This episode will make you feel "Jol-"-ly and "Braai-ght." We had a LOT of you guys the South African Geograpeeps involved in this episode, I'm so glad you gave your input. South African Katharine just so happened to be in town while we were filming and volunteered to co-host with me! She loves her country and loves talking about it. That's all I ask for in a guest-host. Hope you enjoy this episode. It is officially the longest one (for now as of March 2021) just beating Russia by 13 seconds. #SouthAfrica
I'm originally from The Netherlands and on a few occasions, I had a conversation with a South African who was speaking Afrikaans while I was replying in Dutch and we could easily understand each other.
It's kinda funny. Dutch and Afrikaans are like, "Hey, we're different languages." And all the Scandinavian languages are like, "Yes, us too. We're not the same thing as each other." Meanwhile Mandarin and Cantonese are all, "You're just going to call us both 'Chinese,' aren't you?" Then Arabic walks into the room.
Meanwhile sm over here admiring the dude on how he actuslly sounds like he lived in the countries he speak about. I've heard him do lots of languages and the fact he can speak that much. Blows .y mind
@@bangscutter definitely, it's more that I didn't realise I was using normal words from another language. one thing that stood out for me with the Aussies was them ending sentences with "but"
@@dam_smit Ja, Afrikaans kom immers van Nederlands af (ek dink die Zeeland dialek spesifiek). Ons deel so 95% van die woordeskat, maar die gebruik daarvan is heelwat vereenvoudig.
@@daviroza4700 Why focus on race? It should belong to the South Africans, whether they be white, black, yellow, or red. Especially since we are getting more interracial everywhere day by day, that one day race need not matter.
Yay! I've been waiting for this episode forever. Thanks for the great video ❤️🇿🇦 Edit: Pleasantly surprised at how recent and well-researched this video was - regarding the new name of Gqeberha, the passing of King Zwelithini, and even load shedding!
@@thelvadam2375 Zimbabwe is not called Rhodesia at all. Rhodesia brings bad memory for the indigenous people of Zimbabwe. So be careful with your words.
It is nice to see my nation represented not just as a corrupt African country but is shown for its national beauty and its kind, warm people. Love from Cape Town and I hope everyone reading this is also having a good day :) Edit: I know South Africa isn’t as corrupt as certain countries but when I lived in the UK and told people I am South African, there was the common stereotypes like we have no water, has wild animals in your backyard etc . One of the main stereotypes is South Africa is corrupt and has no money. In this case from my personal experience, people keep calling South Africa corrupt and poor. These stereotypes may vary from where you live.
From America, a lot of us see you guys as our brother. Kind of honestly an alternate US as we both are incredibly diverse and have had a long and complicated history of colonial and racial tension
@@Mike-fn4ti yea, but south african corruption isn't on that much of a greater scale compared to Europe and the US. Somewhere in between third world africa and the West
I have watched from the first episode since this channel started! It has finally come! As a Coloured South African, this video did justice to South Africa and I am very proud of my country and GeographyNow!
Its so strange. One of my other favorite youtubers is in the middle of doing a 2 part series on Mexico and the Spanish empire and now the next country in geography now is Spain. Is this a coincidence?
When I think of Mexico, I remember that draw game we had with y'all at the 2010 world game opener. I'm still salty about that game... I'll always be salty about that game lol
I have never in my life heard someone describe a South African accent as beautiful, and as a person who lives in South Africa I am really confused as to what weird ass accent she had that you liked it
@@nicholaslowick3381 trust me, foreigners love our accent (believe it or not😂.) When I went to America they absolutely loved my accent! It's so unique that majority of foreigners won't know where we from
K V could I ask what type of South African accent you have because there’s so many and a few, like the Tswana accent are cool, but like the rest, Afrikaans and the English accent you hear in spud especially, are horrifying to hear
Almost every comment section of this these videos(except the Israel video’s comment section for obvious reasons) are mostly nice comments which is a nice touch (pun not intended)
Much love to South Africa from Brazil! Our countries are very similar in many ways and i hope i can visit and spend some time in your amazing country after all this covid mess blows over!🇧🇷🇿🇦
It was so fun Talking to all the Brazilian people that came over for the world cup. Brazil is definitely on my bucketlist aswell... Feels like home away from home. Much love from South Africa
Brazilians are such amazing people. I was there in 2018, and spent a week in Rio de Janeiro and 2 weeks in São Paulo. I wish Brazil was closer to South Africa then I'd visit at least once a year, can't wait to come back though 🇧🇷 🇿🇦
Interesting fact I learned recently - J. R. Tolkien was born in South Africa in Bloemfontein. My husband and I wanted to watch something and then he said “maybe Geography Now - South Africa?”, and when I searched it I saw that this episode was out just 8h ago and my husband didn’t know about it. So funny! We both enjoyed it!
As a proud South African, I would just like to say that this video is well researched! Well done on putting together such a balanced and informative video.
I’m really impressed by y’all a lot of people either emphasise on the issues of SA and others tend to ignore it, but you guys got it both and did not focus to much or outright ignore these things. And as a South African I’m happy to say that this video is great 👍. And as for the South Africans, Ek stuur my liefde na julle, have a good one
Als een Nederlander stuur ik mijn liefde ook naar jullie :D Edit: Can you guys understand Dutch by reading it? Since they said in the video only 40% is from dutch
@@zacuery5097 Afrikaans is nie my eerste/moeder taal nie maar, ek kan maklik verstaan as ek jou taal moet lees. As ek na nederlands? moet luister dan is dit 'n ander/verskillende storie omdat my Afrikaans woordeskat nie die beste is nie en ek praat nie soveel/baie nie. Kan u my verstaan? Ek vergeet ook altyd wat jou taal genoem word in Afrikaans en in jou💁♂️taal of engels😅jammer
@KSHITIJ SHEEL after doing some research it seems as though there is no common consensus on what the most diverse country on earth is but over the references i came across, neither india or South Africa show up as number one most diverse country in the world on any list.
My desire is to come back and visit family and friends. However due to the current situation we are all in around the world, it's unlikely for now. Hopefully in the future my family and I will be able too. Yes, both , my parents are Chinese therefore my father spent most of his life in SA before moving to Canada.
