Southern Africa

Botswana
Botswana was originally known as the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland until 1966 when it gained independence and since then it has regularly held free democratic elections. Botswana is a landlocked country bordered by South Africa in the South and Southeast, by Namibia in the West and the North and both […]

Botswana – Southern Africa

Mozambique is situated on the Indian Ocean coast of Southern Africa and borders South Africa in the South. Originally a Portuguese colony, the country gained independence in 1975 and became officially the Peoples Republic of Mozambique. The official language  is Portuguese. Today Mozambique is an up and coming hot-spot and […]

Mozambique – Southern Africa

sossusvlei namibia
Namibia – Country Bordering South Africa to the North and West of the Northern Cape Province The Southern African country of Namibia (formerly South West Africa) borders South Africa in the South and East, Angola and Zambia in the North, Botswana to the East and has the Atlantic Ocean as […]

Namibia – South West Africa

Victoria Falls Waterfall in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, one of Southern Africa’s most beautiful countries, borders South Africa in the North. This landlocked country has derived its name from a long past capital called “Great Zimbabwe.” The ancient stone structures that remain are the largest in Africa, except for the Egyptian Pyramids. The country itself has been […]

Zimbabwe – Southern Africa

Zulu huts
Basic history of The Zulu nation of Southern Africa. Zulu tribe of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The rein of Chaka and Dingaan, Zulu chiefs.

Zulu Tribe

lost city of gold mapungubwe
Mapungubwe The Lost City of Gold existed in what is now the Limpopo Province (formerly Transvaal). Archeological digs have shown that this advanced and sophisticated civilization was in existence around 900 AD until, due to climate change, about 400 years later the inhabitants started to drift Northwards and eventually formed […]

Mapungubwe – The Lost City of Gold