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    There are multiple similarities between countries; if we look at history we can see repetition of ideologies within different cultures from all around the world. This is seen with depictions of certain symbols or traditions. Some of those traditions are spread through history as people moved around. As people moved around they discovered the similarities between them but also discovered the differences between them. The United Kingdom and South Africa share a history and are both equally multi-cultural

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    Nelson Mandela was born on July 18‚ 1918 in a small village in the city of Transkei in South Africa. He was originally named “Rolihlahla”‚ which means trouble-maker in his native language: Xhosa. When he was a young child‚ his father lost his title as a counselor to tribal chiefs‚ causing him to also lose his fortune. Due to this loss‚ the Mandela family moved to an even smaller village named Qunu‚ which was north of Mvezo. They lived only on local harvest‚ because that was all they could afford

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    After this process‚ bride wealth like lobola is then paid so that the exchange of the wife service or work can take place. After that a parental property takes place for example in Lesotho the process of a dowry is called the bohadi whilst the Xhosa people call it lobola. However‚ through this process‚ the legal action is also taking place as it serves as evidence since it involves the transfer of the rights and the property. Without the bohadi process‚ the is no marriage taking place. If the

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    The early mixed farming communities of 200-1000 AD consisted of family groups of people‚ who chose areas suitable to the type of farming in which they wished to indulge. They settled in areas‚ cleared the land and grazed their animals in the nearby area. These people smelted iron ore to make tools for themselves. Although these communities are referred to as iron-age people‚ they only used iron tools if they needed to. Apart from the manufacture of spears‚ they used tools such as hoes and axes for

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    polygamist‚ he had four wives‚ four sons and nine daughters‚ and they all lived in different villages. His mother was his father’s third wife‚ Nosekeni Fanny‚ who was daughter of Nkedama of the Right Hand House and a member of the amaMpemvu clan of Xhosa. Over the years he had a total of three wives: Evelyn Ntoko Mase‚ Winnie Madikizela ‚ Graça Machel; the latter being his current wife. With those three women he had altogether a total of six children three of that six are still alive. He resides at

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    Nelson Mandela once said‚ “ It always seems impossible‚ until it’s done” (Nelson Quote). Nelson Mandela’s involvement in civil disobedience was due to personal influences‚ he chose to participate in civil disobedience to protest apartheid‚ and he did achieve success using the controversial method of standing up for what he strongly believes to be right. Civil disobedience is where protestors deliberately violate a law to protest against the law that they believe is unfair and mistreating others (Suber)

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    Nevertheless‚ one has to consider that living in a time when black Africans were subjected to the inequalities of colonial rule many Africans saw the English as a key. The same point was stated in the columns of Imvo Zabantsundu (An Xhosa/English weekly newspaper) that without English‚ blacks would have “remain[ed] one of the uneducated‚ living in the miserably small world of Boer ideals‚ or those of the untaught natives” (Willan‚ 1984: 36). South Africa was ruled by the English and Plaatje recognized

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    Mandela is known by his supporters as "Madiba‚" his clan name‚ or by "Tata"‚ which means "father." Mandela was born on January 18‚ 1918‚ in Mvezo‚ Transkei‚ in the southeast of South Africa. He was named Rolihlahla‚ which means "troublemaker" in the Xhosa language. Mandela’s grandfather was the ruler of the Thembu people and his father was a local chief. Mandela was the first person in his family to attend school (both of his parents were illiterate). On the first day of school‚ a teacher at the Methodist

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    Economic Environment: “Since1999‚ South Africa’s economy has been growing steadily. In addition‚ consumer inflation has been decreasing. While the GDP rate has been rising‚ unemployment rate and US exchange rate have had a downward trend since 2001. The country’s financial and industrial infrastructure is well developed and has outstanding growth potential [Anon 2006(10)]. However‚ South Africa has the problem of enormous socio-economic inequalities‚ which were encouraged by the apartheid regime

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    Mandela was born in Umtata‚ South Africa‚ in what is now Eastern Cape province; Mandela was the son of a Xhosa-speaking Thembu chief. He attended the University of Fort Hare in Alice where he became concerned in the political struggle against the racial discrimination practiced in South Africa. He was expelled in 1940 for participating in a student demonstration. After moving to Johannesburg‚ he completed his course work by correspondence through the University of South Africa and received a bachelor’s

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