannesburg Base Camp City of Matlosana Base Camp City of Tshwane Base Camp Ekurhuleni Base Camp Emalahleni Base Camp Emfuleni Base Camp eThekwini Base Camp Greater Tubatse Base Camp Greater Tzaneen Base Camp King Sabata Dalindyebo Base Camp Madibeng Base Camp Makhado Base Camp Maluti a Phofung Base Camp Mangaung Base Camp Matjhabeng Base Camp Mbombela Base Camp Mogalakwena Base Camp Mogale City Base Camp Msunduzi Base Camp Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Base Camp Newcastle Base Camp Nkomazi Base Camp Nyandeni Base Camp Polokwane Base Camp Rustenburg Base Camp Thulamela Base Camp uMhlathuze South Africa Description South Africa Dutch traders landed at the southern tip of modern day South Africa in 1652 and established a stopover point on the spice route between the Netherlands and the Far East, founding the city of Cape Town. After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjugation of the native inhabitants. The Boers resisted British encroachments but were defeated in the Boer War (1899-1902); however, the British and the Afrikaners, as the Boers became known, ruled together beginning in 1910 under the Union of South Africa, which became a republic in 1961 after a whites-only referendum. In 1948, the National Party was voted into power and instituted a policy of apartheid - the separate development of the races - which favored the white minority at the expense of the black majority. The African National Congress (ANC) led the opposition to apartheid and many top ANC leaders, such as Nelson MANDELA, spent decades in South Africa's prisons. Internal protests and insurgency, as well as boycotts by some Western nations and institutions, led to the regime's eventual willingness to negotiate a peaceful transition to majority rule. The first multi-racial elections in 1994 brought an end to apartheid and ushered in majority rule under an ANC-led government. South Africa since then has struggled to address apartheid-era imbalances in decent housing, education, and health care. ANC infighting, which has grown in recent years, came to a head in September 2008 when President Thabo MBEKI resigned, and Kgalema MOTLANTHE, the party's General-Secretary, succeeded him as interim president. Jacob ZUMA became president after the ANC won general elections in April 2009. Location Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Area - comparative slightly less than twice the size of Texas Natural resources South Africa South Africa gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas Population South Africa 49,109,107 South Africa Religions South Africa Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% (2001 census) Languages IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% (2001 census) South Africa Education South Africa expenditures 5.4% of GDP (2006) Government South Africa type 9 provinces; Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North-West, Western Cape Independence Freedom Day, 27 April (1994) South Africa Economy - overview Investment South Africa Industries South Africa 240.3 billion kWh (2007 est.) Airports South Africa condensate 11 km; gas 908 km; oil 980 km; refined products 1,379 km (2009)