What do you associate with South Africa ?

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cakes4africa

Braaivleis, rugby, sunny skies and holidays.

Magnum

stellenbosch
cape dutch architecture
the klein karoo
cape aghuhas
knysna and lagoon
sharks
(i forgot- boontjieslaai).

Sea Biscuit

Biltong, boerewors & droe wors.

Aethyr

... Zebras?

marc

warm oceans, great surf spots .. the springboks and the sharks..
hot days and cool nights ... great beer.. lekker people..
and then there's the new SA, crime, aids and corruption.

Safari

daisy

Great food, great wine, Sunsets, amazing beaches, amazing wildlife, scenic. Rugby, cricket, vetkoeks.Sense of humour. Well behaved friendly people (generally).....smell of boerewors, mining, castle larger, chappies chewing gum, koeksusters, You magazines. All the wonderful accents, from different countries. The smell of rain, flying ants, glow worms, ant-lions. Jacaranda's, baobabs and sssooooo much more !!
Ps.......the few who just mentioned aids...probably have never visited our wonderful country !!

K B

Wow! Some pretty negative folks in here tonight!

Here is my list:
Dr. Barnard and heart transplants
Nelson Mandella, his wonderful smile. He was and still is a great role model for all of mankind in my opinion.
Desmond Tutu
Ernie Els and Gary Player and the absolute best golf courses anywhere on this planet.
Miriam Makeba, Pata Pata and how I wish I could still dance to it. LOL
Diamonds - all the best ones come from South Africa.
Wilbur Smith - some of the best historical novels I have ever read.
Adventure - From the southern most tip to the northern most border, for any Canadian it has to be an adventure - it is so very different to what I grew up with. Wild animals, fabulous sunrises and sunsets, oceans (I hail from Central Canada which is a long way from any of the three oceans that lap against Canadian shores) Mountains that are very different to ours here in Canada, thatched roofed rondowals and Zulu beehive houses, the most beautiful birds and the ugliest all found in one country and etc etc etc
The Observatory at Sutherland - definitely a one of a kind
Huberta, the Trekking Hippo
Isidingo
Mopane worms - I ate some on a dare. Not bad actually.
Table Mountain and dassies.
Red earth - never saw so much red earth in my life as I saw in South Africa.
Geckos in my bedroom.
Aloe Ferox
http://www.wildearth.tv/home - one of the best S.A. Internet sites around

Edit: I do not associate corruption, drugs or any of those other negative things with South Africa simply because they are everywhere. It would be totally unfair and incorrect to associate them solely with South Africa. I do, however, associate TOTAL corruption with Zimbabwe and it's megalomaniac leader.

Sprinkly

Pros: Family, friends, home, good food, friendly people, stunning landscapes and wildlife, great sport teams.

Cons: Corrupt people in government, crime, poverty, Aids

Cheri 1

Braaivleis, wildlife, scenic places, biltong, rugby, sunny skies, Afrikaans and farms

Pegglet

I wish people would look past the negatives and give some positive answers - yes we do have problems but we have an awesome climates, mountains, the sea, game reserves, good food, excellent wine, biltong, braais, laidback lifestyles and many other awesome things you can associate SA with.

barbara b

Apartheid, wine, wildlife, Mandela, meeting of oceans, diamonds, and I heard it has the highest murder rate in the world, and rugby.

Bpeter

Wine, Beauty, Sun, Sea, People, Beach, Mountains and Rusks i my morning coffee

Jennifer L

Kruger Park!

jandthing

Pap and Wors... of course

Biedronka

One of the highest standards of living if you are rich. It is virtually impossible to own and run a wine farm anywhere in Europe for the same amount of money. People live more in houses, not flats and have gardens.
I think of open spaces with wild nature, skies uninterrupted by buildings, really yellow sun, the heady aroma of fynbos (I am from Cape Town), the smell of the Atlantic ocean, fresh fish and chips, red earth, the stomp of hooves of wild antelope at night outside our tent, wine, mampoer, braaivleis.

big owl

Me? good memories while growing up

Mom of 3 year old

My home, together with AIDS, social divide, crime, 'tik'( a highly addictive and destructive drug), segregation but then there is smiles, groove, rhythm, beauty, and of course that smell of African air.

* Tinkerbell *

me! ('cause i live there!)

And of course the good things my overseas family misses:

Braaivleis
Zebra's
Safari
Sunset's
Beaches
Culture - English, Afrikaans and all the Zulu and Sotho languages
Music
Pap 'n wors

And the less-good things...
Drugs
Corruption
Rape
Corruption
Crime
Corruption
BEE
Did I mention corruption?

hehe

Amanda

I'm going to give you a couple views on this one-

Most people from where I grew up did not get much education on SA, so when I asked a couple of them, they're associations included:
Apartheid
Racism
Tribal people
Lots of crime
Lions, zebras, etc etc etc
Developing country

I usually associate it with:
Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Cape Town
11 official languages (That would be so cool to have)
Lots of unofficial languages
Countless accents
Mandela
Some of Ghadi's activities
Zuma
Mbeki
Only news that really ever gets here about SA is about soccer (football), Johannesburg's crime rates and how Rudy Giuliani is somehow going to do something to help....Why a New York Republican is getting involved, who knows? But he did do a lot with NY crime, so it might be good.
Elections are apparently coming up down there, there's a lot of talk about letting people abroad vote.
Lots of really awesome cultural things, I love the slang you guys use for different things down there. Words like "lekker" and "bakkie" and things like that are interesting to hear and learn about.

Among other things.

chickyboo222

I associate my family and friends, Biltong and Droe worse. Crime, punishment and poverty. Table mountain, Durban harbour and Sandton city.

All places, and things I have seen and done.

The Desert Bird

Since 1994, a downward spiral straight into the heart of hell.

Skyli

Sun, sea, savanna, beer, biltong, rugby, family, braai's, swimming pools and home.

Ghetto Fabulous

ITS MY HOME COUNTRY!

Gtiboy

My Home
My Identity
My spirit
My Land, that my fellow South Africans fought and risked their lives for, so that i can walk freely.

Everi1dizs

World Cup
Tourism
Apartheid
One of Africa's Wealthiest countries
Mandela
Dismond Tutu
High Crime rate (Johannesburg)

EagleWatcher

The only constant is change.