THIS IS THE STORY ABOUT MY LIFE AND MY

COUNTRY

WHO IS LIZELL GREEN

I was born in the most beautiful city, Cape Town in South Africa. I am the 2nd youngest of 4 sisters.

I am an introvert but when i get to know people im more free. Sad but true, i cant ride a bicycle, im

not a good swimmer and i dont like speaking in front of people, funny enough .

My dream is to make my parents dreams come true. My mum have Always wanted her own

restaurant and my dad has Always wanted to have his own furniture business. I am an aunty of two

adorable boys they Always manage to make me smile.

I am a simple person, i dont want fame or a lot of Money but i realize what i have makes me a

milionare and when i share that with you today perhaps you will understand what i mean.

I HAVE A BIG FAMILY

I have a mom, dad, 4 sisters, 3

step Brothers, 2 brother in

laws, 2 very cute nephews, and

2 dogs

This is my mom and dad.

My moms name is Martha,she is the best cook in the world.She is never afraid to try something new. She is a house wife.

I call my dad handyman.His name is Cedric. He can fix and make anything from furniture, shoes, fix cars, building houses. He Works in upholstery business.

My parents are very hardworking, strict but Always gave us their best with lots of love.

MY SISTERS

I have 4 amazing sisters. Chantel is the oldest (40).

Lindsay is the 2nd eldest (37).

I have a twin sister her name is Leona (31).

My younger sis is Melissa (23).

SISTERS

Chantell

She is married to Shane.

They have 2 boys Noah

and Isaiah.

Lindsay

Lindsay is a baby sitter and

she does sign language.

Melissa

She Works and study Business

Management. She is like my

partner in crime, we do

everything together.

MY TWIN SISTER

We are 3 minutes apart.

She is married to Eddie. She Works and

studies psychology.she is the talkative

one.

I have 3 step Brothers Chadwin, Junaid and Ethan. They live in

Cape Town.

This is my dogs Dexter and Didi.

WHAT I LOVE

• I love spending time with my Family. I like to read, sing. I am part of a Art school where we

do sign language (Demonstrate), we also have dance and drama classes. I love Nature,

smelling the ocean and helping others makes me smile.

im also part of a group where Young ladies give food to the homeless , we visit the elderly

people at the old age homes, we go to childrens homes and we spend the day with them.

We clean and play with the children.

FRIENDS • I love spending time with friends. Where we have sleep overs, we go to concerts, have braais, go

visit new places.

• I love going to the movies and make sure i go every week . I like action, a bit of romance. Some of

my favourites are 300, Troy, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit.. Theres just too many to mention

CHURCH

We have na amazing youth

band. We get together on

Friday evenings

We have a Project running

where we collect food and

give to those who do not

have

We have a very diverse

church. On a Sunday we

have Afrikaans, English,

Portuguese, Hamaric and

French service

MY COUNTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA WE HAVE DEVELOPED CITIES LIKE CAPE TOWN JOHANNESBURG, PRETORIA, DURBAN, KNYSNA, AND MANY OTHER

CITIES. WE HAVE ENTERTAINMENT, RESTAURANTS, AND OFFERINGS YOU

WOULD EXPECT TO FIND IN AMERICAN OR EUROPEAN CITIES.

SOUTH AFRICA OFFERS A UNIQUE MIX OF CULTURE, WILDLIFE, AND BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE; WE HAVE 11 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES, DIFFERENT CULTURES AND

RACE. WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS TO BREATH TAKING OCEAN AND WILD LIFE.

WHAT THE COLOURS OF THE FLAG SYMBOLISES

RED - FOR BLOOD

BLUE- FOR OPEN BLUE SKY

GREEN- FOR THE LAND

BLACK- FOR THE BLACK PEOPLE

WHITE- FOR THE EUROPEAN

FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES EG. GOLD

Y - SYBOLIZES THE MERGING NATIONALITIES – EG. UNITY

LIFE IN CAPE TOWN

I can tell you alot of nice things about my country but that wont be the whole truth. I believe the

good and the bad is part of any city or country.

I grew up in a area that had gangsterism, it wasnt safe to play

I went to Spes Bona High School, when i completed school i

left Cape Town because work opportunities was not good in

my city.

There are alot of gangsters in some poor áreas.

Sadly most children in these áreas dont care about

education and have no passion for life.

Some grow up in homes where there is no rules or there

are no parents

Children tend to go where they get attention and that

often happens on the street.

There are so much potential but few take the time to

nurture and give a helping hand.

At the moment drugs and gangsterism are the biggest

concerns.

TRANSPORTATION

Its easy to get around in Cape Town. There are alot of taxi´s, busses and some use the

train. Its very convieniant to go from your home to town.

Our taxi´s has a door operator and he normally shouts the name of the suburb or place

they are going to.

Rotating Cable car on

Table Mountain

A FEW POPULAR PLACES - Cape Point - This is where two oceans

meet – the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean on the west and the

warmer Indian Ocean waters on the east.

YOU CAN SEE THE PENGUINS AT BOULDERS BEACH

THE BIG 5

• The Lion- they have 3 hunted methods,

baiting(lying and waiting), stalking and

hounding

The Elephant – they can hear each others

trumpet call 5 to 8 kilometers away

THE BIG 5

The Buffalo- reported

to kill more people in

africa than any other

animal.

