Name Tiffany Anderson Casey Mickelson Candace Coleman Paula Collier Cheryl Foster Lowanda Killingham Roommate Kassidy Tubergen William Wilson Akia Pierce Catrina Rule Tammy Marshall Flor Soto Room #s Cape Town Joburg Kwa Maritane Global Studies Program Mamie Kelley Skot Welch Reginald Hamilton Stacia Moore SOUTH Jim Mannoia, Jr Lauren Clay While out at Kwa Martane we will be in group chalets. No private rooms. AFRICA January 17 26, 2014
Global Studies Program January 18-21, 2013 Portswood Hotel http://www.theportswood.co.za/ Portwood Road Portswood Square V & A Waterfront Cape Town, South Africa +27 (0) 21 418 3281 South Africa Religions: Religion % Christianity 79.77 Non-religious 15.1 Other 0.63 Islam 1.46 Undetermined 1.36 Hinduism 1.23 African Traditional 0.28 Judaism 0.17 January 21-24, 2013 PH Fire and Ice Hotel http://www.proteahotels.com/protea-hotel-fire-ice-melrose-arch.html 22 Whitely Street, Melrose Arch Precinct PO Box 740, Melrose Arch Johannesburg, South Africa +27 (11) 218 4000 January 24-25, 2013 Kwa Maritane Skot Welch US Cell: 1 (616) 813-0613 Jim Mannoia US Cell: 1 (618) 593-7156 Claudia Simpson US Cell: 1 616.566.1156 Skip Krige Mobil: +27 (0) 72 195 8112 +27 (0) 82 4113 414 EMERGENCE USE ONLY Emergency Numbers: Police: 107 Fire: 107 Ambulance: 107 All meals on own unless listed with a * by the meal.
CENSUS 2012 Group Number % African 41,000,938 79.2 Colored 4,615,401 8.9 White 4,586,838 8.9 Indian/Asian 1,286,930 2.5 TOTAL 51,770,560 100 HIV & AIDS: Sub-Saharan Africa is the region worst-affected by HIV and AIDS. HIV/AIDS in South Africa is a prominent health concern; South Africa has the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS compared to any other country in the world with 5,6 million people living with HIV, and 270,000 HIV related deaths recorded in 2011. (UNAIDS) Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2012.): (2012). Life Expectancy Male 50.43 Female 48.51 Unemployment Male Ages 15-24 45.40% Female Ages 15-24 55.00% USD SOUTH AFRICAN RAND $1 R10.62 $2 R21.25 $3 R31.87 $4 R42.49 $5 R53.12 $6 R63.74 $7 R74.36 $8 R84.99 $9 R95.61 $10 R106.23 $15 R159.35 $20 R212.47 $25 R265.59 $50 R531.17 $75 R796.76 $100 R1062.35 As of 1/07/2014
Friday, January 17 (Dress Casual) 12:30 PM MEET AT AIRPORT Overnight flights to South Africa UA UA5036 Grand Rapids Dulles 2:33 PM 4:13 PM SA SA208 Dulles Johannesburg 5:40 PM 5:50 PM SA SA367 Johannesburg Cape Town 7:30 PM 9:40 PM Saturday, January 18 (Dress Casual) 9:40 PM Arrive into Cape Town 11:45 PM Check into Hotel-The Portswood A subtropical location, moderated by ocean on three sides of the country and the altitude of the interior plateau, makes South Africa a warm and sunny country. But it's also dry, with an average annual rainfall of about 450mm, with about 21% of the country receiving less than 200mm a year. The world average is 860mm. While the Western Cape gets most of its rainfall in winter, the rest of the country is mostly a summer-rainfall region.
President of South Africa Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma DOB: 12 April 1942 Mr Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is the President of the Republic of South Africa since 9 May 2009 and the President of the African National Congress (ANC) since 20 December 2007. Capital: Pretoria (administrative) Cape Town (legislative) Bloemfontein (judicial) Largest cities: Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg Principal languages: Afrikaans Language, English Language, Zulu Language, Xhosa Language, Tswana Language, Sotho language, Swati Language, Tsonga Language, Northern Sotho language, Venda Language, Southern Ndebele language
Sunday, January 19 7:00 AM Breakfast * (Dress - Casual) 8:00 AM Introduction to Cape Town 9:00 AM Robben Island 1:00 PM Lunch at the V&A Waterfront 2:30 PM Table Mountain 4:00 PM Peninsula Tour 8:30 PM Dinner at Waterfront Monday, January 20 (Dress Business) 7:30 AM Breakfast * 9:00 AM District Six 10:00 AM Crypt memory 11:00 AM City Tour and Green market Square 1:00 PM Learn to Earn 1:30 PM Lunch Learn to Earn * 2:30 PM Media Village 4:00 PM Cornerstone Institute 6:30 PM Depart for hotel 7:30 PM Dinner with Christo Brand- PH breakwater Lodge Did you know that Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu and President Nelson Mandela both received the Noble Peace Prize. Their houses in SOWETO, South Africa are just blocks away from each other on the same street.
