The South African War (Boer War; 1899–1902) was won by the British. The Union of South Africa In 1910 the Union of South Africa, with dominion status, was established by the British; it included Cape of Good Hope, Natal, the Orange Free State, and the Transvaal as provinces. Under ...
4. The South African flag was used for the first time on Freedom Day 1994. The majority-black South Africans had a long struggle to liberate themselves from almost 300 years of White colonial rule. The 27thof April 1994, marked a turning point of a win by the natives over their invaders...
aAbout 4,500 mourners gathered in a giant white tent on the Mandela family compound, where 95 candles—one for each year of Mandela’s life—burned behind his South African flag-draped casket. Family, friends and world leaders recalled Nelson Mandela as disciplined but mischievous, courageous ye...
The English flag shows a crown, the overall known symbol for the monarchy. While the monarchy is not special to England (the English monarchy is neither the oldest worldwide, which would be Japan, nor in Europe, which would be Denmark), the presence of the Queen makes the English royals ...
Firstly not everyone would think that Vatican City is its own country, but it is in fact the smallest recognized country in the world. The flag that is used for the Vatican City was adopted onJune 7, 1929. It is one of two square-shaped flags of the world and is half yellow or gold...
The Millau Viaduct, completed in 2005 in the south of France, is the tallest bridge in the world. The largest and most advanced passenger cruise ship, the Queen Mary 2, was built in France in 2004. The France-basedArianespaceis the world leader in commercial space launch, with over 50%...
An example from a Thai paper folding book (fig. 3, right) containing passages from the Pali canon and the legend of Phra Malai depicts one deva carrying a flag while hovering in the air above two vijjadhara, bearers of knowledge and magical charms. Known in Thai as withayathon, they ...
Comair's provisional liquidator, Cloete Murray of the Sechaba Trust, reportedly commented the British flag carrier was looking for a new franchise partner in the South African market. Comair - comprising the British Airways franchisee and its low-cost carrier brandKulula Air- had accounted for 40...
JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Ratings agency Fitch said on Wednesday that it remains cautiously optimistic about the economic situation in South Africa following the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as leader of the ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC). ...
Official name: Democratic Republic of the Congo Capital city: Kinshasa Internet country code: .cd Flag description: Sky blue field divided diagonally from the lower hoist corner to upper fly corner by a red stripe bordered by two narrow yellow stripes; a yellow, five-pointed star appears ...