Interesting bits about South Africa
Our old Flag 
Our new Flag 
Our currency the R1.00 
Our National anthem:
Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika
Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo,
Yizwa imithandazo yethu,
Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.
Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso,
O fedise dintwa la matshwenyeho,
O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso,
Setjhaba sa South Afrika - South Afrika.
Uit die blou van onse hemel,
Uit die diepte van ons see,
Oor ons ewige gebergtes,
Waar die kranse antwoord gee,
Sounds the call to come together,
And united we shall stand,
Let us live and strive for freedom,
In South Africa our land.
Short summary of the history of the "Boer" people
Our history really began when Jan van Riebeeck landed on the beech of "The Cape of Good Hope" on the 16th of April 1652 with his three ships the "Reiger", the "Dromedaris" and the "Goedehoop" . He was in the service of the "VOC of Netherlands" and commissioned to start a halfway house for the Dutch on their way to India. Over the next couple of years they've built the beautiful castle in Cape Town that can still be visited today.
The "French Huguenots" and the "British Settlers" followed as well as people from all over the world and from this collage of people the Afrikaner people were born. A true Afrikaner like me, would always be stubborn, yet fair and would always be proud of who and what he/she is. I am fortunate enough to know exactly who my ancestors and their wife's were from the first one who came to South Africa from Friesland, right up to me.
Then followed the "Great Trek" inland and the ensuing battles with the local people and it is with pride that we remember our folk hero's like "Piet Retief", "Andries Pretorius" and "Rageltjie de Beer" to name but a few. We also commemorate some of the battles as well and the most important one of them all would be, "The day of the vow - 16 December". On that day ever since I can remember, we used to go to church and still do so today and I will continue to do so till I die.
Great Britain invaded South Africa and the two "Freedom wars" followed between the "Boers" and the British". During the last war with Britain some 27 000 Afrikaner woman, children and old people died in concentration camps all over South Africa.
South Africa then became the "union of South Africa" in 1910 and the "Republic of South Africa" in 1960.
The National Party was the ruling party since 1948 and the ANC became the first black ruling party after the first democratic elections in 1994. They immediately started changing everything they could lay their hands on and continues to do so today, all in the name of "free and democratic".