12 Surprising Facts About South Africa

South Africa a beautiful warm country filled with great stories and people a place that is one of the most developed countries in all of Africa with an amazing population of fifty point five nine million people making up slightly more than five percent of the total population of Africa and this country not only shares borders with other nations But the vast open waters [of] the Indian and South Atlantic Ocean [now] welcome to Walpole facts guys. This is a channel We like to go around the world and look at people's cultures and places from different places that are owned and with that today We are talking about the powerful nation of South Africa. Hey guys what's going on? My name is Dave Walpole and for South Africa This is the country that well we've had people request Us to do this country for a long time and because that we got to thank everybody who? suggested great country and for those here Just joining us for the first time this is [the] channel where [we] like to take a lot of recommendations from you the viewers? So get down there in the comments below and get active now before getting this episode. I want to know What is the best thing about your country because [a] lot of you guys are from different countries meet here? I'm from Canada I really don't know what I like most about my country, but if there's so much But if you guys got a list put it down there I want to read and I want to know why Now if you ask somebody to name the capital of South Africa most people will probably answer Johannesburg because it's one of the biggest cities, and it just seems like the right thing to say and even though It's the largest and most Financially important city in all of South Africa [that] answer is not actually [correct] the truth is in fact South Africa has three Official capital cities pretoria for example is the administrative side? Um [fontaine] has control of the judicial side of South Africa and as for cape town it's the legislative capital of South Africa, South Africa is also quite a multi-ethnic and multicultural society it has one of the most diversified cultures and languages in the entire world and In history there's been a lot of problems over race and culture within the country the nation has 11 official languages Recognized in the constitution those are English afrikaans [in] De ballet petit [Soso], [Venda] Xhosa and that is plus ax with a click That's how you pronounce an x y z salma Juana and of course zulu with zulu being one of the most spoken languages and as for South Africa It definitely has a record because there is no other country in the world that has as much official languages as this country no South Africa is also considered a treasure trove for Archaeologists and Paleontologists the country alone has produced some of the world's oldest and most valuable fossils today and of course about a fifth of the world's gold Comes from mine's in South Africa and speaking about digging and moving Earth around to find these treasures Let's talk about the ground itself because every year South Africa moves about two inches farther away from South America And this is a subtle continuation of what is known as the Continental drift now when it comes to health and sciences the doctors of South Africa have done something that nobody else has and that is The First-ever heart transplant was carried out in the country. This was done as a group sure hospital in cape town in 1967 the Operation was conducted by Surgeon Christian barnard and even though the patient died 18 days later It was considered a success This is because he died from double pneumonia But his body had not rejected the heart and from that moment on it pays the whole new pathway Into Heart surgery which is helping millions of people now one thing about South Africa Is there are some beaches that you can go and hang out with penguins? which I find [very] weird because I thought penguins really [liked] the cold believe it or not there are various breeding colonies of African penguins also known as the jackass penguin they are usually found on the western Coast of south [Africa] and one of the most famous places to visit these birds is in Boulders Beach Which is just south of cape town with over 6 billion trees? Johannesburg is considered to have the largest demand made forced on the entire planet Originally Janice berg was considered a grassland, but they changed that relatively quick This is because trees were planted in the 19th century [in] order to provide wood for the growing mining industry one Amazing thing that I always loved about South Africa is if you look at the map [you] will find something very odd about it And that is the country known as lesotho Which is completely landlocked and surrounded by the entire country of South Africa And although it is its own country if you look on a map and talk to some people some [people] will say it should have Just been part of the country one of the really interesting things that is a coincidence within South Africa It's the only country in the world to have two nobel peace prize winners who had houses on the same Street This is really [Kazi] Street in Soweto Johannesburg and the Nobel Prize winners that lived on that street where Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu However, South Africa is not just a place of [science] and opportunity it's also a place of Sports with soccer or football however you want to pronounce it being one of the most popular sports within the country South Africa was the first African country to host the fifa world [sucker] cup in 2010 but that's not the [only] sport it can pull a record from it is only the second country in the world to have hosted Cricket Rugby Union and soccer world cups after England and not only that but there is one other thing that the country could be Really proud of it is the only country in the entire world to build Nuclear weapons and to Voluntarily dismantle its own nuclear weapons program and to this day there is no country [that] has ever done it on a voluntary Basis South Africa may be on the Southern tip of Africa But it accounts for almost [25%] of the GDP of the entire African continent its economy is twice the size of Algeria which comes in second of GDP But that's it guys that's just a taste of what this great nation is my name is Dave Wawa And we want to thank you [guys] so much [for] watching this episode and taking time to learn about either your country or other countries Around the world So before I get out of this video I wanna let you guys know we are trying to incorporate you our viewers our fan base into our own videos as you know We do videos on so many different [countries]. We talk about people and places And we want you guys to send us photos or video footage of you guys within your country So we can use it [in] a future video, but it's not undoable Thank you guys for watching we have just once again touched on an amazing country South Africa is a country of proud and Creative people and although the country has seen its dark moments around equal political and social rights it has an astonishing history in cultures science understanding and art a Nation of people that have a unique story to tell a country that may be very far south but has a voice that is [heard] far North

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Length: 7min 30sec (450 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 22 2017