1.    FROM CHINESE TO FRENCH - EVERYONE IN THE WORLD IS SOUTH AFRICAN: All the worlds people are “twice South African” because it was here that mans descendants and modern man both evolved 

2.   THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF LIFE ON EARTH — YES — FROM SA: In eastern South Africa, scientists have found traces of blue-green algae dating back 3 500 million years. This is some of the earliest evidence of life on Earth. 

3.   METEORS HIT PRETORIA 220 000 YEARS AGO!: 220 000 years ago a meteorite struck South Africa, forming the Tswaing Crater northwest of Pretoria. This is one of the most accessible and best-preserved meteorite impact craters in the world.

Our former president Thabo Mbeki once said  “We must work to rediscover and claim the African heritage, for the benefit especially of our young generations. From South Africa to Ethiopia lie strewn ancient fossils, which, in their stillness, speak still of the African origins of all humanity. Recorded history and the material things that time left behind also speak of Africa*s historic contribution to the universe of philosophy, the natural sciences, human settlement and organization and the creative arts. Being certain that not always were we the children of the abyss, we will do what we have to do to achieve our own Renaissance. We trust that what we will do will not only better our own condition as a people, but will also make a contribution, however small, to the success of Africa’s Renaissance, towards the identification of the century ahead of us as the African Century.”taken from his inauguration speech