What Shaped South Africa?
- England's culture carried on from the UK to South Africa.
- Racial segregation caused blacks, whites, and asians to all live in different parts of the country.
- South Africa has a history of bad police situations, including mass murders performed by the police.
- Jan van Riebeeck
- Founded South Africa and made a refreshment stand for ships passing by. The stand eventually turned into the Cape of Good Hope which turned into Cape Town.
- Nelson Mandela
- Helped protest against the racial segregation and became president in 1994 to 1999.
GDP per capita is $11,035
Unemployment rate is high at 25%
One South African rand equals $0.11
Inflation rate is 5.09%
Literacy rate is 97%
Republic Government
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