Skip Krige Cape Town Skip KrigeFacts: Johannesburg University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Married with 2 grown boys. Loves life. Loves to interact with people. Loves God! Keeps our group on time. Help him do that!!! Athletic played Rugby. All around great man of God.
Tuesday, January 21 5:30 AM Breakfast * 6:00 AM Check Out (Dress Business Casual) 6:30 AM Depart for CPT International Airport 8:50 AM Flight Depart for JNB 10:50 AM Arrive in JNB 11:15 AM Check in at Hotel- PH Fire and Ice Melrose Arch 1:00 PM Lunch at Nandos South Gate 2:00 PM Amway 4:30 PM TEBOHO Trust 7:00 PM Dinner * at Wandies including discussions with Mr. Wandie and guests from Amway The number of South African households with electricity Has increased by almost 50% over the last 10 years, according to statistics South Africa's latest survey on household energy.
Wednesday, January 22 (Dress Business) 7:30 AM Breakfast * 8:45 AM Depart Hotel 10:00 AM AMCHAM 12:30 PM Mopanya Mall 1:30 PM Lunch * and Start Soweto Tour: Hector Pieterson, walk to Vilakazi Street, Mandela House, Regina Mundi, Freedom Square from where we will walk to Kliptown 5:30 PM Kliptown Youth Programme and Gumboot Dancing 7:30 PM Dinner at Melrose Arch Your English Name Your African Name Meaning Football or soccer, as many of us call it is the most widely played sport in South Africa. For many South Africans, the country's proudest sporting moment came when we won the African Nations Cup on home turf in 1996. In 2010 The World Cup was in South Africa.
School life spans 13 years or grades, from grade 0, otherwise known as grade R or "reception year", through to grade 12 or "matric" the year of matriculation. Literacy rate: 93%
Thursday, January 23 6:30 AM Breakfast * (Dress Business) 7:00 AM Depart for Krugersdorp 9:00 AM BOSASA 1:00 PM Lunch * 1:30 PM Visit to the underprivileged community 3:00 PM Apartheid Museum 5:30 PM Mandela Square 7:00 PM Dinner Table mountain is flat topped mountain overlooking Cape town and is a huge tourist attraction. It is often covered in cloud which is know as the Table cloth The highest point is 1,086 meters (3,563 ft) above sea level It only looks flat from one side, the overlying mountains to the South West are known as the Twelve apostles. The Table mountain cableway opened in 1929. Today each car can carry 65 passengers at a time to the top. For the fit and agile many hiking routes are available which take between 1-3 hours to the top. For the really brave abseiling is also available for the brave! It s currently the world's highest abseil at 112m high. There are and an estimated 2,200 species of plants are found on the mountain alone - many of which are endemic to the mountain and can be found nowhere else. Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens are on the east side of the mountain. The rainfall on this side is much higher than on the other faces, hence the dense vegetation Animals to be found on the mountain include a Dassie. The nearest animal relative is the elephant! (however it really looks like a big rat!)
Land area: 471,000 sq miles USA Land area: 3.794 sq mi miles In Africa, the big five game animals are the Lion, African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Leopard, and Rhinoceros. What did you see?
Friday, January 24 7:00 AM Breakfast * 7:30 AM Check out 8:00 AM Debrief at hotel (Dress Casual) 10:00AM Johannesburg City Tour 12:00 PM Chameleon Village- Market and Lunch 3:00 PM Arrive at Kwa Maritane 4:30 PM Evening Game Drive 7:00 PM Dinner * The story of diamonds in South Africa begins between December 1866 and February 1867 when 15-year-old Erasmus Jacobs found a transparent ck h f the f m, the uth k f the Orange River. Over the next few years, South Africa yielded more diamonds than India had in over 2,000 years.
Africa is in the midst of a technological revolution, and nothing illustrates that fact than the proliferation of mobile phones. Consider this: more Africans have access to mobile phones than to clean drinking water. In South Africa, the continent s strongest economy, mobile phone use Ha gone from 17 percent of adults in 2000 to 76 percent in 2010. Today, moresouth Africans 29 million use mobile phones than radio (28 million), TV (27 million) or personal computers (6 million). Only 5 million South Africans use landline phones.
Saturday, January 25 (Dress Casual) 5:00 AM Morning game Drive 8:00 AM Breakfast * 11:30 AM Depart for OR Tambo 2:00 PM Lunch at Engen 6:15 PM SAA207 Flight departs home SA SA207 UA UA6096 Dulles Johannesburg with stop in Dekar (don t get off) Dulles 6:15 PM 6:25 AM Grand Rapids 12:20 PM 2:05 PM Sunday, January 26 2:05 PM Welcome Home!!!