Love this country. As a child I randomly picked up some random magazine from travel agency with South Africa. I immediately fell in love with this country! 🇨🇿🇧🇦❤️🇿🇦
This was done exceptionally well. It not only covered most aspects of our country it did so very correctly and objectively. Thank you. It is a video that can be used in a classroom in various subjects.
As a South African I really enjoyed it... A little critic would be that they didn't talk about people who speak Sepedi but other than that, it was really good... So proud to be 🇿🇦
I'm from Brazil and have been to South Africa in 2015. Best trip ever. I'd like to mention the story of Rodriguez, who is an American singer that was only famous in South Africa and did not even know about it. Please watch the movie Searching for Sugar Man!!!!!
This is the first accurate representation of South Africa I've seen on TH-cam. The history was on point considering it is a summarized version. And research on the cultures and diversity is soo satisfying. Chops to this vid
Its still an intresting concept if the two united (obviously unlikely, nor do I support expansionism) but I always support nations forming greater wholes. Either way SA and Namibia are both beatifull nations
As a South African, this was a lot of fun to watch. I learnt about a lot of things that I did not know such as the diversity of the animal and plant species.
Spent most of childhood in Botswana and growing up many of my friends were Saffas. One of the most beautiful countries on the planet and blessed with a multicultural warm and hospitable population. 🇿🇦🇧🇼🇮🇳
Love from Spain. South Africa is especially in our hearts since 2010 because of the World Cup we won there. I am looking forward to the next episode, waiting since 2014 ;) (I sent you the yellow letter in december 2017, Barbs!!)
Love from Bangladesh. South Africa has a huge fanbase here because of their golden generation of Cricket. Thanks to the whole team of "Geography Now" for such an informative presentation. Waiting for your next one.
I was living in Cape Town during the 2019 rugby World Cup win and it was honestly one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. South Africa beat England!
Well i am also not from South Africa but also hello from Turkey! I like this country because it is the place Elon Musk born and lived so good job to you for that awsome men!
Pena que ningúem no exterior reconhece o feito de Bartolomeu Dias. Os gajos falam dos holandeses e dos britânicos... mal sabem eles que os tugas estiveram lá primeiro...
@@martimx2123 well Portuguese were first but your nation failed to colonize quickly and failed to invest money into business and infrastructure from those few colonies. That's why people care more about British, Dutch and even French than about Portugal. Though Henry the Navigator and Dias were kinda cool ngl.
@@Nimai_Aquino I know. It was more about Indonesia and India, 'cause they definitely could secure big colonial empire if they managed their finances better. It's just that we don't learn much about Portugal in history classes because after their discoveries and colonizing of Brazil, Timor-leste, Macau etc. they wasn't relevant because of their poor economical management (+ some internal issues) and then they couldn't got into this video. Hope I explained my thoughts with this comment.
Keith, great that you mentioned Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the late Johnny Clegg. But how could you forget Miriam Makeba, aka Mama Africa, and her husband Hugh Masekela? But especially as a bass player, how could you not mention Bakithi Kumalo???
It's kinda amazing and I like on how South Africa has an app where it alarms and warns you when the power is going to be out for a significant amount of time or hours. Unlike here in my country where the power just shuts off unexpectedly or randomly and the issue would be fixed but in an unexpected amount of time. I kinda like that South Africa.
Brother there is nothing amazing about South Africa giving us the load shedding schedules... It's like being thankful to your torturer for giving you water! We don't have just load-shedding, but a crumbling infrastructure, there power goes out at random times and takes days to repair at some times, even our water supply is unstable, they refuse to upgrade the asbestos pipes in my town. Every other day there is a burst water pipe which causes massive water flooding's and damages to our properties. Our substations are left open with absolutely no protection or locks so the poor go to sleep there, then they make fire to stay warm and boom. They also steal the batteries out of our cellphone towers so we lose signal for days in a row. Never be exited to visit South Africa, you'll be robbed within 30minutes of being here.
No it's not amazing, there are multiple apps which some don't work properly, the load shedding schedules are inaccurate mostly which defeats the purpose of the app. The electricity crises has been going on for a long time with no strategy being implemented to fix the issue, not to mention the skyrocketing unemployment rate, the wealth gap, increasing crime rate. So yeah South Africa may be praised on certain attributes, it is by no means a good country, not by a long shot. The country has great potential but the problem is the government and how they run this country.
Just watched both your videos on Namibia and SA. Realy enjoyed them. Both countries are close to my hart. I was born in Windhoek when Namibia was still "Suid-Wes Afrika" and part of the Republic of South Africa.
Fun fact: The crown Jewels are South African. The Cullinan Diamond was discovered in 1905 and was the largest diamond ever discovered. Since South Africa was a British colony at the time, we had to hand over our diamond and it was cut up and made into what we now know today as the crown jewels. Loved this episode btw, barbs always kills it
Not exactly. The diamond was unsold for 2 years and then bought by the Colony of Transvaal (a British dominion) and subsequently presented to King Edward VII, who had them cut by a cutting company in Amsterdam. None of the diamonds are currently used in publicly displayed crown jewellery, although many were used in older necklaces and one of them was used as the base for Queen Mary (wife of George V)'s crown.
@@Mäfé_The_African Dude it was literally cut up into pieces and put into jewellery, which itself is so old that most of the jewels made using the pieces are considered historical artifacts. It wouldn't make any sense
As an avid fan of this channel and a proud South African, I've been looking forward to this episode for years. The team didn't disappoint. Well done guys!!! South Africa is a beautiful country, with beautiful people. It's a traveler's dream. Everyone should visit South Africa, at least once. Come have a jol with us. 🇿🇦
I´m from Texas, and I wanna visit South Africa in the future. That's very nice, with wildlife, landscapes, beautiful cities, beaches, interesting people and history. It´s my favourite African country
Fun fact. One of the number one exports to the US from South Africa is actually ostrich leather. Commonly used in boots and hats. The birds themselves are kept in padded inclosures in areas with reduced amounts of shrubbery for ticks to hide in to insure the skin is as pristine as possible.
Keith kinda forgot one instrument of south africa: the almighty *VUVUZELA* (that trumpet thing that deafened the heck out of everyone at the 2010 world cup)
The men, the myths, the legends, the Rainbow Nation themselves, South Africa! 🇿🇦 Hope you South-Africans are doing good, despite these crazy times but you guys are a bunch of strong folks that went through a lot. You may have a hole in your country, due to Lesotho, but you sure don't have holes in your hearts. Much to you guys from the US!
