A Quick Tip by Sharrie

The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) coastline^[7][8] on theAtlantic and Indian Oceans.^[9] To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; whileLesotho is an independent country wholly surrounded by South African territory.^[10]

Modern humans have inhabited Southern Africa for more than 100,000 years. At the time of European contact, the dominant indigenous peoples were tribes who had migrated from other parts of Africa about one thousand years before. From the 4th-5th century CE, Bantu-speaking tribes had steadily moved south, where they displaced, conquered and assimilated original peoples of southern Africa. At the time of European contact, the two major groups were the Xhosa and Zulu peoples.

In 1652, a century and a half after the discovery of the Cape Sea Route, the Dutch East India Company founded a refreshment station at what would become Cape Town.^[11] Cape Town became a British colony in 1806. European settlement expanded during the 1820s as theBoers (original Dutch, Flemish, German and French settlers) and the British 1820 Settlers claimed land in the north and east of the country. Conflicts arose among the Xhosa, Zulu ...