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This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on April 28, 2005.

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Date	Process	Result
March 2, 2005	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
March 10, 2005	Featured article candidate	Promoted
February 13, 2008	Featured article review	Demoted
June 12, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on May 31, 2004, May 31, 2005, May 31, 2006, and May 31, 2021.
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White South Africans[edit]

White South Africans are WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS! Ons is mense van die land! Don't relate us to Europeans. Edit that 188.172.158.82 (talk) 15:40, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No, your invanders on another continent, 2601:8C:B80:6660:4958:DCED:9E49:35A7 (talk) 19:23, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 4 December 2023[edit]

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I have important infos about South Africa because I was there in my holidays so I want to share my expriance 88.208.188.182 (talk) 11:14, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. NotAGenious (talk) 12:08, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

South Africa pre-1994[edit]

There should be another wiki page for Republic of South Africa between 1961 and 1994, as the only common thing between these 2 countries is their name. 217.131.103.123 (talk) 16:08, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed but last time there was a suggestion like this it didn't work out Patriciogetsongettingridofhiswiki (talk) 21:44, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Official Languages[edit]

South Africa has recognised sign language as an official language, which is why it has to be added to the lost and made into the thirteenth official language 102.68.122.251 (talk) 12:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's on the list already, citing a source. AndyTheGrump (talk) 12:53, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 24 March 2024[edit]

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Change 23 to 24th. South africa is the 24th most populous country in the world. TurtleRabbit164 (talk) 20:39, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Liu1126 (talk) 20:43, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 14 April 2024[edit]

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other languages spoken in south africa are:sepulana a northern sotho,xitsonga and swati lingua franca dialect (,hipai,sekutswe both these languages are subgroups of sepulana ),isinrebele,sehanawa (northen sotho dialect that originates from botswana),setlokwa. 41.150.248.229 (talk) 21:18, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Jamedeus (talk) 22:46, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]