Welcome to South Africa, where knowing 3 languages is expected by age 3, conversation will spark up in the oddest of places and Voetsek is a word that unites all 11 official languages (or was it 12) Also eish
J. R. R. Tolkien (Lord of the rings author) Born in South Africa Gary Player - Golfer Also South African Jess - My neighbour who did not invite me to her braai that one time. Make her famous as well. Kak rude
my great grand parents are from Utrecht in the Netherlands and my grandmother lived in Utrecht, South Africa as a kid, how interesting, I want to visit The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, as my roots comes from those countries...
@@francoisdvanderwesthuizen So interesting! And didn’t know that there was also a place called Utrecht in South Africa haha. You’ve quit a Dutch last name! You should visit someday, much to see in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
Hahaha i am a South African and this makes me happy! South Africa 🇿🇦 is beautiful and we are a diverse group of people. Die Afrikaans woorde is bikie mooilik moet nie te veel warry nie...
Alright I don't speak Afrikaans but I think it says something along the lines of: Those Afrikaans words are (very) difficult you don't have to worry about it to much. I made this attempt to translate with my knowledge of Dutch and English
U mean European African rite lol 😂 cuz why are black ppl called African American but there lived there for 400 yrs but still referred too then as African Americans but you white woman can be called a South African and not a European African
Check out Far Cry 2, as much as that is a fictional Central African nation a lot of the map is pretty much rural South Africa especially the populated areas not to mention the people there are speaking isiZulu, isiXhosa and Afrikaans which are all South African language.
Thanks and much love to you. Though, technically, South Africa has been independent since 31 May 1961. We just didn't allow any people other than whites to vote.
Zambia is one of the countries that i love as a south african. One day i was watching a Christian channel on tv, and they were interviewing a young lady in zambia by the name of Makoma. I was so surprised cos i could understand what she was saying. Since then, i truly believe i may have some relatives there.
Very nice video Barbs. I am from South Africa and are classified as Coloured (Mixed race). You covered everything, Excellent stuff. I have been patiently waiting for my home country. Been watching your videos since the beginning. I am a history and geography buff myself... **Side note: Cape Malay also falls under the Coloured people group (They are also of mixed heritage) South Africa can be considered as the greatest sporting nation (they are competitive in EVERY sport)
I bought the Album 'Scaterlings' with Johnny Clegg and Mchnu, known as Juluka in 1982. It was rarely off my turntable and I wore it out. I still have my replacement copy today.
This episode will make you feel "Jol-"-ly and "Braai-ght." We had a LOT of you guys the South African Geograpeeps involved in this episode, I'm so glad you gave your input. South African Katharine just so happened to be in town while we were filming and volunteered to co-host with me! She loves her country and loves talking about it. That's all I ask for in a guest-host. Hope you enjoy this episode. It is officially the longest one (for now as of March 2021) just beating Russia by 13 seconds. #SouthAfrica
Amazing as always! :D
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fun fact: Johannesburg is also the largest and most populated city in the world that isn’t located on a river, lake, or coastline
interesting
Mexico city?
@@stefanobollani4503 it’s literally built on a lake, but maybe there’s something else
Largest inland city?
Beijing?
How many capitals do you want?
South Africa:YES
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South Africa belongs to black people not white people sad 😢
I'm originally from The Netherlands and on a few occasions, I had a conversation with a South African who was speaking Afrikaans while I was replying in Dutch and we could easily understand each other.
I am German and understand Afrikaans as well.
As a Flemish Dutch speaker I had the same experience!
@@brokkrep your language sounds funny
@UCQNsLoDj0SGUdfW__zhxKDQ There are definitely differences, so not the same. But with a bit of effort you can understand each other.
It's kinda funny. Dutch and Afrikaans are like, "Hey, we're different languages." And all the Scandinavian languages are like, "Yes, us too. We're not the same thing as each other." Meanwhile Mandarin and Cantonese are all, "You're just going to call us both 'Chinese,' aren't you?" Then Arabic walks into the room.
Loved all the mispronunciations (in every language) and the misspellings. Proud watching this vid 🇿🇦
literalllyyyy
my heart is aching yoh. this was not south africa.
Almost died from Cringe at the mispronunciation
@@naledimbeje1449 I mean the dude learned all this in a short span of time, you can't expect it to be perfect
@@ReadTheBible001 i survived by placing my expectations at ground level 😂 i knew the pronounciations were gonna dribble them hard. loved it though
Meanwhile sm over here admiring the dude on how he actuslly sounds like he lived in the countries he speak about. I've heard him do lots of languages and the fact he can speak that much. Blows .y mind
As a Xhosa, that intro really _"clicked"_ with me
*Punch* 🤜
All Geograpeeps: “You know what happens now.”
*cracks knuckles*
😂😂😂
Good one
Very punny..lol
Growing up as an English South African and moving to Australia I quickly learned that 20% of what I said was Afrikaans/Afrikaans slang 😂😂
And then you realise that Aussies too have their own unique slangs which Brits and Americans would find weird or don't understand. :D
@@bangscutter definitely, it's more that I didn't realise I was using normal words from another language. one thing that stood out for me with the Aussies was them ending sentences with "but"
You're so lucky you made it out
As a Portuguese but culturally English South African, ja man😂
Australia isn’t real
One thing we gotta admit, South Africa has one of the coolest flags in the world
👍🏽
I love our flag🇿🇦
It looks really good
Indeed
The past one was better(design wise)
What an absolutely beautiful nation. After watching this vid I’ve become obsessed with all things South African. Love from the 🇺🇸 to my 🇿🇦 peeps!
Much love back at ya from South Africa
We suffer from blackouts though
@Jimmy-wn5gd it's the ANC's fault
Great choice! Hope you enjoy every moment !
@@trevorlewatle1886I love south africa 🇿🇦💕 of south America 🌎
Its so weird listening to these Afrikaans words as a Dutchman. I’m like “you’re saying that wrong” but then realize I have no clue how to say it
Lol same maar ik zit wel lekker met een grote glimlach mee te lezen. 'Tis best leuk, om andere talen te verstaan!
@@dam_smit Ja, Afrikaans kom immers van Nederlands af (ek dink die Zeeland dialek spesifiek).
