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South African

American  

adjective

  1. of southern Africa.

  2. of the Republic of South Africa.


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of the Republic of South Africa, especially one of European descent.

South African British  

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Republic of South Africa, its inhabitants, or any of their languages

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noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of the Republic of South Africa

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A South African court has dismissed an appeal by the country's heritage body to stop the sale and export of various artefacts connected to anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela.

From BBC

He said South African police were doing their best to fight the violence "but the problem is a growing one. That is my view".

From BBC

Since then, engraved ochre, beads and abstract marks from South African sites such as Blombos Cave, some 70,000–100,000 years old, have shown that symbolic behaviour was already established in Africa long before.

From BBC

His South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, confirmed that two helicopters had been deployed to help Mozambique "for a number of days until their situation subsides".

From BBC

But Anthony Belleau scored a penalty and replacement flanker Callum Chick added a try to eliminate Scarlets and send South Africans Bulls into the last 16.

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