South Africa

Photo: Colorful wooden huts on a sandy, white beach

Brilliantly colored beach huts draw a line in the white sand of Muizenberg, South Africa.

Photograph by Gavin Hellier/Getty Images

This remarkable land offers glittering cities, dazzling beaches, and a variety of wildlife unmatched by virtually any other place in the world. • The New South Africa long ago replaced the cruel regime of apartheid that drew the world's sanction. • Today its constitution is among the most liberal anywhere, and its economy is thriving. • Visitors come for the safaris and surfing, for the world-class wineries and shopping. • Its days as an international pariah now a distant memory, the nation hosts the soccer World Cup in 2010. Progress on so many fronts cannot be ignored, and there is no going back.

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