Ons deel so 95% van die woordeskat, maar die gebruik daarvan is heelwat vereenvoudig.
As waar🤣🤣🤣🤣🇿🇦✌️
@@afrovarangian ik vind het zo cool dat ik dit kan verstaan
Dankbaar ek kan altwee tale verstaan. Lol that was hard
Can i say this?
Barbs "in conclusion" statement is always so heartwarming, no matter how big or small the country is, that i can't help but smile
@@Batman12-f9u yea that's my name if my parents were middle eastern
Not me being confused for 15sec thinking about Barbs aka Nicki Minaj Fan.
South Africa belongs to black people not white people sad 😢
@@daviroza4700 Why focus on race? It should belong to the South Africans, whether they be white, black, yellow, or red.
Especially since we are getting more interracial everywhere day by day, that one day race need not matter.
@@daviroza4700 voetsek bot
Yay! I've been waiting for this episode forever. Thanks for the great video ❤️🇿🇦
Edit: Pleasantly surprised at how recent and well-researched this video was - regarding the new name of Gqeberha, the passing of King Zwelithini, and even load shedding!
One of my favourite polyglot South Africans - Lindie Botes
@@osobaanonimowa yep
Yay Lindie! You are one of my polyglot inspiration who is pushing me forward in learning Chinese and Afrikaans.
Are you From South Africa?
@@osobaanonimowa cvsuyhSGrsy
I love the history of South Africa, and the peaple Looks so cool. Much love from Brazil🇧🇷🇿🇦
You know our first people are the San people
I am very fortunate. My mom is Brazilian and my dad is South African. Could not be happier
@@andreipretorius92 Wait, do you have any relation with the musician Andre Pretorius?
Why is she white?
Hy het goed gedoen
At this rate the Zimbabwe episode is going to be 3 hours long...
Fine by me!
At this point, we'll be disappointed if it isn't. This series needs to go out with a bang.
You mean Rhosdesia
@@thelvadam2375 Rhosdesia? You mean Rhodesia
@@thelvadam2375 Zimbabwe is not called Rhodesia at all. Rhodesia brings bad memory for the indigenous people of Zimbabwe. So be careful with your words.
As a proud South African I can say that this was incredibly humbling to see my country on this channel
Indeed
Lots of love from india
More love from India! :D
Love from the little country inside yours ♥️🇱🇸
Wow nobody cares South Africa is a terrible place
It is nice to see my nation represented not just as a corrupt African country but is shown for its national beauty and its kind, warm people. Love from Cape Town and I hope everyone reading this is also having a good day :)
Edit: I know South Africa isn’t as corrupt as certain countries but when I lived in the UK and told people I am South African, there was the common stereotypes like we have no water, has wild animals in your backyard etc . One of the main stereotypes is South Africa is corrupt and has no money. In this case from my personal experience, people keep calling South Africa corrupt and poor. These stereotypes may vary from where you live.
From America, a lot of us see you guys as our brother. Kind of honestly an alternate US as we both are incredibly diverse and have had a long and complicated history of colonial and racial tension
Because almost all African countries are corrupt
@@Mike-fn4ti yea, but south african corruption isn't on that much of a greater scale compared to Europe and the US. Somewhere in between third world africa and the West
Sending love from the UK, SA is our favourite African relative!
@@joshuadevenport7100 lol im sure it is
I have watched from the first episode since this channel started! It has finally come! As a Coloured South African, this video did justice to South Africa and I am very proud of my country and GeographyNow!
Much Love for South Africa 🇿🇦from Mexico! (Writting this with a Bafana-bafana jersey on!) 🇿🇦♥️🇲🇽
Mexico is my number one country to visit. Also I'm learning Spanish so that's cool love from 🇿🇦🇿🇦
@@gugumasondo192 Whenever you want to come, you are very welcome! You can even stay at my place, I love to meet new people!
Its so strange. One of my other favorite youtubers is in the middle of doing a 2 part series on Mexico and the Spanish empire and now the next country in geography now is Spain. Is this a coincidence?
When I think of Mexico, I remember that draw game we had with y'all at the 2010 world game opener. I'm still salty about that game... I'll always be salty about that game lol
Much love to you Sergio!
I met a South African on the bus once and to this day I will never forget her beautiful accent. Love from Canada 🇨🇦 to South Africa 🇿🇦!
I have never in my life heard someone describe a South African accent as beautiful, and as a person who lives in South Africa I am really confused as to what weird ass accent she had that you liked it
@@nicholaslowick3381 trust me, foreigners love our accent (believe it or not😂.)
When I went to America they absolutely loved my accent! It's so unique that majority of foreigners won't know where we from
@@TsarOrthodoxBro_II I have a South African friend in France and her accent is the most beautiful
@@nicholaslowick3381 I've heard 4 or 5 South African accents and loved them all
K V could I ask what type of South African accent you have because there’s so many and a few, like the Tswana accent are cool, but like the rest, Afrikaans and the English accent you hear in spud especially, are horrifying to hear
This is the nicest comment section I’ve seen about South Africa so that makes me happy
Almost every comment section of this these videos(except the Israel video’s comment section for obvious reasons) are mostly nice comments which is a nice touch (pun not intended)
That’s because this channel is generally pleasant and no one, including myself, wants to be “ that jerk”.
Noah is sort of too perfect, visually.
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oh my god it's that guy from that video. (jkparty is how I know him)
dude is literally the Chadiest Chad
The entire cast of Geography Now just has those flawless Los Angeles genes.
You are here too? A surprise but a welcomed one.
Much love to South Africa from Brazil! Our countries are very similar in many ways and i hope i can visit and spend some time in your amazing country after all this covid mess blows over!🇧🇷🇿🇦
It was so fun Talking to all the Brazilian people that came over for the world cup. Brazil is definitely on my bucketlist aswell... Feels like home away from home. Much love from South Africa
🇧🇷❤️🇿🇦
fora dória
Brazilians are such amazing people. I was there in 2018, and spent a week in Rio de Janeiro and 2 weeks in São Paulo. I wish Brazil was closer to South Africa then I'd visit at least once a year, can't wait to come back though 🇧🇷 🇿🇦
I love Brazil. Can't wait to visit
Barbs: "Spain is coming up next"
South Sudan: "I`m fine, I`m fine, I`m fine, fine"
Loool, Barbs definitely forgot that
I think he does it together with Sudan, he does that with twin states regularly
He’ll do it like Sudan, South
@@lasseb5612 what about north korea and south korea episodes
@@lasseb5612 what episodes has he done that
I'm South African, Venda, and yeah you did a damn good job summarising our beloved Mzansi.
