{"id":9591,"date":"2024-09-09T13:48:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T11:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/?p=9591"},"modified":"2024-09-17T12:56:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T10:56:09","slug":"10-fun-facts-about-our-sa-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/archives\/9591","title":{"rendered":"10 fun facts about our SA heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9591\" class=\"elementor elementor-9591\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6e50a9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b6e50a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9fe203 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9fe203\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW137608508 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137608508 BCX0\">September is Heritage Month, a time when South Africans celebrate the rich and diverse culture of our beautiful country and its people.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137608508 BCX0\"> Here are <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137608508 BCX0\">eight<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137608508 BCX0\"> facts that make us proud to be South Africa<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137608508 BCX0\">n<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137608508 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW137608508 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54888c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54888c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Did you know?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b50c142 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b50c142\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">1.South Africa has 12 official languages.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-701cd08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"701cd08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/portrait-woman-teaching-sign-language-1024x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9722\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/portrait-woman-teaching-sign-language-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/portrait-woman-teaching-sign-language-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/portrait-woman-teaching-sign-language-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/portrait-woman-teaching-sign-language-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/portrait-woman-teaching-sign-language-1536x1536.webp 1536w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/portrait-woman-teaching-sign-language-2048x2048.webp 2048w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/portrait-woman-teaching-sign-language-60x60.webp 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-828d02b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"828d02b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW177125679 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW177125679 BCX0\">2.<span class=\"TextRun SCXW242430331 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW242430331 BCX0\">We<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW242430331 BCX0\">\u2019re<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW242430331 BCX0\"> the only country in the world to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW242430331 BCX0\">have three capital cities: Pretoria (<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW242430331 BCX0\">A<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW242430331 BCX0\">dministrative), Cape Town (Legislative),<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW242430331 BCX0\"> and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW242430331 BCX0\"> Bloemfontein (<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW242430331 BCX0\">Judicial<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW242430331 BCX0\">)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW242430331 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-258e3ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"258e3ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/capital-cities.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9984\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e3fa24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e3fa24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW38513845 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW38513845 BCX0\">3.The Sterkfontein Caves<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW38513845 BCX0\">, a World Heritage Site, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW38513845 BCX0\">are considered the birthplace<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW38513845 BCX0\"> of humanity<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW38513845 BCX0\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW38513845 BCX0\"> or Cradle of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW38513845 BCX0\">Hum<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW38513845 BCX0\">ankind, with fossils dating back four million years.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW38513845 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1733aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1733aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-578071206-copy.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10046\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-578071206-copy.webp 1024w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-578071206-copy-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-578071206-copy-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43db995 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43db995\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW35828651 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35828651 BCX0\">4.The late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former President Nelson Mandela are the only two Nobel Peace Prize winners to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35828651 BCX0\">have <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35828651 BCX0\">live<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35828651 BCX0\">d<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35828651 BCX0\"> on the same street<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35828651 BCX0\">, both having at one time <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35828651 BCX0\">resided<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35828651 BCX0\"> in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35828651 BCX0\">Vilakaz<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35828651 BCX0\">i<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35828651 BCX0\"> Street in Soweto<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35828651 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW35828651 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1d85a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1d85a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1001\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-635937599-copy.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10050\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-635937599-copy.webp 1001w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-635937599-copy-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-635937599-copy-768x509.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e35fbfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e35fbfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW102827055 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW102827055 BCX0\">5.Cape Town\u2019s iconic Table Mountain<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW102827055 BCX0\">, one of the oldest mountains on the planet,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW102827055 BCX0\"> is <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW102827055 BCX0\">one of the New 7 Wonders of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW102827055 BCX0\">Nature<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW102827055 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW102827055 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9192b6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9192b6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/166276353-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9767\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/166276353-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/166276353-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/166276353-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/166276353-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/166276353-2048x1365.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48cbfe3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48cbfe3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW3197424 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW3197424 BCX0\">6.South Africa is <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW3197424 BCX0\">the largest producer of platinum in the world.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW3197424 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1674926 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1674926\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2150197514.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10058\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2150197514.webp 1024w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2150197514-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2150197514-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83db5a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83db5a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">7.The first successful heart transplant was performed at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town by Prof.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Christiaan Barnard.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8905751 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8905751\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-706016279-copy.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10054\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-706016279-copy.webp 1024w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-706016279-copy-300x209.webp 300w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-706016279-copy-768x536.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-608d5be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"608d5be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW37576186 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37576186 BCX0\">8.South Africa has hosted the football (2010), cricket (2003) and rugby (1995) world cups.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW37576186 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4534185 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4534185\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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