South Africa Collaborative Project

Neta Moshkovitz & Sharon Yonish

Animals World

Penguin in South Africa

• The African penguin is a species of penguin that lives in the waters of South Africa.

• Where to find them? – Ten islands and two mainland sites support the African penguin.

• The African penguin is a very popular attraction in South Africa and many tourists in South Africa want to see them in their special beaches and islands. 

• Diet – Sardines, Anchovies, Squid and Crustaceans.

• Population – According to 2010 there are 55,000 penguins.

• Habitat – Islands and beaches only at the South-Western coast of Africa

• Breeding – Monogamous, two eggs at a time, incubation takes 40 days.

• Lifespan – 10 to 27 years in the wild, and up to 30 years in captivity.

• Primary predators – Sharks and Seals, while nesting Gulls, Mongooses and Caracals.

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Birds in South Africa

• there are more than 160 species of birds in south africa .

• the blue crane, also known as the Stanley crane and the paradise crane, is the national bird of South Africa.

• the biggest bird in south africa is the ostrich.

Famous people

Oscar Pistorius

• Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius was born on 22 November 1986 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Oscar is a South African former professional sprinter.
• Oscar  was born with fibular hemimelia in both legs. When he was eleven months old, both of his legs were cut off under his knees. 
• In 2007, he participated in an international handicap competition for the first time.
• Oscar, who holds world records for running 100, 200 and 400 meters for leg amputations, runs with the help of prosthetic legs made of carbon fiber.
• He participated in the London Olympics, and was the first invalid athlete in the history of the Olympic Games.  
• He was the tenth athlete to compete at both the Paralympic Games and Olympic Games.
• On February 14, 2013, Oscar was arrested after shooting his girlfriend ​​and charged with murder.
•  Oscar did not deny shooting his girlfriend. he said that he thought a burglar had entered their apartment, while she tried to surprise him on Valentine’s Day.
• On September 12, 2014, Oscar was convicted of killing his girlfriend and was sentenced to five years in jail.
• On September 19, 2015, he was released from prison for the rest of his sentence for house arrest.
• In December 2015, the Court of Appeals changed the murder conviction. In July 2016, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison.
• In August of that year he tried to end his life.
• In November 2017, it was determined that his prison term would be extended to 13 years and five months.

Famous people

CHARLIZE THERON

• Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, South Africa, the only child of Gerda and Charles Theron.

• Her native language is Afrikaans. In addition she speaks English and a variety of other languages she learned from her dad’s farm workers and her neighbors.

• She grew up on her parents’ farm in Benoni, near Johannesburg.

• On 21 june 1991, when she was 15 years old, her alcoholic father, threatened Charlize and her mother, physically attacking her mother and pointing a gun at both of them. Theron’s mother retrieved her own handgun, and killed him.

• Charlize Theron is a  former model and a South African and American actress and producer.

• She became famous in the 1990s participating in films: “Two Days In The Valley”,” The Devil’s Advocate”, “Mighty Joe Young” , and “The Cider House Rules”.

• She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award (which made her the first African American to win the Academy Award for acting), a Golden Globe Award, an American Cinematheque Award, and the Silver Bear for Best Actress. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016, and she is one of the world’s highest-paid actresses, as of 2019.

Culture

Wine, The Route Garden

• The Route Garden is considered the most famous wine area of South Africa. between the most famous in the whole world. In addition to excellent wine, the area offers wonderful views, national parts and beautiful mountain ridge.

• Activities along Route 62 include wine tours, safari drives, tribal art, cultural tours, museums, hiking, mountain climbing, jeep trips, canoeing, horse riding, ostrich riding, fishing, caving, and even skydiving.

• Route 62 spans a distance of 850 km from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth.

Culture

South African music

Popular music in South Africa is usually at a variable tempo and vocal harmonies. This geographical area is recognizes by different tools, such as the iron bell and many strange harps.

There are rhythmic principles common to sub-Saharan African traditions. These principles actually constitute one main system. The principles on which music is based are similar, but their use varies by region, state, and ethnic group.

Mbaqanga is a style that grew in the 1960s when Western tools blended with local Zulu melodies and the combination became popular with both black and white South Africans.                               This is considered the music of the struggle for liberation.

Popular music in South Africa also had a role in the war on apartheid.

Isicathamiya is a musical style that developed in the 19th century for black South Africans who worked in the mines and sang about the difficulties of their lives in a-chapel harmonies. From this music we learn about the resistance of the people of South Africa who have developed the type of music so that the miners do not hear them.

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Climate of South Africa

• South Africa is a sunny country.   In most areas sun shines on average  8 to 10 hours a day.

• In summer rain comes unexpectedly without warning.

• The highest rainfall is in the  east.

• The rainy season is summer and usually accompanied by short thunderstorms in the afternoons.

• The country’s eastern coast is characterized by a high-humidity tropical climate and many precipitation.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZTMmgycfKI

•  Summer season is the rainy season and the hottest and the most moist (Summer season is November to February).

• In the autumn season, weather is ideal. During the day is pleasant and the night is a little cold (autumn season is from March to April).

• During the winter season it’s cold and dry. The most cold period is between July and August. (Winter season is from May to September).

• In the spring season nature blooms, the average temperatures in this season ranges from 25C-30C to a combined degrees of pleasant winds (Spring season is from September to November).

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Geography

• South Africa is the 25th-largest country in the world. 

• South Africa has long coastline and along two oceans (the South Atlantic and the Indian).

• The Orange River is South Africa’s largest river. Rising in the Drakensberg Mountains.

• South Africa has borders with 6 countries, Namibia, Botswana and even a country inside the area of South Africa that call Lasoto.

• South Africa is a country with lots of contrasts, ski resorts in on side and in desert 50 degrees.

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Township in South Africa

• In South Africa, the terms township usually refer to the often underdeveloped racially segregated urban areas that  were reserved for non-whites (Indians, Africans and Coloreds) from the late 19th century until the end of apartheid.

• Townships were usually built on the periphery of towns and cities.

• A  quarter (24.35% or about 11.6 million) of South Africa’s population of 47.8 million people live in the 76 largest townships.

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Crimes in South Africa

• A total of 2.01 million crimes were recorded in 2019.

• South Africa  has a notably high rate of murders, assaults, rapes and other violent crimes, compared to most countries.

• Around 57 people are murdered in South Africa every day.