Aye! fellow Venda, I'm from Thohoyandou but residing in Pretoria✌
@@koni00004 Venda lâ ha nyatshikamuroho, li sa ladzi nwana Na ndâla. Rine ri vha Vuwani. Ndaa!
Ndaa barimini
@@pitbullpowersystems8704 Lo lala lo sina midzi. Ngeo?
Venda has some of the tastiest fruit that I have ever eaten. Your bananas are divine. Be blessed
Interesting fact I learned recently - J. R. Tolkien was born in South Africa in Bloemfontein.
My husband and I wanted to watch something and then he said “maybe Geography Now - South Africa?”, and when I searched it I saw that this episode was out just 8h ago and my husband didn’t know about it. So funny! We both enjoyed it!
Elon Musk is also from South Africa
@@NoVisionGuy cool
Same happened to me when I needed help for my paper about Singapore lol
Steve Nash was born in Joburg
@@NoVisionGuy Elongated Muskrat
Let's make a nice creative name for this land!
South Africa: No
We actually have Azania as the proper unofficial name. We are working towards changing it oneday though!
@@TamimLB Mzansi is the more popular one by far, Azania is political
@@wolfieinu That’s why I said “Proper Unofficial” if SA changed it’s name it would be Azania. Mzansi is the slang name.
@@TamimLB Fair enough. Bit of an 80s meme though isn't it, Azapo and those guys. No official movement in that direction that I'm aware of.
@@wolfieinu EFF is creating the movement, I don’t support EFF but somethings they support I too support.
As a South African and long time follower I can say this is a brilliant episode!
Do you really say soccer
@@somedude335 Absolutely dude. Although there are various nicknames in various languages of the country.
I agree I enjoyed it soooo much... via South Africa🇿🇦
So much diversity in almost everything
As a proud South African, I would just like to say that this video is well researched! Well done on putting together such a balanced and informative video.
Why is she white?
@@hyewon_6311 white people come from South Africa too. Charlize Theron, Elon Musk, etc
@@hyewon_6311why not an actual African....
@@hyewon_6311 Why is Elon Musk white? He is also a White South African. I guess that should clear your doubts. lol
I’m really impressed by y’all a lot of people either emphasise on the issues of SA and others tend to ignore it, but you guys got it both and did not focus to much or outright ignore these things. And as a South African I’m happy to say that this video is great 👍.
And as for the South Africans, Ek stuur my liefde na julle, have a good one
Als een Nederlander stuur ik mijn liefde ook naar jullie :D
Edit: Can you guys understand Dutch by reading it? Since they said in the video only 40% is from dutch
@@zacuery5097 ja ons kan jou 'n bietjie verstaan
die wit moet vertrek
@@jethro1858
Hey. Howzit?
Ek sien nooit baie Afrikaners in TH-cam comments nie.
@@zacuery5097 Afrikaans is nie my eerste/moeder taal nie maar, ek kan maklik verstaan as ek jou taal moet lees.
As ek na nederlands? moet luister dan is dit 'n ander/verskillende storie omdat my Afrikaans woordeskat nie die beste is nie en ek praat nie soveel/baie nie.
Kan u my verstaan?
Ek vergeet ook altyd wat jou taal genoem word in Afrikaans en in jou💁♂️taal of engels😅jammer
I’m a South African and it’s AWESOME........ best weather in the world
Hello which countryside do you base LBP has a special offer stay at home and earn up to $5000
Yeah South africa is nice. I wish it could snow where I lived tho.
Which of the weather?
@Mackenzie Netter Me too I am Xhosa/Zulu
It snowed the other day
Everyone: SPAIN IS UP NEXT! WOOHOO!!! 🇪🇸 ❤️
Catalonians: Oh No...
Just imagine when the Episode was posted theirs a revolt in Catalonia
Isn't it South Sudan after South Africa?
@@tytsuw2320 They're doing South Sudan with Sudan under S-U rather than S-O
@@mrmoomooface1662 Thats not the name of the country and he did not do South Africa under AF
@@tytsuw2320 no there are two Sudan's so he will do both together like the korea's
So Spongebob actually lived on South Africa but not under the sea??, My whole life is a lie!
Lol I'm his neighbour
@@theflyinggoatman omg same here
He did but the the draught happened lol
Cameras don't work well underwater so they had to shoot on the mainland. That's why many things such as fire work in the show as well
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
From a Nigerian, I think South Africa is literally the pride of Africa, it is so awesome.
Nigeria ain't to bad itself. Hope to visit someday.
What makes South Africa the pride of Africa?
Meanwhile I’m South Africa 🇿🇦🤝🇳🇬we so proud of Nigeria
We also love Nigeria
I just like the women
South Africa is so diverse that just by crossing the street makes you feel like you are traveling to a different country.
What about india in diversity
@KSHITIJ SHEEL I think South Africa is
Yes India is the most diverse country on earth, but this episode wasn’t about India.
Yea there’s white and black and Arab and Asian and Latino
@KSHITIJ SHEEL after doing some research it seems as though there is no common consensus on what the most diverse country on earth is but over the references i came across, neither india or South Africa show up as number one most diverse country in the world on any list.
South Africa: good maybe I could have 2 micronations insi-
Mozambique: hmm no
EDIT: Eswatiny and Lesotho are not micronations, sorry for that mistake
lol
Lesotho is bigger then armenia not a micronatiom
xd
Lol
Micronations are not countries, recognized by no UN members, like Sealand.
J. R. R. Tolkien (the Lord of the Rings author) is a born South African
😱
As a South African Chinese, I'm really proud of this representation of our rainbow nation! Miss SA was my home until my family moved to Canada in 2004
Why dont u come back ? U can always go visit ur family nd they can come visit u...?
Your dad is chinese milisa
My desire is to come back and visit family and friends. However due to the current situation we are all in around the world, it's unlikely for now. Hopefully in the future my family and I will be able too. Yes, both , my parents are Chinese therefore my father spent most of his life in SA before moving to Canada.
