Capital city: Admin Capital Pretoria. Legislative Capital Cape Town
Area: 1220088 square km
National day: 27 April (Freedom day, anniversary of the first non-racial elections, 1994)
Independence: 31 May 1910, union of four British colonies which evolved to full independence. Became the Republic of South Africa in 1961 and withdrew from the Commonwealth. Population: Approx 49 million
Leader: Jacob Zuma
Deputy President - Kgalema Motlanthe
Language: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, North Sotho, Sesotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu. (eleven official)
Currency: Rand ZAR (R)
Ethnic groups: 79.3% Black; 9.1% White; 9.0% Coloured; 2.6% Asian
ELEVEN languages....WOW.
That is all...=)
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