SOUTH AFRICA
A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION The Republic of South Africa occupies the southern-most area of the African continent, comprising 435,868 square miles. It is about half the size of Africa’s largest country, Zaire, or about the size of California and Texas combined. It is bordered by Namibia (South West Africa) to the northwest, Botswana and Zimbabwe to […]
LESOTHO
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION Lesotho is a small, mountainous country located on the Drakensberg escarpment on the eastern edge of the southern African plateau. With a territory of 11,720 square miles, or 30,355 square kilometers, it is completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is one of the few countries in the world to be […]
