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I don't know. Do you guys anyway we've done Brazil we've done India we've done Russia and now it's time to go to Africa
I read a lot of your comments and by popular demand we are going to do the
provinces of South Africa a few side notes before we start South Africa has three capitals
they have 11 official languages and three general categorized people groups the whites the blacks and the coloreds the coloreds are basically anybody who is
Either mixed or just not white or black
It's kind of funny because many celebrities that we usually associate as icons for the black community like Beyonce or Will Smith
They wouldn't even be considered black in South Africa Trevor
Noah even joked about this once also
Many people groups in South Africa have kings they hold very important roles of influence for their communities
but on a legislative level they don't really have government power and finally pretty much everybody speaks English or
Afrikaans to some degree maybe a little less in the rural areas
But yeah, in order to intercommunicate English is usually the first language choice
All right, and with those notes in check, let's begin first one Eastern Cape birthplace of Nelson
Mandela capital is be show but the largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London the largest people group being the boson people
That's right. Get it. Right awesome. Also known as the language of Wakanda. Yeah, that's the language
They're speaking in Black Panther, although keep in mind
The click language is actually kind of originated from the Kois on people group
But you know, you're not even listening moving on right now
This guy's where long Casey cow. He holds the title of the current king of the toss-up people
They also have a lot of chiefs and like minor kings. I was told one of them got arrested
It's complicated in events
You might see people wearing traditional
Clothing and articles like the ink feta and eat pea and the oak gotta worn by women
Whereas for men you might see that in gawa you see Tonga and head beats
Whoo?
There are tons of beautiful sites like the hole in the wall the valley of desolation
The TT gamma forest and they have one of the only few ski resorts in sub-saharan Africa. Yes on rare occasions
It actually does sometimes kind of snow here, especially in the winter months of like July August. Keep in mind
We're in the southern hemisphere Free State but Golden Gateway to the heart of Africa
Capital is bloom pentane also known as the fountain of flowers. It's also the judicial capital of South Africa
This was basically the old poor Orange Free State is established by white Dutch colonizers that were kind of running from the British
So yeah, quite a few white Afrikaans people here
now the largest group that lives here are the SU to people and just like we talked about in the last two - episode they
Are basically the brothers of the suit - they have the same customs traditions language and history
They wear the bus - to blankets and they ride horses
Stuff like that many South Africans don't even really see the suit - as like a separate country
But just kind of like diplomatic Leon paper. They kind of have to here you can see them below tea mountains. They're beautiful
You're also known for having Fred firk dome the largest verified impact crater on earth. Rancid
This is also kind of like the site of controversy with that whole government land plot
redistribution policies that they just started where they're kind of like either buying farm plots from white African owners like either for super cheap or
They're just kind of taking it's a messy topic and I'm not one to speak authoritative me on it. So yeah ko-teng
That's right counting not counting
It means the place of gold because it's kind of like the site where they have that huge gold rush back in the 1800s
It's the smallest province in size. But the largest in population. It's kind of like what some paulo is to brazil
We have the largest city Johannesburg aka Josie Gianni Joburg
They also have Pretoria which is the executive capital of the country
So yeah, this place is kind of like a big deal for South Africa. The place is super diverse
There's all different types of African groups that live here, but the largest probably the SWANA and the north - two people
There's also lots of immigrants that come here from all over the world
Got a lot of Indians a lot of Chinese a lot of Europeans. They have the only street in the world
That is home to two Nobel Peace Prize winners. They have the tallest building in all of Africa
Of course, you already know this was the place where the World Cup was hosted
They have the largest urban forests on earth
They have that really cool gold reef city on Meuse mint Park a Chinese temple
For some reason one of the most notable spots Freedom Park, it's beautiful lots of monuments there, but overall yeah
It's kind of like the Big Shot province that keeps the whole country functioning
Kwazulu-natal the Zulu Kingdom home of the Zulus capital Pietermaritzburg. However, the largest city is Durban as name implies
It is the place of Zulus natal is derived from Portuguese for Christmas because Bosco Atacama kind of discovered the place on Christmas Day
Obviously, once again, this is the epicenter of everything Zulu
You've probably heard of them Shaka Zulu the military leader
Zulu clothing Zulu tradition Zulu music everything they are essentially the cousins of the Swazi people that we talked about in the swathi kniepp Assad
Had the same read dance festival even many of the white people that live here. They speak Zulu as a second language
They have a king this guy. He actually had to take refuge on st
Helena Island to kind of avoid being possibly assassinated by his uncle so I've been told
Gandhi used to live here and now tons of Indians have moved in and it's really interesting because this is the only province in which
Indians kind of surpass the whites in owning all the big businesses
They are known for also kind of being like the best water activity province
You can do pretty much everything surfing diving kite surfing it's all here off
The coast Durban is a really cool city
the Drakensberg mountains are right there and you can find the highest peak my father that they share with let's do two or if you
Come here. Try some bunny Chow. It's like we're a really popular fattening dish Limpopo the first Kingdom of Africa
so it's called this is the northernmost province and it's named after the Limpopo River that they used as a border for Botswana and
Zimbabwe capital being bullock Hwanhee now
This province is kind of home to like three distinct people groups northern suited people are famous for having a rain queen supposedly
She can make it rain so many pop culture references I could throw in there
But I want they have a lot of cool metal AR and they like to play music on this thing called the deep Ella
It's like a thumb piano now that Tsonga inhabit areas that are both in South Africa and Mozambique
They technically kind of don't have a king but many people that are descendants of this guy
They claim that they can be king because he was kind of like a big-shot for their tribe
Now the Venda are like one of the least westernized influence groups in all of South Africa
They do have a king and many chiefs. And also there's like a sub group called the lembeh
I think we kind of talked about this in the Ethiopia episode
They're kind of seen as like what are the lost tribes of Israel African Jews?
