- Cultural, Political, Cultural And Cultural Development Of South Africa

South Africa is one of African Countries, situated in the Southern part of Africa with 1, 219, 090 km2 area. It is geographically bordered by Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia in the north; Mozambique to the east, Atlantic Ocean to the west and south. It also has two countries (Lesotho and Swaziland) inscribed inside it. It has a capital called Pretoria, with other main cities such as Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. Nowadays, with 52 982 000 populations, South Africa is classified among the industrialized countries in the word. South Africa; as other African countries, underwent many cultural, political, economic transitions from its pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial periods till where it stand now as modern South Africa.

It had been known as the rainbow nation to mean one of the most multicultural countries in the world. South African culture is mainly based on two ethnic groups of people; the Bantu and the Khoisan sometimes also called Bushmen. The Bantu-speaking populations began moving into southern Africa from the center of the continent around A.D. 500. Arriving there, they encountered the San and Khoikhoi who have been living there by several centuries. The culture of the Bushmen has been present at least 25,000 years, and Bantu, since at least 1500 years. Both cultures have, as limited to archeology sources but generally lived peacefully. The Bantu people were divided into 3 main linguistic groups: Nguni, Sotho-Tswana and those who spoke the language related to

There are some 4 basic structures that made up apartheid. The rights of black Africans were curtailed and eliminated. There were laws which strictly limited the areas in which a person a person was allowed to live was based on race. The group acts denied blacks any possibility of ownership based on their occupation of land.3.5m blacks were removed from the lands they occupied. Also, the act classified everyone living in South Africa by race at the time of their birth. They controlled almost every aspect of ones future-where he lived, worked, went to school, wages voting, property ownership etc. this gave a foundation that everyone was required to have his/her passbook. The internal act of 1982 granted the government power to rule in dictatorship. It also banned against any organization opposing the state.