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___MASK6___ is a local municipality in West Rand District Municipality , Gauteng , in South Africa . Southern ___MASK49___ is the southernmost region ___MASK45___ the African continent , variably defined by geography or geopolitics , and including several countries . The term " southern ___MASK49___ " or " Southern ___MASK49___ ", generally includes ___MASK23___ , Botswana , ___MASK42___ , ___MASK73___ , Mozambique , ___MASK89___ , South ___MASK49___ , ___MASK2___ , Zambia , and Zimbabwe . From a political perspective the region is said to be unipolar with South ___MASK49___ as a first regional power . ___MASK71___ Africa , officially the Republic ___MASK45___ ___MASK71___ Africa ( RSA ), is the southernmost country in Africa . It is bounded on the south by ___MASK45___ coastline ___MASK45___ Southern Africa stretching along the ___MASK71___ Atlantic and ___MASK84___ Oceans , on the north by the neighbouring countries ___MASK45___ ___MASK89___ , Botswana and Zimbabwe , and on the east and northeast by Mozambique and ___MASK2___ , and surrounding the kingdom ___MASK45___ Lesotho . ___MASK71___ Africa is the 25th - largest country in the world by land area , and with close to 56 million people , is the world ' s 24th - most populous nation . It is the southernmost country on the mainland ___MASK45___ the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere . It is the only country that borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the ___MASK84___ Ocean . About 80 percent ___MASK45___ ___MASK71___ Africans are ___MASK45___ Sub - Saharan African ancestry , divided among a variety ___MASK45___ ethnic groups speaking different Bantu languages , nine ___MASK45___ which have official status . The remaining population consists ___MASK45___ Africa ' s largest communities ___MASK45___ European ( white ), Asian ( ___MASK84___ ), and multiracial ( coloured ) ancestry . ___MASK49___ is the world ' s second - largest and second - ___MASK90___ - populous continent . At about 30 . 3 million km² ( 11 . 7 million square miles ) including adjacent islands , it covers 6 % of Earth ' s total surface area and 20 . 4 % of its total land area . With 1 . 1 billion people as of 2013 , it accounts for about 15 % of the world ' s human population . The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north , both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast , the ___MASK84___ Ocean to the southeast , and the Atlantic Ocean to the west . The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos . It contains 54 fully recognized sovereign states ( countries ), nine territories and two " de facto " independent states with limited or no recognition . The Bantu languages , technically the Narrow Bantu languages ( as opposed to " Wide Bantu ", a loosely defined categorization which includes other Bantoid languages ), constitute a traditional branch ___MASK45___ the ___MASK52___  Congo languages . There are about 250 Bantu languages by the criterion ___MASK45___ mutual intelligibility , though the distinction between language and dialect is often unclear , and " Ethnologue " counts 535 languages . Bantu languages are spoken largely east and south ___MASK45___ present - day ___MASK38___ , that is , in the regions commonly known as Central ___MASK49___ , Southeast ___MASK49___ , and Southern ___MASK49___ . Parts ___MASK45___ the Bantu area include languages from other language families ( see map ). The Witwatersrand aka The Reef , is a 56 - kilometre - long ___MASK100___ - facing scarp in the ___MASK5___ Province of South Africa . It consists of a hard , erosion - resistant quartzite sedimentary ___MASK41___ , over which several ___MASK100___ - flowing rivers form waterfalls , which account for the name  Witwatersrand , meaning the  ridge of white waters  in Afrikaans . This east  west - running scarp can be traced with only one short gap from Bedfordview ( about 10 km west of O . R . Tambo International Airport ) in the east , through Johannesburg and Roodepoort , to ___MASK22___ in the west ( see the diagram bottom - left below ). The ___MASK21___ is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". Afrikaans (, or ) is a ___MASK30___ Germanic language spoken in South Africa , ___MASK89___ , and to a lesser extent , Botswana and Zimbabwe . It evolved from the Dutch vernacular of South Holland ( Hollandic dialect ) spoken by the mainly Dutch settlers of what is now South Africa , where it gradually began to develop distinguishing characteristics in the course of the 18th century . Hence , it is a daughter language of Dutch , and was previously referred to as " Cape Dutch " ( a term also used to refer collectively to the early Cape settlers ) or " kitchen Dutch " ( a derogatory term used to refer to Afrikaans in its earlier days ). The term is ultimately derived from Dutch " Afrikaans - Hollands " meaning " African Dutch ". It is the first language of most of the Afrikaner and Coloured people of Southern Africa . ___MASK5___ , which means " place of gold ", is one of the nine provinces of South Africa . It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa ' s first all - race elections on 27 April 1994 . It was initially named Pretoria  Witwatersrand  Vereeniging ( PWV ) and was renamed " ___MASK5___ " in December 1994 . ___MASK63___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK63___ , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa . The citizens refer to themselves as " Batswana " ( singular : " Motswana "). Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland , ___MASK63___ adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966 . Since then , it has maintained a strong tradition of stable representative democracy , with a consistent record of uninterrupted democratic elections . Stephanus Johannes Paulus " ___MASK12___ " Kruger ( 10 October 1825  14 July 1904 ) was one of the dominant political and military figures in 19th - century South Africa , and President of the South African Republic ( or Transvaal ) from 1883 to 1900 . Nicknamed " Oom ___MASK12___ " (" Uncle ___MASK12___ "), he came to international prominence as the face of the Boer cause  that of the Transvaal and its neighbour the Orange Free State  against Britain during the Second Boer War of 1899  1902 . He has been called a personification of Afrikanerdom , and remains a controversial and divisive figure ; admirers venerate him as a tragic folk hero , while critics view him as the obstinate guardian of an unjust cause . ___MASK42___ , officially the Kingdom of ___MASK42___ , is an enclaved , landlocked country in southern Africa completely surrounded by South Africa . It is just over in size and has a population slightly over two million . Its capital and largest city is Maseru . ___MASK89___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK89___ ( German : ), is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean . It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north , Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east . Although it does not border Zimbabwe , a part of less than 200 metres of the Zambezi River ( essentially a small bulge in Botswana to achieve a Botswana / Zambia micro - border ) separates the two countries . ___MASK89___ gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990 , following the Namibian War of Independence . Its capital and largest city is Windhoek , and it is a member state of the United Nations ( UN ), the Southern African Development Community ( SADC ), the African Union ( AU ), and the Commonwealth of Nations . The Old World consists ___MASK45___ Africa , ___MASK54___ , and Asia , regarded collectively as the part ___MASK45___ the world known to Europeans before contact with the Americas . It is used in the context ___MASK45___ , and contrast with , the New World ( Americas ). Multiracial is defined as made up ___MASK45___ or relating to people ___MASK45___ many races . Many terms exist for people ___MASK45___ various multiracial backgrounds . While some ___MASK45___ the terms used in the past are considered insulting and offensive , there are many socially acceptable modern terms that multiracial people identify with . These include " mixed - race " ( or simply " mixed "), " biracial ", " multiracial ", " métis ", " mestizo ", " mulatto ", " dougla ", and " pardo ". The Eastern Hemisphere is a geographical term for the half ___MASK45___ the earth that is ___MASK28___ ___MASK45___ the prime ___MASK69___ ( which crosses Greenwich , England ) and west ___MASK45___ the antimeridian . It is also used to refer to Europe , Asia , Africa , and Australia , in contrast with the Western Hemisphere , which includes North and South America . This hemisphere may also be called the " Oriental Hemisphere ". In addition , it may be used in a cultural or geopolitical sense as a synonym for the " Old World ". The ___MASK84___ Ocean is the third largest of the world ' s oceanic divisions , covering ( approximately 20 % of the water on the Earth ' s surface ). It is bounded by Asia on the north , on the west by Africa , on the east by Australia , and on the south by the Southern Ocean or , depending on definition , by Antarctica . It is named after the country of ___MASK80___ . The ___MASK84___ Ocean is known as " Ratnkara ", "" the mine of gems "" in ancient Sanskrit literature , and as " Hind Mahsgar ", "" the great ___MASK84___ sea "", in Hindi . ___MASK2___ , officially the Kingdom of ___MASK2___ ( or ; Swazi : " Umbuso weSwatini " ; sometimes called kaNgwane or Eswatini ), is a sovereign state in Southern Africa . It is neighboured by Mozambique to its northeast and by South Africa to its north , west and south . The country and its people take their names from Mswati II , the 19th - century king under whose rule Swazi territory was expanded and unified . ___MASK55___ , officially the Republic ___MASK45___ ___MASK55___ , is a landlocked country located in southern Africa , between the Zambezi and ___MASK17___ Rivers . It is bordered by South Africa to the south , Botswana to the ___MASK30___ and ___MASK46___ , Zambia to the northwest , and Mozambique to the east and northeast . Although it does not border ___MASK89___ , less than 200 metres ___MASK45___ the Zambezi River separates it from that country . The capital and largest city is Harare . A country ___MASK45___ roughly 13 million people , ___MASK55___ has 16 official languages , with English , Shona , and Ndebele the most commonly used . ___MASK11___ ( or ), officially the Republic of ___MASK11___ ( or "") is a country in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east , Tanzania to the north , ___MASK73___ and Zambia to the northwest , Zimbabwe to the west , and ___MASK2___ and South Africa to the southwest . It is separated from Madagascar by the ___MASK11___ Channel to the east . The capital and largest city is Maputo ( known as " Lourenço Marques " before independence ). Sub - Saharan ___MASK49___ is , geographically , the area ___MASK45___ the continent ___MASK45___ ___MASK49___ that lies south ___MASK45___ the Sahara desert . According to the UN , it consists ___MASK45___ all African countries that are fully or partially located south ___MASK45___ the Sahara . It contrasts with North ___MASK49___ , whose territories are part ___MASK45___ the League ___MASK45___ Arab states within the Arab world . ___MASK68___ , Djibouti , Comoros and Mauritania are geographically in Sub - Saharan ___MASK49___ , but are likewise Arab states and part ___MASK45___ the Arab world . ___MASK22___ ( Afrikaans for " Kruger ' s town ") is a mining city in the West Rand , Gauteng Province , South Africa founded in 1887 by Marthinus Pretorius . Following the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand , a need arose for a major town in the west of the reef . The government bought part of the Paardekraal farm and named the new town after the Transvaal president , ___MASK12___ Kruger . ___MASK22___ no longer has a separate municipal government after it was integrated into ___MASK6___ along with surrounding towns . It is now the seat of government for Mogale City . Munsieville is a township situated in the ___MASK22___ area in Gauteng Province , South Africa . It grew out of the informal settlements inhabited by mine laborers on the outskirts of the original mining town of ___MASK22___ . The township was established by ordinance 58 of 1903 of the ___MASK22___ municipality and called `` the native location '' . From the early 1930s to the 1940s , Mr . James Munsie , the white chief sanitary inspector ( medical officer ) of ___MASK22___ , moved the location from a low drainage area to its current location , improving conditions .