The Chinese are colonizing Africa
@@chinuaachebe6860 not South Africa and North Africa bt the rest will be colonized
Love to S. Africa from Greece
🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷❤️❤️❤️🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
First Greek to love Karaboğas
Love to Greece from South Africa
@@thekraken1173 i love everyone except Kosovo and N. Macedonia
@Nanda Das and he represented Nelson Mandela at the Rivonia trial!
Love this country. As a child I randomly picked up some random magazine from travel agency with South Africa. I immediately fell in love with this country! 🇨🇿🇧🇦❤️🇿🇦
Love to the slavs from south africa! :)
This was done exceptionally well. It not only covered most aspects of our country it did so very correctly and objectively. Thank you. It is a video that can be used in a classroom in various subjects.
"In fact, they're the only country in Africa to host the soccer World Cup so far!" [vuvuzela flashbacks]
**breaths in to vuvuzela**
let me sing you the song of my people
I wish Keith would mention the vuvuzela!
Yes I was about to comment that
*football*
@@abdullahtshabal9522 nice profile picture 👍
As a South African I really enjoyed it... A little critic would be that they didn't talk about people who speak Sepedi but other than that, it was really good... So proud to be 🇿🇦
they kept calling them Northern Sotho, like the census data.
But even at school moes they call it northern sotho
7:16 this bru really just said Kalamari, I can't even rn 🤣🤣
I laughed so loud 🤣
One of the most well know deserts in the world and said calamari. Why
@@moiravanderwesthuyzen6439 SAME 🤣🤣
@@chriscroucamp393 he had one job bru, how hard is it to say Kalahari properly 🤣
His only human after all 🤣
@@moiravanderwesthuyzen6439, miskien het hulle calamari op stel geeet, wie weet? haha
I love South Africa!!🇿🇦❤
From Philippines!!🇵🇭❤
Thank you! 🇿🇦❤🇵🇭
When you love the Philippines ❤
-South African 🇿🇦
Why is she white?
@@hyewon_6311 if you mean the woman in the video it’s because South Africa has loads of white people
@@perla5465 I thought South Africans look like black people
You fit so much information into this video. As a South African, that identifies as a coloured Cape Malay, I want to say thank you.
Amazing country, very vibrant culture! Love to South Africa 🇿🇦❤️🇺🇦 From Ukraine
Greetings from a South African brown person
I'm from Brazil and have been to South Africa in 2015. Best trip ever. I'd like to mention the story of Rodriguez, who is an American singer that was only famous in South Africa and did not even know about it. Please watch the movie Searching for Sugar Man!!!!!
This is the first accurate representation of South Africa I've seen on TH-cam. The history was on point considering it is a summarized version. And research on the cultures and diversity is soo satisfying. Chops to this vid
Ah yes, it's finally arrived: South Africa the Rainbow Nation!
Red, Black, White, Blue, Yellow, Green!
_laughs in 1910s China_
_laughs in original 1917 flag of Armenia (literally a rainbow flag; Armenian pride 2021?)_
Laughs in Mauritius
@@theonebman7581 laughs in jamaica
17:53 “This is where the story gets really complicated”
Me: doesn’t it always with the British.
Namibia 🇳🇦 & South Africa 🇿🇦 are twins when it comes to demographics, customs & traditions.
I agree. It's mainly because of South Africa having ruled Namibia for 75 years.
even the flags have basically the same colors
They were both designed by the same person.
Its still an intresting concept if the two united (obviously unlikely, nor do I support expansionism) but I always support nations forming greater wholes.
Either way SA and Namibia are both beatifull nations
That's because when Germany lost WW2, Namibia (German colony) was put under Apartheid South Africa's administration.
Awesome video! Living in New Zealand, I have a lot of SA friends here and it was great to see such a great summary of this complex country.
As a South African, this was a lot of fun to watch. I learnt about a lot of things that I did not know such as the diversity of the animal and plant species.
Spent most of childhood in Botswana and growing up many of my friends were Saffas. One of the most beautiful countries on the planet and blessed with a multicultural warm and hospitable population. 🇿🇦🇧🇼🇮🇳
doctor likes the hospitality, Thumbs up.
I like Botswana's and south Africa's flag
Love to South Africa from the US. Let’s hold firm on this “soccer “ thing.
🇿🇦🇺🇸
We kinda also call the game football, we use both words.
Lol we got you
Bill this is weird after spying on SA and literally sending the CIA agents to arrest Mandela you love us ok we love America too
Yeah. I don’t understand where football came from- It literally just clicked in my head like two seconds ago XD
Love from Spain. South Africa is especially in our hearts since 2010 because of the World Cup we won there. I am looking forward to the next episode, waiting since 2014 ;) (I sent you the yellow letter in december 2017, Barbs!!)
Finally, we reached the large important country missed by Yakko`s World
I think they left it out because of apartheid on purpose.
@@faruzao yes, it’s a meme
BOTSWANNA!!!
REEE
They forgot South Africa, but they included Transylvania, Puerto Rico...and Asia. Just Asia.
Love from Bangladesh. South Africa has a huge fanbase here because of their golden generation of Cricket. Thanks to the whole team of "Geography Now" for such an informative presentation. Waiting for your next one.
I was living in Cape Town during the 2019 rugby World Cup win and it was honestly one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. South Africa beat England!
Much love to South Africans from a North African 🇩🇿❤️🇿🇦
algeria nice
Assalamualaikum
algeria worst sh1th0le ever
@@wakeupmrye6908 shut up
@@Fahad-gf1wx lol no
As a South African, I'm SO impressed by the effort you put into this video. 😍👏
You have no idea how happy it makes me to see that beautiful black background again
As a South African this put a smile on my face. Thank you. Well done for all the fact finding. 100% correct every one.
Greetings South African brothers and sisters
From Ethiopia
Greetings!
Dude you are closer to Europe than South Africa. BUT i liked your supportive aproach
Im not from South Africa, but hello from Germany Ahmad! I love Ethiopia!
Well i am also not from South Africa but also hello from Turkey! I like this country because it is the place Elon Musk born and lived so good job to you for that awsome men!
@@fallendown8828 Turkey is beautiful and have deep history. I have nothing but love and respect to Turkey
*Watching as a South African*
Me: Surely there’s nothing in this episode I don’t know..
