| Country Fact Sheet |
| Capital
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Pretoria |
| Surface
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1,224,691 sq km |
| Currency
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South Africa Rand (ZAR) |
| GDP
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Purchasing power parity - $506.1 billion |
| GDP/Capita
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(PPP) - $10,400 |
| Language
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Official: Afrikaans, English, Tsonga, Ndebele, Sesotho, Sesotho Sa Lebowa, Swazi, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa Zulu - Unofficial: Portuguese, German, Dutch, Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu and others |
| Religion
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Traditional African religions 17%, Dutch ref. Protestants 16%, African Christian 13% Methodism 11%, Roman Catholic 9%, Anglican 7%, Others 27% (Christian denominations, Hindu, Islam, Judaism) |
| Government
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constitutional democracy |
| Time Zone
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GMT +2 hours |
| Telecom Code
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+27 and local 9 digit number |
| Airport
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Cape Town International Airport (CPT/FACT) - Durban International Airport (DUR/FADN) - Johannesburg International Airport (JNB/FAJS) - Lanseria International Airport (HLA/FALA) - Pilanesburg International Airport (NTY/FAPN) |
| Driving
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On left hand side of the road, license required |
| Electrical
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220/230V (250V in Pretoria) 50Hz |
| Political Climate
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Recovering from effect of apartheid era |
| Population
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48782756 people |
| History |
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| Local Business & Service Providers |
| Accommodation |
» The 12 Apostles
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| Automotive services |
» Southafricar
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| Business travel |
» Bookinafrica
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| Corporate incentives |
| Financial services |
» Standard Bank of South Africa
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| Financial Technology |
» Stella Vista Technologies Ltd
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| Intellectual Property |
» Unisys
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| Legal and fiduciary |
» Bowman Gilfillan
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| Lifestyle |
» Cumin And Coriander
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| Technology |
| Local Radio |
| » 101.5 Radio Sonder Grense - Johannesburg (Gauteng) |
| » 5 FM (SABC) |
| » 90.5 Radio Khwezi - Greytown (KwaZulu-Natal) |
| » 94.0 East Coast Radio - Durban (KwaZulu-Natal) |
| » 94.2 OFM - Oranje FM - Bloemfontein |
| » 94.5 KFM - Cape Town (Western Cape) |
| » 94.7 Highveld - Gauteng (Gauteng) ZA ac |
| » 95.0 Radio Algoa//[R] - Somerset East (Eastern Cape) |
| » Radio 2000 (SABC) |
| » SATELITE Radio Channel Africa Worldwide - Pretoria (Gauteng) |
| Local Weather Forecast |
| » BBC Weather |
| » Reuters |
| Government Agencies |
| » Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) |
| » Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) |
| » Financial Services Board (FSB) |
| » Government |
| » South African Revenue Service (SARS) |
| » Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) |
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