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=South Africa=

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Overview
South Africa is a country that is in the process of reconstruction to fix the destruction and desolation that the [|apartheid] regime wreaked over decades of unfairness and racism. The regime had a system of bias and racism against blacks by the minority whites in power, similar to the Jim Crow laws of the South in the United States, except exponentially worse. This regime stripped the black Africans of most of their rights and when the regime was finally defeated in the late 19th century by a massive group of freedom fighters, it left a mess for the fledgling democracy. Among the major problems to this day are high crime rates, large drug usage and sales, a number of illicit black market operations, government corruption, and poverty that still ravages mainly the black population. Despite these problems, South Africa was the host for the 2010 World Cup, which benefited its market and economy greatly, as well as worldwide recognition. The country, currently led by the controversial Jacob Zuma, is still working to lower the crime rates and increase security and peace. South Africa has the largest economy in all of Africa and has an economy three times the size of the second biggest (Egypt). Do to it's culturally and ethnically diverse background, South Africa has the nickname of the Rainbow Nation, referring to the blacks, whites, coloreds, British, Boer, Xhosa, and the Zulu, all people who exist within the country, both historically and currently.

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