JACOB GEDLEYIHLEKISA ZUMA

A Professor

FRICA
38 YEARS OLD

SO U T H A
SOUTH AFRIC A IS NOT A NATION-S TATE
B UT CON S I D E R E D AM ULT I N AT I ON AL
S TAT E B E C AU S E I T H A S A VA R I E T Y O F
CULT URE S, L AN G UAG E S, AN D RE L IG ION S.
ITS PLURALISTIC MAKEUP IS REFLECTED IN
THECONSTITUTION'S RECOGNITION OF
11 O F F I C I A L L A N G U A G E S , W H I C H I S
AMONG THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF ANY
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. T WO OF THESE
L ANGUAGES ARE OF EUROPEAN
ORIGIN.AFRIKAANSDEVELOPED
FROMDUTCHAND SERVES AS THE FIRST
L ANGUAGE OF MOSTWHITEAND
COLOUREDSOUTH AFRICANS;ENGLISHIS
INFLUENCED FROM THE BRITISH
C O LO N I A L I S M , A N D I S C O M M O N LY U S E D
IN PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL LIFE,IT HAS
BORN @NKANDLA, KWAZULU- A P O P U L AT I O N O F 5 2 , 9 81, 9 91 N O W.
THE TERRITORY
NATAL I S 1 , 2 21 , 0 3 7 K M 2 ( 4 71 , 4 4 5 S Q . M I ) . T H I S
COUNTRY IS ALSO ONE OF THE UNITED
NATIONS.