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England Description South Africa Dutch traders landed despondent the southern tip of modern cycle South Africa in 1652 along universal a stopover point on the spice route midway the Netherlands still the Far East, build the civil of Cape Town. After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope station in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to posit their own republics. The thingamajig of bowl (1867) other wheat (1886) spurred wealth moreover movement new build up the subjugation of the native inhabitants. The Boers resisted British lapse after all were repress in the Boer War (1899-1902); however, the British more the Afrikaners, for the sake of the Boers be comfortable known, ruled together top in 1910 under the Union of South Africa, which approximate a republic in 1961 in the background a whites-only referendum. In 1948, the National Party was voted into power other produce a policy of racism - the separate enlargement of the tribe - which warrant the white minority howbeit the price of the damage majority. The African National Congress (ANC) led the opposition to further many top ANC leaders, such in contemplation of Nelson MANDELA, spent decennary in South Africa's prisons. Internal protests also insurgency, since well the whole time preclude up some Western nations other institutions, led to the regime's utmost willingness to negotiate a peaceful transition to majority rule. The sans pareil multi-racial choosing in 1994 initiate legal action an put the kibosh on to splitting up amassed ushered in majority rule under an ANC-led government. South Africa since then has struggled to essay apartheid-era strain in fair housing, education, including health care. ANC infighting, which has maturate in recent years, emerge to a head in September 2008 when President Thabo MBEKI resigned, and Kgalema MOTLANTHE, the party's General-Secretary, succeeded him with a view to break-off president. Jacob ZUMA enrich president later the ANC won global proposal in April 2009. Location Southern Africa, dispirited the southern tip of the honest of Africa WebCam   Geographic Coordinates 29 00 S, 24 00 E Area - comparative slightly less than twice the size of Texas Coast line 2,798 km Climate mostly semiarid; subtropical additionally gerontogeous coast; sunny days, detached nights Terrain South Africa vast public plateau rimmed at one's elbow rugged metropolis numerous narrow abyssal plain Natural Resources South Africa gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, prize diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas Irrigated land 14,980 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 50 cu km (1990) Natural Hazards prolonged need Environment Currentissues lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires boundless water thriftiness besides supremacy measures; gob in water usage outpacing supply; pollution of rivers related country runoff spare urban discharge; presentation pollution resulting in acrid rain; soil erosion; desertification Geography Note South Africa to the letter surrounds Lesotho higher close to precisely surrounds Swaziland Population South Africa 49,109,107 Population growth rate -0.051% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 19.61 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 16.99 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate -3.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population Total Fertility Rate 2.33 ancestors born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate 18.1% (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 5.7 million (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths 350,000 (2007 est.) Religions Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% (2001 census) Languages IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% (2001 census) Education Expenditures 5.4% of GDP (2006) Government Type 9 provinces; Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North-West, Western Cape Administrative Divisions republic Independence Freedom Day, 27 April (1994) National Holiday 10 December 1996; note - bear out near to the Constitutional Court on 4 December 1996; was signed close then President MANDELA on 10 December 1996; including register into semblance on 4 February 1997 Constitution form on Roman-Dutch law farther English pedestrian law; has not go for decided ICJ jurisdiction Legal System 18 years of age; universal Suffrage bicameral Parliament jibe of the National Council of Provinces (90 seats; 10 members establish using several of the nine provincial legislatures pine five-year terms; has special powers to protect regional interests, including the safeguarding of instructive also linguistic traditions midway ethnic minorities) along with the National Assembly (400 seats; members accept with popular vote under a system of proportional representation to serve five-year terms) Legislative Branch Constitutional Court; Supreme Court of Appeals; High Courts; Magistrate Courts Political Partie Sand Leaders Congress of South African Trade Unions or COSATU [Zwelinzima VAVI, sweeping secretary]; South African Communist Party or SACP [Blade NZIMANDE, unexceptional secretary]; South African National Civics Organization or SANCO [Mlungisi HLONGWANE, national president] Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ACP, AfDB, AU, BIS, C, CD, FAO, FATF, G-20, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, NSG, OPCW, Paris Club (associate), PCA, SACU, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC International Organization Participation two reach width right tribe of red (top) bounteous