The salient features and developments of South African literature were determined and marked by the events that gave rise to racial segregation and the liberation movement, marked by the Sharpeville massacre in March 1960, by the declaration of a state of emergency, by the tragic events of Soweto, the end […]

South Africa, official name: English Republic of South Africa [r ɪ p ʌ bl ɪ k əv sa ʊ.theta AEFr ɪ kə], Afrikaans Republiek van Suid-Afrika [-van sœjd-], German South Africa, state in the extreme south of Africa with (2018) 57.8 million residents; The capital is Pretoria (Tshwane). South Africa […]