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  2. Apartheid - Wikipedia

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    Apartheid (/ ə ˈ p ɑːr t (h) aɪ t / ə-PART-(h)yte, especially South African English: / ə ˈ p ɑːr t (h) eɪ t / ə-PART-(h)ayt, Afrikaans: [aˈpart(ɦ)əit] ⓘ; transl. "separateness", lit. ' aparthood ') was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa [a] (now Namibia) from 1948 ...

  3. Die Stem van Suid-Afrika - Wikipedia

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    Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans: [di ˈstɛm fan sœyt ˈɑːfrika], lit. ' The Voice of South Africa '), also known as "The Call of South Africa" or simply "Die Stem" (Afrikaans: [di ˈstɛm]), was the national anthem of South Africa during the apartheid era.

  4. White South African English phonology - Wikipedia

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    This article covers the phonological system of South African English (SAE) as spoken primarily by White South Africans.While there is some variation among speakers, SAE typically has a number of features in common with English as it is spoken in southern England (in places like London), such as non-rhoticity and the TRAP – BATH split.

  5. List of South African English regionalisms - Wikipedia

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    (Pronounced / ˈ x ɔː x ə /, the latter similar to the Afrikaans pronunciation) a creepy crawly or an insect. [19] gogo Zulu word meaning grandmother/grandma, also used as a general term of respect for women of appropriate age. Became part of the iconic slogan Yebo Gogo (Yes, Grandma) from the South African cellular service-provider Vodacom ...

  6. Afrikaners - Wikipedia

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    The effective end to apartheid, however, is widely regarded as the 1994 general election, the first fully-democratic multi-racial election. It took place following a long series of negotiations involving the National Party government under President Frederik Willem de Klerk , the ANC under Nelson Mandela , and other parties. [ 101 ]

  7. Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika - Wikipedia

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    The fourth and final stanza, sung in English, is a modified version of the closing lines of "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika". The South African National Anthem is often incorrectly called “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika” but the correct name is “The National Anthem of South Africa”.

  8. Help:IPA/Afrikaans - Wikipedia

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    This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Afrikaans on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Afrikaans in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.

  9. Volkstaat - Wikipedia

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    A Volkstaat (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈfɔlkstɑːt], lit. ' People's State ' [1]), also called a Boerestaat, is a proposed White homeland [2] for Afrikaners within the borders of South Africa, most commonly proposed as a fully independent Boer/Afrikaner nation.