The Leopard- They run

up to 58km/h and can

leap 6m horizontally and

3m vertically. They are

also very strong

swimmers.

The Rhino –the name

rhinoceros means

horn

THE BEST VINYARDS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Stellenbosch Franschhoek Valley

Paarl

ROBBEN ISLAND

Is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 km west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, Cape Town.

Former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island for 18 of the

27 years he served behind bars before the fall of apartheid.

Robben Island - Mandela spent nearly two decades at the remote

facility after being found guilty of sabotage in 1964. He was one of

more than 3,000 political prisoners that have been held at Robben

Island — now a museum and historical site.

Inside the prison he has alot of influence and that

became known outside the prison walls aswell

Inside the prison

PRETORIA

The most important building is the Union Building. The official seat of the South African government and also

house the offices of the president of South Africa. President Jacob Zuma

9M HIGH STATUE OF NELSON MANDELA. THE STATUE WAS UNVEILED 16 DECEMBER 2013. THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS THE FRONT OF

THE UNION BUILDING

A FEW POPULAR PLACES IN GAUTENG (PRETORIA AND JOHANNESBURG)

SAFARIS- to see the

wild animals

The Botanical

Gardens-50ha of

diferente tipes of

plants. It has about

200 Bird species

Monument

Voortrekker-this was

to remember the

(afrikaans and dutch

pioneers) who left

MONTE CASINO- the inside of the

casino looks like you are walking

outside.

GOLD REEF CITY – Is especialy popular in the summer time. They also

have hot air baloons

For interest sake in 2009 South Africa won best holiday destination in

Africa by taking home 18 of the 33 available African awards.So if you are

wondering where to go on your next vacation,,,

THE GAUTRAIN

2010 FIFA WORLD CUP South Africa has been chosen to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the most popular sporting event in the world. This took place between 11 June and 11 July 2010.

This is the first time in the 77-year history of the FIFA World Cup that this event is being held on African soil

The World Cup placed South Africa in the limelight and gave us alot of international exposure.

32 Countries took part in this

amazing event.

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THE 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP

The Vuvuzela became very popular

during the soccer world cup. Do you

have in Brazil?

STADIUMS

JOHANNESBURG

Can hold 80 000

spectators

DURBAN

Can seat 56 000 but can

be up-scaled to 85 000

CAPE TOWN

During the world cup the

satium could seat 64 100 ,

presently it Can seat 55 000

WHO WON?

Spain won the world cup. Even though we did not win, it was na experiance we will

never forget. The atmosphere, the people, the game, that was priceless

SPORTS

Soccer

Our national soccer team is Bafana

Bafana (meaning the boys, the boys).

This sport is particular popular

among black people

In 2010 we hosted the FIFA World cup

Rugby

Our national team is The Springboks

This sport is very popular especialy

to people of Afrikaner decent.

We have had alot of success and won

the world cup in 1995 and 2007.

Cricket

Our national Cricket team is the

Proteas.

It is traditionally the sport popular

among the white British and Indian

communities, even though now it is

followed by members of all races.

CRICKET - Here we have the cricket team who won in 2014, AB DE Villiers awesome

batsman and Johnty Rhodes the best fielder ever.

RUGBY – Here we won the 1995 world cup. This is

what you call a scrum ( restarting play after a minor

infringement) and below we won the 2007 world

cup.

BAFANA BAFANA- Our colours re a little simular to

Brazil, but we dont play so well. most people

support local teams and international teams

JOHANNESBURG (OLIVER TAMBO) AIRPORT 2009 JOHANNESBURG'S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

WAS RANKED AFRICA'S BEST AIRPORT.

CAPE TOWN AND DURBAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. DURBAN IS ALOT SMALLER THAN

CAPE TOWN AND JHB AIRPORT

SOUTH AFRICAN MONEY

• The Rand (sign R the code Zar) is the

currency of South Africa

• The code ZAR is from the Dutch Zuid

Afrikaanse Rand

• R1 equals to 0.25 Real

CULTURE AND FOOD

There are 11 oficial languages. There are no language

barriers in South Africa since nearly everybody

speaks English

South Africa is composed of diverse

groups of people who create a vibrant

culture

You get some Afrikaners

that are farmers Zulu Tribe

Xhoza tribe

Indians

Venda

Coloureds

The Coons. This a part of my culture. They practise during the

year and in the Holiday season from december to

January the walk through the streets singing and

dancing.

FOOD

BILTONG

Some people know it as

jerky. You get diferente

flavours like chilli,

barbeque, chutney

BRAAI

In some places it is known

as barberque

SPIT BRAAI

Its where they put a whole

lamb or pig on the fire

MORE FOOD

Sosatie- meat on a

stick

Bobotie-made out of

meat Boerewors

TRADITIONAL FOODS

Mielie- also known as

corn

Bredie- also known as

stew

Potjie Kos- this is

made on the fire. The

nice thing is you can

throw almost anything

in the pot.

EVERY DAY MEALS

Sago pudding –

consist of milk and

sago

Briyani is made with

yellow rice. You get

diferente types like

chicken,meat,

fish,some people put

boiled eggs

Curry- just like

Briyani, you also get

diferente tipes of

curry

SNACKS

Samoosa Koeksister

Melktert- this is a

dessert and it consist

mostly of milk