But yeah
That's a whole other different story Oh plus their women are famous for the snake
Dance a famous dish over here would be more pani worms. You can eat them cooked or fried or dried
They also have part of the famous Kruger National Park in their province
And there's also kind of the province that deals with that controversial illegal immigrants
Refugees from Zimbabwe thing going on poo. Malanga the place where the Sun rises capital
Nelspruit don't write or bomb bela again. Just like we discussed in the swathi episode
This is the province that has Swasey people. They are basically the exact same people as the ones in a sweaty knee
They honor the Swazi king and many of their chiefs. Just live in south
Africa, just like let's do too many South Africans
Don't even really see a sweaty knee is a separate country
But it's kind of more like a parents house with a fence over it. Otherwise, there's that in the ballet people
They also have their own king
They're also famous for having those women that have like really big beaded necklaces and those brass bands all over their necks
Sometimes it elongates their necks very similar to the karen tribe in Southeast Asia. They also have those really cool geometrically painted houses
However, those patterns were actually kind of like a little bit of a secret code
They used to kind of hide from their enemies and the boars
Otherwise, they're very famous for the blyde river canyon the third deepest canyon in the world
And also possibly the greenest lots of amazing hiking spots one of the oldest caves in the world
Northern cape the largest province yet
The least populated capital is Kimberley aka the city that started the whole
Mining industry also home to the Sun the most ancient people in the world. Now, this is an interesting one for one
It has the highest white population ratio out of all the provinces in South Africa at over 40 percent mostly afrikaners of Dutch descent
Here you can find the koi and San Bushmen now. These are the original people that speak the click languages
They aren't even related to the majority bond two peoples that migrated from West Africa thousands of years ago
There aren't too many of them
but they're kind of like the originals of South Africa otherwise much of the province is arid or dry or
Desert kinda like where the Kalahari Desert starts and then just kind of meanders into Namibia lots of cool sites, though
For example, the Orange River the longest river in South Africa the Kimberley big hole and mine museum can be found here
there's the wonder work caves where you can find ancient song rock paintings big vast open domain with ancient mystery and natural treasure the
Northwest province. Yeah, I know what you're thinking known as the Cradle of Humankind
Capital. Mahi King used to be called Mafi King. The largest people group here are the SWANA
There are literally siblings of the exact same SWANA people that we talked about in the Botswana episode
I love how we can just give you guys shortcuts by videos that we already made
It's funny though, because South Africa actually has more SWANA people then all of Botswana now they don't have a king
But they have many chiefs actually richer than many of the Kings in South Africa it all had to do with platinum mining
That's right. This province is the largest platinum producer in the world
It's also famous for kind of being like the Las Vegas of South Africa
It has that Sun City place, which is like a casino resort on dormant volcano. But yeah, otherwise very similar to the Botswana
--nz lots of mining and these people kind of know how to handle money very well and finally,
Western Cape the wine country
The capital is Cape Town, which is also the legislative capital of South Africa and it's also nicknamed the mother city now, you know
Technically this place could have also been called the southern Cape because it is geographically the southernmost point of Africa
It's so south. You can literally see penguins on the beach. Sometimes it's where the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean meet
It's the first place where the Europeans arrived in South Africa
Now this one's interesting too because it's the only province in South Africa where the colored people make up the majority
Mostly mixed between white and black Afrikaans is the most commonly spoken language
However, English is used a lot in Cape Town so many iconic places to visit like Table Mountain
Robben Island prison and museum colorful houses of bull-calf Cape of Good Hope Cape Point these cool mountains
Yeah, beautiful place interesting backstory wine wine country. They love they love wine here
And that is it the provinces of South Africa before we go. Just want to give a huge
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