Geography Now: 😏
Ive Been waiting for this episode and its insane how many NEW things I've learnt about SA in this Episode alone.
That's because you're not really South African, nor African for that matter
@ANTHONY CHARRETTE it's facts
@@cryptobeanbag7148 facts brother they are European not african
@@ljmusic2134
Well you guys literally kicked out the Khoisan. So you are also guilty of what you're accusing us of.
Hugs from Brazil (🇧🇷) to South Africa (🇿🇦).
Great thing to learn about this beautiful country. From Mesopotamia❤️🇮🇶
Last time I was this Early the Cape of Good Hope was still the Cape of Storms.
Shut up.
Pena que ningúem no exterior reconhece o feito de Bartolomeu Dias.
Os gajos falam dos holandeses e dos britânicos... mal sabem eles que os tugas estiveram lá primeiro...
@@martimx2123 well Portuguese were first but your nation failed to colonize quickly and failed to invest money into business and infrastructure from those few colonies. That's why people care more about British, Dutch and even French than about Portugal. Though Henry the Navigator and Dias were kinda cool ngl.
@@krystofk.2279 Brazil was more promising than south africa, so they choose Brazil. Its not like they tried and got kicked out.
@@Nimai_Aquino I know. It was more about Indonesia and India, 'cause they definitely could secure big colonial empire if they managed their finances better. It's just that we don't learn much about Portugal in history classes because after their discoveries and colonizing of Brazil, Timor-leste, Macau etc. they wasn't relevant because of their poor economical management (+ some internal issues) and then they couldn't got into this video.
Hope I explained my thoughts with this comment.
Don’t forget the excellent band Seether who are also from South Africa .
They missed quite a few famous people in that segment.
Keith, great that you mentioned Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the late Johnny Clegg. But how could you forget Miriam Makeba, aka Mama Africa, and her husband Hugh Masekela? But especially as a bass player, how could you not mention Bakithi Kumalo???
It's kinda amazing and I like on how South Africa has an app where it alarms and warns you when the power is going to be out for a significant amount of time or hours. Unlike here in my country where the power just shuts off unexpectedly or randomly and the issue would be fixed but in an unexpected amount of time. I kinda like that South Africa.
Brother there is nothing amazing about South Africa giving us the load shedding schedules... It's like being thankful to your torturer for giving you water!
We don't have just load-shedding, but a crumbling infrastructure, there power goes out at random times and takes days to repair at some times, even our water supply is unstable, they refuse to upgrade the asbestos pipes in my town.
Every other day there is a burst water pipe which causes massive water flooding's and damages to our properties. Our substations are left open with absolutely no protection or locks so the poor go to sleep there, then they make fire to stay warm and boom. They also steal the batteries out of our cellphone towers so we lose signal for days in a row.
Never be exited to visit South Africa, you'll be robbed within 30minutes of being here.
No it's not amazing, there are multiple apps which some don't work properly, the load shedding schedules are inaccurate mostly which defeats the purpose of the app. The electricity crises has been going on for a long time with no strategy being implemented to fix the issue, not to mention the skyrocketing unemployment rate, the wealth gap, increasing crime rate. So yeah South Africa may be praised on certain attributes, it is by no means a good country, not by a long shot. The country has great potential but the problem is the government and how they run this country.
Just watched both your videos on Namibia and SA. Realy enjoyed them. Both countries are close to my hart. I was born in Windhoek when Namibia was still "Suid-Wes Afrika" and part of the Republic of South Africa.
Fun fact: The crown Jewels are South African. The Cullinan Diamond was discovered in 1905 and was the largest diamond ever discovered. Since South Africa was a British colony at the time, we had to hand over our diamond and it was cut up and made into what we now know today as the crown jewels.
Loved this episode btw, barbs always kills it
Ahh yes, the British monarch and South Africas stolen gems, a true love story.
@@aobakwemhele6613 right? :)
Not exactly. The diamond was unsold for 2 years and then bought by the Colony of Transvaal (a British dominion) and subsequently presented to King Edward VII, who had them cut by a cutting company in Amsterdam. None of the diamonds are currently used in publicly displayed crown jewellery, although many were used in older necklaces and one of them was used as the base for Queen Mary (wife of George V)'s crown.
and to this day, the british monarch and parliament refuse to bring the cullinan back home
@@Mäfé_The_African Dude it was literally cut up into pieces and put into jewellery, which itself is so old that most of the jewels made using the pieces are considered historical artifacts. It wouldn't make any sense
As an avid fan of this channel and a proud South African, I've been looking forward to this episode for years. The team didn't disappoint. Well done guys!!! South Africa is a beautiful country, with beautiful people. It's a traveler's dream. Everyone should visit South Africa, at least once. Come have a jol with us. 🇿🇦
Proud of what?
@@janedubourg4837 I'm proud of being South African. Did I stutter?
You didn't answer my question.
@@janedubourg4837 I tried. I "failed". It happens. Goodbye.
@@londamavundla1400 Excellent answer :-) We are proud. Full stop.
Also South Africa has some of the most beautiful women... 😍😍😍
It does just that the rest of the world looks down on it when it comes to its woman even its man
White woman? 🤨
Ya
@@juanmelo4150 well yeah.
He did say women, that includes all races obviously
As a South African this video left me with the biggest grin on my face 😁.
I’m a South African and I hate my country. It’s so wicked and dangerous
@@EuropezonUruguayo1 you didn't really have to comment now did you
@@EuropezonUruguayo1 bye then
@Clx L no one cares
@@AfroAsiaticLanguages it does tho
Finally my own country 🇿🇦 Been patiently waiting, now it here!! I am sure it's good as I always enjoy this show. Big Upzzz!
Hell yeah lets go! Been waiting 4 years for this episode
SAME
Same here when the first episode was made I wanted South Africa
SAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I´m from Texas, and I wanna visit South Africa in the future. That's very nice, with wildlife, landscapes, beautiful cities, beaches, interesting people and history. It´s my favourite African country
Fun fact. One of the number one exports to the US from South Africa is actually ostrich leather.
Commonly used in boots and hats. The birds themselves are kept in padded inclosures in areas with reduced amounts of shrubbery for ticks to hide in to insure the skin is as pristine as possible.
