Republic of South Africa Top Missile - Amazing Facts

The name "South Africa" is derived from the country's geographic location at the southern tip of Africa. Upon formation, the country was named the Union of South Africa in English and Unie van Zuid-Afrika in Dutch, reflecting its origin from the unification of four formerly separate British colonies. Since 1961, the long formal name in English has been the "Republic of South Africa" and Republiek van Suid-Afrika in Afrikaans. Since 1994, the country has had an official name in each of its 11 official languages.
Mzansi, derived from the Xhosa noun uMzantsi meaning "south", is a colloquial name for South Africa,[27][28] while some Pan-Africanist political parties prefer the term "Azania".[29]
It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans;[16][17][15] to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini (former Swaziland); and it surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho.[18] It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World, and the most populous country located entirely south of the equator. South Africa is a biodiversity hotspot, with a diversity of unique biomes and plant and animal life.
South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. Its pluralistic makeup is reflected in the constitution's recognition of 11 official languages, the fourth-highest number in the world.[15] According to the 2011 census, the two most spoken first languages are Zulu (22.7%) and Xhosa (16.0%).[9] The two next ones are of European origin: Afrikaans (13.5%) developed from Dutch and serves as the first language of most Coloured and White South Africans; English (9.6%) reflects the legacy of British colonialism, and is commonly used in public and commercial life. The country is one of the few in Africa never to have had a coup d'état, and regular elections have been held for almost a century. However, the vast majority of black South Africans were not enfranchised until 1994.
During the 20th century, the black majority sought to claim more rights from the dominant white minority, which played a large role in the country's recent history and politics. The National Party imposed apartheid in 1948, institutionalising previous racial segregation. After a long and sometimes violent struggle by the African National Congress (ANC) and other anti-apartheid activists both inside and outside the country, the repeal of discriminatory laws began in the mid-1980s. Since 1994, all ethnic and linguistic groups have held political representation in the country's liberal democracy, which comprises a parliamentary republic and nine provinces. South Africa is often referred to as the "rainbow nation" to describe the country's multicultural diversity, especially in the wake of apartheid.[19]
South Africa is an upper-middle power in international affairs; it maintains significant regional influence and is a member of both the Commonwealth of Nations and G20.[20][21] It is a developing country, ranking 114th on the Human Development Index. It has been classified by the World Bank as a newly industrialised country, with the second-largest economy in Africa, and the 35th-largest in the world.[22][23] South Africa also has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Africa. Since the end of apartheid, government accountability and quality of life have substantially improved in South Africa.[24] However, crime, poverty and inequality remain widespread, with about a quarter of the population unemployed and living on less than US$1.25 a day.[25][26]

[@Evan_Bell]

Why does the Thumbnail have images of Russian tactical ballistic missiles, British Nuclear Bombs, Soviet nuclear bombs and Soviet surface to air missiles?

[@johnstone7579]

I don't know 😊

[@abongiledlova477]

Lol good question.

[@dymetatrezz1856]

Its called pictures.... I think🤔🤔

[@Evan_Bell]

@@dymetatrezz1856 Why does a video about South Africa's top missile show a bunch of foreign missiles and bombs?

[@dymetatrezz1856]

Its because in South Africa if you go to the mall car dealership retail financial firms...... They will most definitely 99% of the time be foreign companies and business so no wonder why they use those foreign images

[@user-ji6ik3nw1i]

Umkhonko translate to spear but in Zulu language guys

[@WyBez]

An old clip, first time to see but what can you say i think you'll find only the empty cassings the rest is stolen for scrap!!!

[@tammyzuma7891]

It a jock. Far away from my favourite S500 missile

[@ethekwenimobility7234]

We don't have stock. They are sold

[@pietkroon6548]

ANC government! What a joke a bunch of Houtkoppe😅😅

[@maxwellbosso3082]

South Africa doesn't have missiles or any weapons those things made the Aparteid Nazi soldiers to be killed by Cuban forces are not weapons even a spears more lethal weapon than those things

[@user-nz1lv2ks6m]

Do you hate black people?

[@georgeharcus8302]

The bobos don't have afgas to run and aircraft

[@krweapons1050]

yes is that

[@mthimbanenamanje210]

Oh poor them and their country that's not at war or driven by war mongering racists. Must be real sad.😆

[@yellowrockoffice8501]

Bannanna repuplic at it again what are these plastic shells filled with sand

[@LizelBekker]

The ZT3 missile has been used operationally in Angola and Algeria. The Umkhonto missile is deployed on the South African and Algerian Meko Corvettes as well as on the Finnish Hämeenmaa-class boats.

[@samuelvanwyk9186]

All these missiles were developed and manufactured in the "old South Africa" ! No reason for the current regime to claim any accolades for them. In fact the company that developed these weapons, Denel, is bancrupt die to interference from the current ANC government! The missiles have all been renamed with african language names to create the impression that they are developments of the current government SOE!

[@nicky3748]

Yes, agree 100% - Krygkor first and then Denel. Have relatives working there so know what I know.

[@mbusombuso9119]

No one wants to claim anything from the Apartheid government even the names of town are being changed to African languages. The ANC is corrupt as hell but its still better than being ruled by those b@stards...

[@nicky3748]

@@mbusombuso9119 It's not just corrupt as hell, the whole country is falling apart and now the idiots are siding with bloody Russia and China - what the hell is going on with them?

[@mbusombuso9119]

@@nicky3748 Lol you want us to side with the West and Ukraine and send weapons even though they treat Africans like 💩. That's for you and John Steenhuisen to do we part of BRICS for a reason

[@mbusombuso9119]

@@nicky3748 They all dont give a shi about Africa we just pawns in a chess game. You probably don't even know that the EU has an agreement with West Africa to fish in their shores because they were overfishing in their own waters. Now you want to side with people who dont have energy, fish in our waters and get top quality coal from SA while we get scraps like somethings gonna change.

[@ayandabiyana7955]

Those look like children's toys 🧸 🔫