Activity 2. What about them?
In the previous activity, you have read facts/ opinions about Asia, the
continent where we live. Now let us have another expository text taken from
Cultural Atlas that informs us about the South African culture. Study them
carefully and determine if they express facts or opinions.
1. South Africa is a country on the southernmost tip of the African continent,
bordering Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini and
Lesotho
2. The white Afrikaner and English minorities were politically, socially and
economically privileged over the black, mixed-race and Asian populations for
years as part of the Apartheid system,
3. Resentment and underlying post-colonial attitudes have been hard to shake,
and South Africa remains socially divided across racial lines in many ways.
4. As South African society is deeply stratified, it is hard to describe cultural
concepts from a national perspective.
5. Black South Africans are generally warm, patient, tolerant, creative and
charismatic people.​