Isiko leNingizimu Afrika — Isizwe Sothingo, ifa likaMandela, izilimi ezisemthethweni eziyi-11, umlando wobandlululo, intando yeningi yanamuhla.
Ulimi
Izilimi eziyi-11 ezisemthethweni — isiZulu (24%), isiXhosa (16%), isiBhunu (13%), isiNgisi (10%), ezinye eziyi-7. Izilimi eziningi kakhulu ezisemthethweni emhlabeni.
Isizwe Sothingo
Igama elasungulwa nguDesmond Tutu emva kobandlululo 1994. Umphakathi onezizwe eziningi: AbansundwaseAfrika (80%), Abamhlophe (8%), Abebala (9%), AmaNdiya (3%).
Ifa likaMandela
UNelson Mandela (1918-2013) — iminyaka engama-27 evalelwe, umongameli wokuqala omnsundu 1994, Nobel Yoxolo 1993. IKhomishini Yeqiniso Nokubuyisana.
Umculo
UMiriam Makeba (Mama Africa). UHugh Masekela (umshayicembe we-jazz). I-Ladysmith Black Mambazo (a capella, Paul Simon Graceland). I-Die Antwoord, Black Coffee — kwamanje.
Imidlalo
I-Rugby — iSpringboks bawine iNdebe Yomhlaba kabi-3 (1995, 2007, 2019, 2023). I-Cricket. Ibhola lezinyawo. I-Comrades Marathon (89km) kusukela ngo-1921.
Ukudla
Braai (ukosa) — isiko likazwelonke, sonke iSonto. Biltong (inyama eyomile), boerewors (isoseji), bunny chow, bobotie. Chakalaka, pap. Amawayini eNingizimu Afrika asezingeni eliphezulu emhlabeni.
Ezobuciko Nezamafilimu
UJM Coetzee — Nobel Yobuciko 2003. UNadine Gordimer — Nobel 1991. UCharlize Theron (Oscar). Ifilimu: Tsotsi (Oscar 2006), District 9.