Keith kinda forgot one instrument of south africa: the almighty *VUVUZELA* (that trumpet thing that deafened the heck out of everyone at the 2010 world cup)
Nothing but respect to SA but those Vuvuzelas almost gave me f*cking aneurysms.
Our visitors for the 2010 World Cup have forever spoiled the Vuvuzela for me 😭🤦♂️🤣🤣🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️.
How did they forget Nando’s when discussing the fast-food restaurants?🥲
Yeah right, in my opinion I think Nandos is little better than KFC.
@@D_A_L_E Kfc way to process
Nando's has the fresh element Plus Multiple options and Better sides
@@D_A_L_E are u jas jou poes obviously
Nando’s is the absolute bomb.
Ah South Africa... a beautiful country with amazing culture... greetings from the Netherlands! 🇳🇱🤝🇿🇦
@PRINCE A D most of them are descendants from the Boers, who are descendants of the Dutch
@PRINCE A D** partial Dutch descendants
What is your capital?
South Africa: Yes
were you a history matters or drew durnil patron
I'm not gonna lie the quality of your videos. Has not been the same. Im talking about technical, still love the information.
The men, the myths, the legends, the Rainbow Nation themselves, South Africa! 🇿🇦
Hope you South-Africans are doing good, despite these crazy times but you guys are a bunch of strong folks that went through a lot. You may have a hole in your country, due to Lesotho, but you sure don't have holes in your hearts. Much to you guys from the US!
As a French, I honestly really enjoyed watching this video, you have all done a lot of efforts for this one !
Welcome to South Africa, where knowing 3 languages is expected by age 3, conversation will spark up in the oddest of places and Voetsek is a word that unites all 11 official languages (or was it 12)
Also eish
😁😁😁😂😂🤣🤣💦
Most important things, the rest they can wing
Voetsek! that was a brilliant comment 🤣🤣🤣
voetsek nd eish unite us 😂😂😂
And poes
J. R. R. Tolkien (Lord of the rings author) Born in South Africa
Gary Player - Golfer Also South African
Jess - My neighbour who did not invite me to her braai that one time. Make her famous as well. Kak rude
Barbs: “hey guys, meet Catherine”
Hannah: *laughs nervously*
Hahah I was gonna make a comment similar to this but this one says it better 😂😂
Lol
F chain for Hannah
F
We simp
Hope to visit this beautiful country someday 🇿🇦! Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱!
my great grand parents are from Utrecht in the Netherlands and my grandmother lived in Utrecht, South Africa as a kid, how interesting, I want to visit The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, as my roots comes from those countries...
@@francoisdvanderwesthuizen So interesting! And didn’t know that there was also a place called Utrecht in South Africa haha. You’ve quit a Dutch last name! You should visit someday, much to see in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
@@thealexgamez7948 yeah they should go visit and never come back .
@Shaban Ahmad segregation (the opposite way)
I'm from Brazil and i love South Africa
🇧🇷🤝🏿🇿🇦
I'm from South Africa,I love Brazil, I love samba,Thiaguinho and Pericles are my favorite musicians....
Shout out 2 U
We love you Too 💪
And we love u too
Love u Brazil our homies
South African can easily become a developed country if the they focused
I totally agree
Agree, very easily!
Huh aren't they already?
@@antonm7191 nope.
Corruption is the problem
Hahaha i am a South African and this makes me happy! South Africa 🇿🇦 is beautiful and we are a diverse group of people. Die Afrikaans woorde is bikie mooilik moet nie te veel warry nie...
Happy to hear! But is it safe there for everyone?:)
snaks! Matisa
Alright I don't speak Afrikaans but I think it says something along the lines of: Those Afrikaans words are (very) difficult you don't have to worry about it to much.
I made this attempt to translate with my knowledge of Dutch and English
@@Mads_Vel haha No. we have some of the highest crime and murder rates. still love it here though.
@@werries7 Ah:/ That's what I thought. I have read and watched some disturbing things from SA
I will always be a proud South African 🇿🇦
Dat is goed om te horen.
Do you condone farm murder?
@@markopovic7072 of course not
Cheers Ane! Same ne, groete vanaf Pretoors
U mean European African rite lol 😂 cuz why are black ppl called African American but there lived there for 400 yrs but still referred too then as African Americans but you white woman can be called a South African and not a European African
As a gamer, I wish to see an open world game set in South Africa someday.
That would be neat 👌
@@quidam_surprise We are making it stay tuned!
I would buy that game.
Check out Far Cry 2, as much as that is a fictional Central African nation a lot of the map is pretty much rural South Africa especially the populated areas not to mention the people there are speaking isiZulu, isiXhosa and Afrikaans which are all South African language.
@@accountretired9479 i thought the game took place in middle Africa
I love south Africa from Iran.I hope one day I can visit this beautiful country 🇮🇷❤️🇿🇦
Zambia 🇿🇲 helped South Africa 🇿🇦 a lot during the struggle for independence. Zambia loves South Africa 🇿🇦❤️
Thanks and much love to you. Though, technically, South Africa has been independent since 31 May 1961.
We just didn't allow any people other than whites to vote.
@@apie8 they mean "...struggle for freedom"
@@lukeshdoesntknow Yes, I know and that is a better desricptor. I was just trying to point that out.
Zambia is one of the countries that i love as a south african. One day i was watching a Christian channel on tv, and they were interviewing a young lady in zambia by the name of Makoma. I was so surprised cos i could understand what she was saying. Since then, i truly believe i may have some relatives there.
Thank you Zambia ❤️, As native South Africans, we will always be grateful for your help.
A 30 minute video of Barbs flirting with the South African girl.
😂
LOL
They about to make babies.
Bro he sucks at flirting....
@@brandonaraujo2974 Agreed. I barely noticed.
Very nice video Barbs. I am from South Africa and are classified as Coloured (Mixed race). You covered everything, Excellent stuff. I have been patiently waiting for my home country. Been watching your videos since the beginning.
I am a history and geography buff myself...
**Side note: Cape Malay also falls under the Coloured people group (They are also of mixed heritage)
South Africa can be considered as the greatest sporting nation (they are competitive in EVERY sport)
I bought the Album 'Scaterlings' with Johnny Clegg and Mchnu, known as Juluka in 1982. It was rarely off my turntable and I wore it out. I still have my replacement copy today.