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SOUTH
Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique,
Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
The European influence began with slave
trade and quickened later in 19th century, when the discovery
of a huge mineral wealth secured South Africa’s economic
dominance.
The struggle against the white minority
led to conflict in Namibia, Zimbabwe, and the former Portuguese
territories of Angola and Mozambique.
South Africa’s apartheid
laws, which denied basic human rights to more than 75% of the people,
led to international exclusion
until 1994, when the democratic
elections began a new era of racial justice.
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Victoria Falls, the Zambezi River has cut out a spectacular
gorge. A wide range of crops, such as tea, cotton, sisal, tobacco,
grapes, citrus fruits, corn, cassava,
legumes,
and potatoes, are grown here, some with the help of irrigation
systems, such as the Orange River Project, which supplements
the irregular rainfall.
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