South Africa

Republic of South Africa
Geography
Continent:	Africa
Capital:	Pretoria (executive) Bloemfontein (judicial) Cape Town (legislative)
People
Head of State:	Jacob Zuma
Other Information
Language:	English
Religion:	Christianity
Affiliation
UN Member State
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South Africa is a Rainbow Nation who won the Rugby World Cup on a number of occasions, and hosted the Football World Cup in 2010. The Country has a long and sordid history of racism, with apartheid lasting from the end of the Second World War until May 1994.

Human Rights

An important historic slice of information is; The Immorality Act (1950-1985) was one of the first Apartheid laws in South Africa. It attempted to forbid all sexual relations between whites and non-whites.