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Use South African English from April 2016

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apartheid
Apartheid ( , especially South African English:  , ; , ) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was characterised by an authoritarian political culture based on baasskap ( 'boss-ship' or 'boss-hood'), which ensured that South Africa was dominated politically, socially, and economically by the nation's minority white population. Under this minoritarian system, white citizens held the highest status, followed by Indians, Coloureds and black Africans, in that order. The economic le
Rhodesia
Rhodesia ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was a country in Southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979. Rhodesia served as the de facto successor state to the British dominion of Southern Rhodesia following a unilateral declaration of independence issued by the ruling government. Throughout this fourteen-year period, Rhodesia faced internal conflict and political unrest. Following the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979, the territory returned to British political control and then subsequently gained internationally recognised independence as Zimbabwe in 1980.
Sharpeville massacre
shooting by police on 21 March 1960 in Sharpeville, South Africa
Tendai Mtawarira
South African rugby union footballer
Cape Cobras
cricket team representing the Western Province, Boland, and South Western Districts
Dolphins cricket team
cricket team
Highveld Lions cricket team
cricket team
Warriors
combined Eastern Province and Border first class cricket teams
Knights
South African cricket team
Don Leonard
South African actor (1925–2002)
corruption in South Africa
Institutional corruption in the country
Sibs Shongwe-La Mer
South African film director