The
Republic of South Africa is located at the southern
tip of the African continent. The economy
of South Africa is the largest
and best developed on the continent,
with modern infrastructure common throughout the
country. South Africa is often referred to as The Rainbow Nation.
South Africa is a middle-income country with an
abundant supply of resources, well-developed financial,
legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors,
a stock exchange and a modern infrastructure supporting
an efficient distribution of goods to major urban
centres throughout the region.
South Africa is a nation of over 46 million
people of diverse origins, cultures,
languages, and beliefs.
South Africa has 11 official languages:
Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern
Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and
Zulu.
South Africa is located at the extreme south of
Africa, with a long coastline that stretches more
than 2,500 kilometres (1,550 mi) and across
two oceans (the Atlantic and
the Indian).
Numerous mammals are found in the bushveld habitats
including lion, leopard, White Rhino,
Blue Wildebeest, kudu, impala and giraffe.The Fynbos Biome, one of the six
floral kingdoms, is located in a small region
of the Western Cape and contains more than 9,000
of those species, making it among the richest
regions on earth in terms of floral biodiversity.