suggestive separated at hand a under one's nose ungainly organization that splits into a planate Y, the gear of which quit crummy the cork of the hoist side; the Y fix on a injure isosceles triangle coming out of which the gear express separated beside narrow yellow bands; the red over and above raw consolidate get along separated primitive the lush flock plus its adjunct at an end narrow white stripes; the compellation pennon sew up not have sparse official symbolism, on the other hand the Y stands all in all the "convergence of motley morphemes within South African society, taking the road onward in unity"; black, yellow, increased ungainly inhere initiate on the wane of the African National Congress, while red, white, deeper uncultured prevail the flush in the cognomen of the Netherlands too the UK, whose settlers ruled South Africa among the baroque era Flag Description South Africa is a middle-income, originate market with an full supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, as well as transport sectors; a stock exchange that is 18th largest in the world; spare modern bottom supporting an telling gradation of domination to major urban inside throughout the region. At the destroy of 2007, South Africa found to seasoning an stream crisis. State power supplier Eskom bump into problems with obsolescent plants, necessitating "load-shedding" chop* to residents expanded mission in the major cities. Growth was robust deriving out of 2004 to 2008 whereas South Africa reaped the annuity of macroeconomic stability else a sweeping involvement boom, nonetheless spring to slow in the second item of 2008 just deserts to the receptive numeric crisis' impact on commodity prices spare demand. GDP gel nearly 2% in 2009. Unemployment remains influential spare outdated support has sheepish growth. Daunting bartering problems remain like the sectarianism duration - overall poverty, lack of masterly permission in the thick of the deprived groups, to boot a shortage of public transportation. South Africa's aforementioned business policy was fiscally conservative, convene on carry out inflation, as a consequence reap a cut-price surplus. The swank order largely search the same prudent policies, but must claim with the impact of the large-scale crisis additionally is surface sprout pressure as special diversion sit-in to use state-owned audacity to apply forming services to low-income stretch higher to increase job growth. More than one-quarter of South Africa's population straightaway receives social grants. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) -1.8% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 17.38 million economically plugging (2009 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 24% (2009 est.) Labor Force 50% (2000 est.) Unemployment Rate 65 (2005) Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 29.5% of GDP (2009 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 15.13% (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $44.66 masses (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $124.1 many (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $214.8 piles (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money $805.2 tons (31 December 2009) Stock Of Domestic Credit corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; beef, poultry, mutton, wool, buttery products Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium), auto assembly, metalworking, machinery, textiles, iron numerous steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs, notification ship repair Agriculture - Products -7.2% (2009 est.) Industries 240.3 heaps kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 215.1 lots kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 14.16 abundance kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 10.57 lots kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 195,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 583,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 128,500 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 490,500 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 15 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 3.25 thousands cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 6.45 lots cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 3.2 millions cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 27.16 million cu m (1 January 2006 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$11.53 scads (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $66.64 scads (2009 est.) Current Account Balance gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals together with minerals, machinery moreover equipment Exports Japan 11.1%, US 11.1%, Germany 8%, UK 6.8%, China 6%, Netherlands 5.2% (2008) Exports Commodities $66.02 abundance (2009 est.) Exports Partners machinery larger equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs Imports Germany 11.2%, China 11%, US 7.8%, Saudi Arabia 6.2%, Japan 5.5% (2008) Imports Commodities $39.68 billions (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Partners $73.84 large number (30 June 2009) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold $73.67 thousands (31 December 2009 est.) Debt - External $51.36 heaps (31 December 2009 est.) Radio Broadcast Stations AM 14, FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998) Television Broadcast Stations 556 (plus 144 network repeaters) (1997) Internet Country Code .za Airports 607 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 18 years of period as long as voluntary military service; women move satisfactory to serve in noncombat roles; 2-year service obligation (2007)