Learn English in South Africa

The football World Cup will take place in South Africa in the month of June 2010. Fifa World Cup 2010

Ten years of democracy. In many respects, South Africa is a young country, still undergoing transformation. And still looking for an identity among its languages, colours and its pasts. A colourful state that vibrates like no other on the continent, this territory of more than a million square kilometres has more to offer than its sandy coasts and immense northern grasslands. A legendary landmark for sailors, the Cape of Good Hope overlooks the meeting of two oceans. It is no accident, then, that on this unique site a city was established with a quality of life that inspires the rest of the country. Reflections of a shining South Africa. The climate is mild, which lends itself to steamy nocturnal parties. And especially the chance to make contact with a population that wants to make connections. Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for decades and then the first president of his liberated homeland, wanted to make South Africa a model, an engine for the whole of Africa. This task is now passed on to the urban youth, for whom the apartheid is more and more an abstraction. A generation that mixes. Platinum producers who respect their ancient culture of Xhosa or Zulu. Sons and daughters of Afrikaners who learn, in the prestigious universities, that the country’s history did not begin with the arrival of a European boat. It’s enough to leave the developed coasts to discover one of the most sublime regions in the world. The gigantic animal reserve of Kruger. The vineyards that stretch as far as the eye can see. And a land where the fabulous underground mines (South Africa produces 20% of the world’s gold) tell a lot about what’s going on up above.