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Beit, Alfred
(Encyclopedia) Beit, AlfredBeit, Alfredbīt [key], 1853–1906, South African financier, b. Hamburg. He went to South Africa in 1875, grew rich from the development of diamond mines, and was a colleague…The South
Source: The U.S. Department of State The South is perhaps the most distinctive and colorful American region. The American Civil War (1861-65) devastated the South socially and economically.…Walvis Bay
(Encyclopedia) Walvis BayWalvis Baywôlˈvĭs [key], municipality (1991 pop. 12,100), W central Namibia, on Walvis Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean. Walvis Bay is Namibia's most important port and the…African National Congress
(Encyclopedia) African National Congress (ANC), the oldest black (now multiracial) political organization in South Africa; founded in 1912. Prominent in its opposition to apartheid, the organization…Tutu, Desmond Mpilo
(Encyclopedia) Tutu, Desmond Mpilo, 1931–2021, South African religious leader, b. Klerksdorp, Univ. of South Africa (1954);…Nujoma, Sam
(Encyclopedia) Nujoma, Sam (Samuel Daniel Shafiishuna Nujoma)Nujoma, Samn&oomacr;yōˈmä [key], 1929–, Namibian political leader. A railway worker in what was then the South African mandate of…Pretoria
(Encyclopedia) PretoriaPretoriaprĭtôˈrēə [key], city, Gauteng prov., administrative capital of South Africa and formerly capital of Transvaal. Pretoria is now part and seatof the City of Tshwane…Smuts, Jan Christiaan
(Encyclopedia) Smuts, Jan ChristiaanSmuts, Jan Christiaanyän krĭsˈtyän smŭts [key], 1870–1950, South African statesman and soldier, b. Cape Colony. Of Boer (Afrikaner) stock but a British subject by…German South-West Africa
(Encyclopedia) German South-West Africa: see Namibia.Kimberley, city, South Africa
(Encyclopedia) KimberleyKimberleykĭmˈbərlē [key], city, now part and seat of Sol Plaatje local municipality, Northern Cape prov., South Africa. Since the 19th cent. the city has been primarily a…Trending
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