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South AfricaPresenter Mr. Confidence OkoyeBoard Prof. Donna CookeClass & Location MAN3611 & LA 243 battle March 12, 2014Time 930 amCustomsSouth Africa (SA) is a multi cultural society and therefore has military personnely diverse customs, communication styles and cultural values. Among all the 9 provinces and the 11 official languages, the text will focus on only four English, Africans, Xhosa, Ndebele, and Zulu. The English speakers inherited most of their customs from the British after they were colonized. The Africans withal inherited a portion of the Dutch settlers food traditions like rusk and biltong. The rusks are dried biscuit and they are often served with tea or coffee. The biltong is a way to preserved meat in place of a cold fridge. Xhosa tribe is located at the eastern cape of South Africa. This tribe in particular has patchy customs which is expected of their people to follow so as to be recognized by the community Academia. Since the birth of a child, the Xhosa spea king tribe initiate the new born into their customs. At a certain age in a mans life the culture mandates that the male undergo a circumcision ritual to transform him from being a boy to a man Academia. A man in this context means someone who can partake in community discussions, acquire or inherit wealth and to have a wife. This ritual last for 3 months and any male undertaking the process will be referred to as a thing or a dog, of no epoch-making value to the community and his family, until they have completed the requirements of the ritual Academia. The males must overcome pain as the surgeon clips a portion of the penis skin. This male shall also repeat these words stated by the doctor, youre a man and the boy says I am a man. And by d... .... THE HOFSTEDE CENTRE. South Africa. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. .Deresky, Helen. internationalist Management Managing across Borders and Cultures Texts and Cases. Upper Saddle River (NJ) Pearson Education, 2011. PrintKatz, Lothar. Ne gotiating International Business - South Africa. N.p. n.p., n.d. 1-6. Rpt. in Http//instruction2.mtsac.edu/rjagodka/BUSM_51_Project/Negotiating/SouthAfrica.pdf. N.p. n.p., 2007. Web.Join Academia.edu & Share Your Research with the World. How Boys Become Dogs Stigmatization and marginalisation of Uninitiated Xhosa Males in East London, South Africa. Qualitative Health Research Xx(x) 1-11. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014.Zulu Traditions. Reveal the Story of the Heavenly People South African Tourism. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014.